southampton got 9k on actually against championship opposition. Nothing was mentioned in the media at all. There’ll be around a similar crowd to the swansea game in the same comp 2 seasons ago circa 11k. 4k More than the worryers end of season play off with the whole league depending on it (catalan). although i would laugh uncontrollably if we get a bigger crowd against 4th tier opposition than the rugger club got for saints 12k (1/4 final) and leeds (grand final play off) 12k.
i wouldn’t go shouting just yet lord of the ring-piece, might come back and bite you on the obese, ellgren, bitter, deluded, pie stained arris….
speaking of which, here’s another of your lot :lol: :lol: :lol:
Alex the Warrior
Joined: Sun, 19 Oct 2003
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Re: Would you follow Wigan Rugby Union?
I could never watch Union but those who predict a dire future for our sport are, I believe, correct.
This is a post I made on the Guardian prior to the GF.
Having the team that finished 5th be crowned champions two seasons in a row would just be too much of a farce. Super League think this is good for the sport! When the play-offs started, you could only win from 5th by beating every team who finished above you. Now it’s far easier.
Why the poor crowds? People feel ripped off as they realise that the 27 ‘weekly rounds’ (how’s that for a name that puts it into context?) are worth relatively little. Six of the eight first round play-off games in the last 2 seasons have resulted in hammerings. That’s what you get when teams in 8th, who lose more than they win, are deemed to have done well enough to qualify. You have a team like Leeds, with enough good players to go through the motions for 24 rounds and be in the play-off zone to go full pelt for 6 weeks and take the title. It is crazy, like clubcall and like the ‘Millenium weekend’. What idiot decided that an uneven set of fixtures was a good idea especially when the top two teams have such differing standards of opposition to overcome in their extra game? These are played out in front of total crowds smaller than when these fixtures are played at the normal grounds. A sport that has a salary cap so restrictive that the RFU will offer sums to players many times what their clubs could offer even if they have the money in the bank. (Tomkins and Charnley will be prised away)
A great sport, run by morons. No wonder this season was my worst attended for about 15 years and my team finished top (and won a hub-cap).
