Dave T

Yeah we also did Namh and loved that too. We loved Bangkok but over 4 nights we did Namh, Gaggan plus a street food tour so I think its hard not to enjoy that as a foodie! Enjoy, very jealous.

We went to Gaggan on our honeymoon 2 years ago. One of the best experiences of my life. Mind blowing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2227120/All-20-Premier-League-clubs-wear-poppy-pride-Remembrance-Day.html According to this, Leicester City started it in 2003.

England and Scotland have both worn poppies in games a few years back too. So it's nothing to do with other countries, but there is an issue with inconsistency.

FIFA just have a stance on this kind of thing. Where does it end otherwise? Charities are ever more commercial now, even if their funds are for good causes.Im pretty sure the Scottish FA couldnt publicly say they didnt want this if they didnt, not that I am suggesting they dont. Wars are controversial, leave it out of sport if that is the approach FIFA have gone for. Im in line with Phil - i dont feel overly strongly about it, it doesnt offend me, but the outrage as though Fifa are insulting our war veterans is tiresome.

i do think it is commercial and politicised now, yes.In Scottish football there is controversy over the use of the poppy. Im not sure it needs to be part of team's shirts. FIFA's approach is to keep everything like this out of football and I have some sympathy with that view.

I think FIFA'S stance is perfectly fine. Its a football match ffs. People are loving being outraged.

Glad this finally got resolved. Can we lock it now?

We've just finished watching the 4th series of Veep on Sky Box Sets and I must say after a relatively ropey 3rd series, the 4th was brilliant and back to its best.

just sticking to the show, i think the first couple of episodes have been excellent. Extremely sharp writing with both main characters really likeable, which is important with sharp and sarcy comedy.

its getting ripped on twitter.Always surprised that Hill's silliness has been so popular on mainstream with TV Burp. I like it, silly and lighthearted. Maybe SITE will grow on people.

Nice to see the RL 'family' alive and kicking. Aren't all of our clubs important and valuable, whether they are Wigan, Featherstone, London or Coventry. Im not sure why so many people love to stick the boot into clubs just to win an argument on a forum. All clubs are important. Apart from Widnes.

was awful. Hate what they did with the battle scenes.

The trophy.

I haven't a clue what you are talking about then.

You know what it's for. The Super League title.

as per GJ's posts - this proposal has been public for a while.

If the CC clubs can't read, then it must have been very very easy for Wood and Rimmer to hoodwink them.

The bit about the further £17.8m being paid for coaching and into club's charities during the contract is interesting. Is this just for Sl clubs? If it was, over 5 years that is a further £300k per SL club pa. if split evenly.

No, the 30% figure that Leneghan quotes and the 25% figure Padge quotes are completely different. Leneghan is being disingenuous with his use of stats.

The policy document clearly explains what a tier is. Based on current names: Super League (12 teams) - Tier 1 Championship (12 teams) - Tier 2 Championship 1 (the rest!) - Tier 3

i agree with them.Imnot going to pull a business case together however.

Did KPMG come up with this suggestion? My experience of consultants isn't that they will give you a firm proposed solution. Didn't they evaluate the feasibility of a solution that was put to them?

Naturally some teams will drop in the last game or two, but often it is quite close. I think resting players is a slightly risky game, but using the full squad is a club's prerogative I suppose.

SL 5 - Rd 19, teams 9-11 can still make top 8, team 12 are adrift. SL 6 - Rd 19, teams 9-11 can still make top 8, team 12 are adrift. SL 7 - Rd 19 teams 9-11 can still make top 8, team 12 are adrift. SL 8 - Rd 19 teams 9&9 can still make top 8, teams 11 & 12 are adrift. SL 9 - Rd 19 teams 9-11 can technically still make top 8 (although 10/11 are some way off) , team 12 are adrift. SL 10 - Rd 19 teams 9-11 can still make top 8, team 12 are adrift. SL 11 - All teams can make the 8 SL 12 - All teams can make the 8 This is a sample of when we had a 12 team comp. After 19 rounds as you can see, the majority of teams could still make the 8, suggesting to me that they will still be going all out for the 8 with 4 rounds to go. I also suspect that teams would rather try and keep playing to try and work some form back prior to the 7 games.