John Drake

Various posts deleted. Stick to discussing the match, and not having a pop at each other. Thanks.

Can we keep this to match discussions. There is already a separate thread on the Crusaders situation. Thanks.

Kill. Me. Now. Locked.

This is a useful resource for checking if a website is down for everyone or just you, helpfully called... https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ The above indicates the site is up and running, but Error 500 usually indicates some kind of problem server-side. For a database-driven site (and I write from weary experience of this on TRL) it can often mean the database is overloaded or has crashed at the time you attempted to view the site, or that the site had a temporary problem causing by a daft webmaster fiddling about with updating code!! If you're still seeing the Error 500 when the site is working for others, that suggests your browser has cached the error page and isn't showing you the latest version of whatever page you are trying to view. However, if you've tried all the usual stuff like clearing cache, cookies etc, in the browser, that would normally fix that problem, but there are a few other things you can do. If you're using Chrome, this video is a good guide on the steps to take: https://youtu.be/sXWk3H8MCEg?si=jeT1GNTOpJ7Xs9-b If you're not using Chrome, which one are you using? Have you tried a different browser to test if it works in that? It's worth a try. If it works in the alternate browser, the problem is local to the original browser and is probably just a cached page. Try holding down the Ctrl button and refreshing the page, that should force the browser to pull down the latest version of whatever page you're looking at, not a cached version of it. One other thing to try is if you are looking at the site on a laptop or desktop computer connected to your home broadband, try and access the site on a smartphone that is connected to the cellular network, not wifi. If it works on that, it may be a DNS problem local to the laptop/desktop, so you could try flushing the DNS cache if none of the above has worked. here's a guide on how to do that: https://help.krystal.io/web-hosting/how-to-flush-your-computers-dns-cache If none of this works, I'm out of suggestions. May be worth dropping the site an email and asking them to check if there's anything weird at their end that may be blocking you from viewing their site, such as an IP blocking error specific to your IP address or IP address range.

Just removed a load of off-topic drivel and banned one person from the forum for starting (and continuing) it. Please do not feed the trolls. Just report them. The response may not be instant (I'm not active on here 24/7) but it will be dealt with, and it is much easier to do that if there isn't a string of responses to deal with as well. Thanks.

This has gone far enough now. Match thread ruined. Well done. Locked.

This, this and this. It really was a fun night, loads of activities going on around the Odsal bowl. Not the greatest spectacle as a match, but what can you expect with two teams shorn of so many key players. It ain't ever dull when it's your own team battling for two vital points. My well-nibbled fingernails are proof of that! The worst bit was waiting ages for try decisions to be confirmed. It does kill the momentum of the game.

Can we just dial it down in here a bit folks. By all means be passionate about your points of view, but this isn't Facebook or Twitter/X, and on TRL we draw the line at personal insults, aggressive or dismissive posting style and suchlike. A reminder of the Terms & Conditions of Use below, for newer posters who may think we don't take our rules seriously enough to enforce them (hint: we do, and we will kick people off here if our rules are repeatedly ignored) and also for posters who have been on here a long time and may think the rules no longer apply to them (hint: they do). https://www.totalrl.com/forums/index.php?/guidelines/ Argue as much as you like, but play nicely. Thanks.

The completist in me would have a proper wobble if they ever released The Daleks' Masterplan as a part animation without including The Feast of Steven! I want to see William Hartnell's Doctor wish me a Merry Christmas through the TV screen.

Given that the latest discovery is of episodes 1 and 3 of a 12 part story, it is tantalising to think that however those two episodes ended up in private hands, some or all of the others might also be out there somewhere. Hopefully those marvellous folk at Film is Fabulous will be on the case if they are.

Happy Easter! Amazing to think missing episodes are still being found. I think it is something like 14 years since the last ones turned up. Hope it isn't that long till we see some more, I'm getting on a bit now!!

We do. Dunno why we bother. It's like trying to play whack-a-mole on here trying to remove all the 'waah waah the ref hates my club' stuff at times. Truth is, refs don't hate your particular club, or anyone else's, and they don't take bungs to flip a game. They do get calls wrong, as human beings do, and it is perfectly legitimate to criticise them for that when they do on here, but keep your heads, folks, on the mad conspiratorial stuff. I'm writing this not just as the moderator on TRL, but as a Bradford fan too, disappointed my team lost a game (one I didn't think they had a cat in hell's chance of winning before it kicked off, if I'm honest), but still capable of rational thought and looking forward to the next game, where y'know, the ref might make a wrong call that goes in our favour, and then everyone who isn't a Bradford fan will blame Nigel Wood, or something.

It just makes me chuckle sometimes to see comments on a game I was actually at that vary so widely from the experience I had watching it in person. For example, you say the result was 'never in doubt' after the first 30 minutes. Not from where I was sitting! Years of experience have taught me that the Bulls are always capable of tossing a seemingly comfortable looking lead away in a few mad minutes. I remember last time they were in Super League, playing Wigan at Odsal and racking up a 30-0 advantage. They went on to lose 31-30. The start to this season has been a pleasant surprise so far. I'm enjoying watching this team play, chucking the ball around a bit more than I'm used to, and the two early home wins have been a bonus in a season where wins of any kind are probably going to be few and far between.

Isn't that the very definition of home advantage? Every club with its own ground gets to play 50% of its games on a pitch that is more familiar to them and which they train on all the time, and which the visiting team isn't familiar with.

I was at the game. It was more enjoyable than this thread.