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JohnM

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The problem is ... It's almost 2am and I can't sleep. It's made me reflective.

We, the fans, are powerless supporters. We can say what we like (within reason). We can argue persuasively, rationally, irrationally, occasionally even abusively.

We can openly  express strongly held views that are contrary to the editorial line of this august organ.

We can express opinions especially about recent events in and around out governing body. We can satirise until the end of the universe. 

Even then, we have no power, no influence, no chance. All we can do is stop going to games and that would be counter-productive, cutting off our noses to spite our faces.

What can we do to be heard?

 

Our chief weapon is surprise... surprise and fear... fear and surprise... Our two weapons are fear and surprise... and ruthless efficiency,

 

The  New RFL: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. 
The Hallucinating Goose

The Hallucinating Goose

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It's 3 in the morning and I was sleeping very deeply, having a dream about submarines and zombies but I woke up at this time like I do almost every night and desperately needed a pee. I am quickly checking social media as I do when I've had a longer interruption to my sleep and I will wake up around 6am with my phone on my face and a bunch lf apps accidentally opened and as a result probably pressed some buttons and started world war 3. I will answer this this properly after I wake up again. 

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Sports Prophet

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4 hours ago, JohnM said:

The problem is ... It's almost 2am and I can't sleep. It's made me reflective.

We, the fans, are powerless supporters. We can say what we like (within reason). We can argue persuasively, rationally, irrationally, occasionally even abusively.

We can openly  express strongly held views that are contrary to the editorial line of this august organ.

We can express opinions especially about recent events in and around out governing body. We can satirise until the end of the universe. 

Even then, we have no power, no influence, no chance. All we can do is stop going to games and that would be counter-productive, cutting off our noses to spite our faces.

What can we do to be heard?

 

Our chief weapon is surprise... surprise and fear... fear and surprise... Our two weapons are fear and surprise... and ruthless efficiency,

 

Rare for underperforming and unpopular leaders to be toppled by a disorganised opposition.

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Mark S

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Reading most comments to any UK related RL posts on social media, it really does feel that it’s the fans of the game who would celebrate the game collapsing the most. 

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Damien

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The fans are major stakeholders in the game and without the fans there is no game. Unfortunately many prominent RL people forget that.

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The Hallucinating Goose

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Personally I think our two weapons are knives and cricket bats, and that to be heard we need to rise up against our RFL oppressors and storm sportscity. 

Supporters of teams West of the Pennines will form the initial assault, laying siege to sportscity. We can use goalposts from all the amateur pitches across Lancashire to form a barricade around the complex. After all RFL staff have been locked in, we will send @Harry Stottle to the palisade with a megaphone to talk a load of rubbish about railway stations and wear the prisoners down, really tire them and demoralise them. I'm sure some of the stronger ones will throw rugby balls at him to try to stop him and even if they manage to, its a sacrifice we have to take.

While the siege is being held, fans from the East of the Pennines will form up and reinforce their Western colleagues from the east. Once all fans are in place, surrounding sportscity, we can assault from all sides. We can dismantle the palisade and use the posts as javelins to take out any RFL staff that attempt to charge us and break through the defensive line.

Once any initial threat has been subdued we will collect the balls that were flung at Harry and launch them through all the windows; rear ranks will do this while front ranks charge at the building. This is a tricky move and timing has to be right or front rank fans will be hit by balls, but it has to be done in tandem so fans can jump through the smashed windows almost as soon as they have been smashed.

Once we are in the building, it really shouldn't be too much of a problem to take a few morons prisoner that will be too indulged in working out the planning for a test series against Outer Mongolia to be played in Fleetwood, Faversham and Felixstowe, to react and fight back.

It will take just minutes to take command of the complex after which the last thing to do would be to take down the RFL flag and raise the standard of the TotalRL Forum!! 🫡

God save Rugby League!! 🏉 

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I understand the Hallucinating bit now.😀

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Harry Stottle

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42 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Personally I think our two weapons are knives and cricket bats, and that to be heard we need to rise up against our RFL oppressors and storm sportscity. 

Supporters of teams West of the Pennines will form the initial assault, laying siege to sportscity. We can use goalposts from all the amateur pitches across Lancashire to form a barricade around the complex. After all RFL staff have been locked in, we will send @Harry Stottle to the palisade with a megaphone to talk a load of rubbish about railway stations and wear the prisoners down, really tire them and demoralise them. I'm sure some of the stronger ones will throw rugby balls at him to try to stop him and even if they manage to, its a sacrifice we have to take.

While the siege is being held, fans from the East of the Pennines will form up and reinforce their Western colleagues from the east. Once all fans are in place, surrounding sportscity, we can assault from all sides. We can dismantle the palisade and use the posts as javelins to take out any RFL staff that attempt to charge us and break through the defensive line.

Once any initial threat has been subdued we will collect the balls that were flung at Harry and launch them through all the windows; rear ranks will do this while front ranks charge at the building. This is a tricky move and timing has to be right or front rank fans will be hit by balls, but it has to be done in tandem so fans can jump through the smashed windows almost as soon as they have been smashed.

Once we are in the building, it really shouldn't be too much of a problem to take a few morons prisoner that will be too indulged in working out the planning for a test series against Outer Mongolia to be played in Fleetwood, Faversham and Felixstowe, to react and fight back.

It will take just minutes to take command of the complex after which the last thing to do would be to take down the RFL flag and raise the standard of the TotalRL Forum!! 🫡

God save Rugby League!! 🏉 

I would wager you still have a favourite 'Power Ranger'!

The Hallucinating Goose

The Hallucinating Goose

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1 hour ago, ricky said:

Some parts of that plan need double-checking against the Geneva Convention, no?

If we are rebelling against authority, we don't recognise the Geneva Convention! 😉

To be serious for a minute though, every employee of the RFL is considered an enemy in the conflict. They aren't civilians. Sure there might be some civilians in the complex in which case, I will concede that we will let them out after the establishment of the palisade but as I say, everyone else who is a citizen of the RFL nation are enemy troops.

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Luke HKR

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14 hours ago, Harry Stottle said:

Who?

I'm guessing doc, because of back to the future. I could only think of that at 2.25am, during the day I think of boring mundane stuff, like I really should of got some sleep last night, instead of thinking of back to the future.

The Hallucinating Goose

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4 hours ago, Luke HKR said:

I'm guessing doc, because of back to the future. I could only think of that at 2.25am, during the day I think of boring mundane stuff, like I really should of got some sleep last night, instead of thinking of back to the future.

Correct! 😁

Harry Stottle

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7 hours ago, Luke HKR said:

I'm guessing doc, because of back to the future. I could only think of that at 2.25am, during the day I think of boring mundane stuff, like I really should of got some sleep last night, instead of thinking of back to the future.

Sounds like your brain wouldn't shut down, and was revolving at 88.8 gigawats🤔

Incidentally when I said 'Who' that is a famous time traveller prefixed by Dr.

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Luke HKR

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39 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

Sounds like your brain wouldn't shut down, and was revolving at 88.8 gigawats🤔

Incidentally when I said 'Who' that is a famous time traveller prefixed by Dr.

Oh, damn not even the right Doc. Good film though, program used to be good When I was a kid, not watched it for years. Fairly sure I used to have a delorean. It definitely didn't go either 88.8 or 1.21 giggawatts.

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