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Actually I listened to Ray French a few years ago when I was driving so couldn't watch a match. Having got used to the current style for the last 20 years or so, it was really refreshing to hear how focused he was on the action. Even though he was one of the commentators when I first got into the game.

I like old fashioned commentators who just say what’s going on

Jogging on the spot

100%. I never liked Williams as a Wigan fan because I felt he was too individualistic. I liked what Stuart was turning him into.

But I mean if it’s on telly you could just like…watch it

It doesn't look like the classiest gear, sadly. The lion logo's a bit of a weird choice given the context.

Yeah that's what a thought...but does anyone know anywhere that consistently publishes all the squads (no offence to totalrl.com but I think the squads are sometimes on here, but not always)

...if there's a site where all this weekend's squads are announced? I have the same problem every week with my Super League Dream Team, which is that you have until midday today to make any squad changes, but I can only find out about Wigan v Huddersfield. Or are the rest not announced til tomorrow?

Bloody good point

I just have a funny feeling Wigan will nick this. Yes I'm a Wigan fan. And by funny feeling I mean I want them to win. So I can go to Wembley.

Lots of things, but it’s unmatched for excitement when your team makes a break, whether it’s a prop steamrollering through or a winger searing down the wing, the structure of rugby league means that there’s a good chance a score is on. Love it.

Yeah, I hear you. I think you get a lot of confirmation bias, especially online, where people interpret things in line with their expectation/agenda/whatever rather than properly thinking through the pros and cons, and their relative importance. Hope it goes well, I'm a Wigan fan but have always had a soft spot for Salford and want them to do well.

Well it depends, doesn’t it? If the numbers work, spending £x on even a 21 year lease to add 3k to the capacity might be more than viable, whether or not they extend the lease after that time or look elsewhere.

To be fair to Ray he quite deliberately said "full commercial control" in his original post. When he says "effectively, yes" on the issue of legal ownership, he's not trying to suggest that leasehold = legal ownership of the title. We all know, however, that leasehold ownership is akin to full ownership if you can treat the asset as yours, and that's all he's saying. The length of the lease will be important (21 years is different to 100, for example), as will whether Salford as leaseholder is free to develop the seating capacity or make any other changes to enhance the stadium. I just want to wish good luck to Ray, he comes across as pragmatic and on top of the issues.

Good job they've got such a good vaccine rollout. Oh...

Everything else is fine

In early 2021 I got tickets for the WC final for me and my 3 best mates. Was really looking forward to it as a big post-lockdown event. One was married to my sister - they’ve divorced and he won’t speak to me any more. Another has developed a brain tumour - it’s 50/50 whether he will even be alive. And now they’ve cancelled the tournament because of those stupid, stupid b*stards in Australia. Still, chin up eh? I’m inclined to blame Australia for all of the above.

Simon Johnson is spot on. They are being absolute wusses.

A quick google tells me coke is in your blood and saliva for about 2 days, urine for about 4 days and hair for up to 90 days. This varies depending on quantity, etc. Interestingly a cocaine metabolite (cocaethylene) is created when you have it with alcohol and can be detected in your urine up to 10 days after consumption. I suspect that applies to most social use. If it was a roadside test it was probably saliva which suggests he had it in the 48 hours before driving. It doesn't necessarily follow that he'd be "under the influence" of it in the sense of being physically affected. On a personal level I'm not overly quick to judge a young person for using recreational drugs (a hell of a lot of people do) but I expect this, with the other stuff he's been doing will affect his career prospects sadly, so to that extent he's bloody stupid.

Is this the oldest running topic ever!? My ###### RL spots are: Chris Morley at Chester Races Danny Brough at the Black Seal in Trearddur Bay Brian McDermott in Zorans in St Margarets when he was at Broncos/Harlequins RL

Is he that lad right at the front on the left?

Love how everyone’s scattered in this...

I've always been curious: does the sports personality award mean you have to have "more personality" or is it just about sporting achievement (the fact they are a "personality" just being slightly unfortunate nomenclature for the fact they are famous because through sport)? Because if you have to be good at sport and have a big personality, it's a totally mad award if you think about it...

Yeah I find AJ wooden and he doesn’t jab anywhere near enough. It’s very subjective though, I could just see Joshua advancing on Wilder and Fury and not being stopped. But it might not work out that way. Am pleased I backed Fury to win last night.

I like Fury and at first felt he was robbed but having slept on it the two knock downs did even up the fight in the non-purist sense. Wilder has serious limitations; I have no idea how Fury got up from those shots. Joshua wouldn’t be too scared by what he saw last night I don’t think.