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This might have been mentioned, but did london not agree to the SF locations? Would they have been happy for it to be at huddersfield?

I must admit, I have missed two grand finals since 2001, but I have never seen a kick off. But in any case, I don't think what you describe is trouble with a capital T...

Maybe, but I've never seen any 'trouble with a capital T'. Have you?

Is the grand final not usually at about 6pm?

Fair enough, but not everyone is as mad as you!

Does that not sort of depend where it is? I mean, I fear for our london compatriots having to come to bloody Leigh of all places? Same goes for the midlands. Would you be THAT excited for a day to Coventry?

I suppose that even though this smacks of a home game for wigan, you could hav 8k at Leigh (I actaully wrote Wigan first then), lets say 4k in London or about 1k in some midlands outpost...

I'm not quite sure what JB has done - is suggesting that someone is an upstanding member of the community who endevours to see that the laws of the land are upheld not on these days? I take it that is what he meant...

It does have P and R - but it also has minumum standards for a club. The default position is that the team that wins the championship (or whatever it is called) will replace the team at the bottom of the premiership. Provided that the stadium of the lower club is up to scratch (I think that is it - there might be something esle). This is the approach I like best - is it not similar for entrance into the football league?

All this comparison with the nrl has got me thinking. There were mergers in Sydney, but how many? And how fast did the nrl expand? Also, did they kick 7 Sydney teams out of the league for the non-Sydney teams?

Well, what would the point in paying a company like KPMG a shed load of cash and then saying 'nah, we don't like your ideas, sod off'?

Haha, or let them play on the agreement that refs won't be looking out for their interests...

I always just get the tram from st peter's square.

a sort of related point- i can't believe that the play offs aren't covered by season tickets. i am sure that has an effect on the crowd sizes. if i paid for a season ticket, i'd want to be able to watch all my teams home games, and i certainly wouldn't be forking out another 100 quid to watch the play offs.

he's been a great servant, blah blah blah, but now he has gone, and another will come to take his place. and why deny some kid the chance to play in the number 9 shirt?

retiring shirts is a crock of shi... poo. let the americans keep it.

Problem with that is where the ball goes in and how much it is fed. you would have to time the push perfectly to knock them off the ball. i think that something like having to put the ball in the tunnel but only one hooker is allowed to strike would be the way forward. either that or nominate the players that are allowed in the scrum before the game, although that might be a mare for the ref

on a slightly related point; the totally uncompetitve aspect of the scrum allows the defensive team to put some of their weaker tackling backs into the scrum. this season, i have reasonably often seen props and second rows lining up in the stand off/centre positions at scrums. does that not negate the point entirely?

there was a lot of wigan fans their; it was the mike gregory benefit game

all i can say is that the one time i went to the HJ, they ran out of pies. i mean, honestly. running out of pies.

yes they can. they will win. i am willing to wager you 5 of whatever currency you prefer that wigan will win.

ah sorry, wasn't born and bred, but he must have come over quite young, as he went to school in England.

I have heard they Hansen name banded about a bit regarding overseas players, and it begs a question to me. Hansen was born in Salford and learnt his trade at Folly Lane. So, my question is; if somebody is eligible to play for another country, and chooses to do so, are they classed as overseas, even if they were born and bred in the UK?