corvusxiii
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2 hours ago, HawkMan said:
Watching Aston Villa v Liverpool tonight, the fans of both teams seem so passionate. They holler and cry with jubilation as the goals go in, in a very Important match. It seems so important to them and they're having a great time, or are they?
Are you saying the poor dolts have been tricked by hype? IF you could talk to them would you say, " look at the stuff on the pitch it's rubbish, wake up idiots, you shouldn't be enjoying it because it's phoney?"
No, that's a bit extreme but yeah, take the hype/people away and we're stood with two men and a dog.
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7 hours ago, Luke HKR said:
Partly, football games aren't very interesting in my opinion (look at spurs/man utd). But because of the advertising of the sport, the international game, the marketing, the premier league, and the money, people want to be involved in the sport. In my opinion, rugby league is a better game on the pitch, but we don't have the other aspects to make it more in the people's eyes.
OK, here's a thing. About 3/4 ish years ago Italy(I think) beat England in some soccer final widely shown on TV which my neighbour showed it at his place to many people.
Can't imagine another sport where this might be replicated.
After the match I suggested that if the very same match was to be magically reanacted on a local pitch the next day then no one would be bothered. Non of us present then would be present the following Sunday.
OK, no one actually argued the toss but I was clearly a ###### for even saying such a thing.
Hype over content doesn't even touch the sides. I see many correspondences in the above posts. Interesting.
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Tbh I've not read any of the previous posts but I remember Stevo saying that teams not paying up to the Salary Cap should be Fined. Not convinced of the logic here.
I remember that teams going bust should be Fined. Not sure of the logic here.
Salford lose 82-0 due to....? On BBC nation wide terrestrial TV. Not sure.....
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3 hours ago, DavidM said:
Just looking back to last year and the press release talking about the clampdown at the ptb and there must be a genuine attempt to play it with the foot.
in one and a bit games it’s depressing to see that’s already been forgottenUnless the ball is clearly played with the foot in which case it is obviously a penalty. Obviously........... but I don't know why....
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I'm glad Cas have got all the decisions or else imagine the embarrassment caused by the clearly superior opposition. Ish.
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2 hours ago, Lucy_1873 said:
Do they often start slow as players are still missing some competive match sharpness?
In my day.... say late 80's into the 90's it seemed to be 3,4 or 5 weeks before things got properly warmed up and reached running temperature.
Then sometime this century things were pretty much hot from the start.
This match would be pretty much unthinkable at any time of the season when I was a pup, nevermind first match.
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Thing is Cas had a couple of chances where it looked easier to score than not. That they didn't was great work from Bradford and it swung the game in their favour.
And Well Done Bradford No.10, stayed involved and forced the last try out wide for the conversion.
Another yard or two and .....?
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59 minutes ago, Padge said:
Yes, under news and trending.
I have those options on Iplayer but not RB. Just a choice of games (or not) and that's all. I had the football match and that was that.
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2 minutes ago, Barley Mow said:
Could be.
I think the BBC are showing it in 3 different places though - red button, iPlayer and sport website. I don't know if you've added all three together?
I spent some time searching on RedButton but found nowt, just a football match. Anyone else found it on RB?
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I wonder what Mr Lyngard is thinking?
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5 minutes ago, Just Browny said:
Took me about 5 seconds to find on iPlayer, what was the issue?
Silicon knicker twist issue. Unfortunately it was resolved all too quickly.
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Taken me some 20 minutes to give up on Red Button, realise I can't cast to TV from the App and then finally get iplayer to work. Restarts all round.
As a Cas fan I'm wishing it took somewhat longer.
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Rugby League's Big Bang by William Lawless. Just popped up on FB and costs £4.99 on Kindle. Probably won't read it till Crete though so can't recommend it but a nudge to others if they are interested.
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Why? I just keep a page open on Chrome, little space taken. Sorted.
Am I missing something by not downloading the App?
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16 minutes ago, Agbrigg said:
Looking like a close game so far 10.6 ht
Thinking that London have been good but Goole looking very lively this half. We'll see.
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I'm liking the re-plays, can't remember them before on these broadcasts. Or is that just me being slack? 10-0 to London. 4 mins to go as Goole go close.
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13 hours ago, Gomersall said:
I have to say the BBC have done well to hide the London/Goole match. I found nowt on teletext, iplayer, red button or the RL site. Not true though, if you click on the actual game link then there are details but how would you know which game to investigate if you didn't know which game is being televised? Once more, RL on TV saves the day. Again.
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I've been known to hang round the Guardian App but gave up on the RL site long ago. Good if you're into NRL but otherwise.... nah.
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4 minutes ago, welshmagpie said:
It’s the one French RL town I’m desperate to visit - everything I’ve seen and heard about it sounds ideal.
Spent a week in pre season Carcasonne once. Had Cassoulet 4 nights out of 7. The first gobfull and the last were magnificent. If we do it again I'll venture out of the Old Town do a match. Well Recommended.
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Right then, back home now and the phone on Wifi (data disabled) can see the new servers but not the tablet!
Btw, Lee Crooks was in the pub and he's looking really well!
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No access TRL forums today on my android tablet but when I popped out I noticed it was back on my phone. Back in the house it's still unavailable on the tablet! Are there different servers for Wifi tablets and data phones? It's all I can think of.
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Shocked by the lack of response over Wolf Hall. Saw Conclave at the Flix which was Ace, then went to bed after the chop on iplayer. Grim. Both excellent I think.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62zgemkexdo
RL on the BBC World Page! A first for me but termed 'Rugby' of course.
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Fxxx Me! Fxxx Me! FxxxMe!
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Sat 22nd Feb: SL: Castleford Tigers v St Helens KO 20:00 (SS+/SL+)
in The General Rugby League Forum
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Glad the Ref penalised that epic laying on by cynical Cas.