Well in that case I await being enlightened

Fully agree, infact I hope you and Batley do enough to send Thunder down cant stand the fact they can have more over seas players and I couldnt give a toss if they are a 100 years behind everyone else.

The point is, despite amusing you, it also fires up the opposition. I'm sure Cullen had some of his post match statements about the previous two Widnes games pinned to the dressing room wall last weekend. As Matt was at it again after our last game, I'm sure Cullen will use that too.



It's clearly not just Widnes he's getting fired up either. All the best RL coaches show respect in both victory and defeat to the opposition. Despite your love of controversy, I would think it better that Matt stops getting over excited in future.



If he carries on, then so be it. It just makes it that bit harder for his players, who will have to suffer the consequences. But that won't bother you will it?

I bet Tyneside has more amateur Rugby League players then Blackpool area but do Blackpool get any help from the RFL? I do not mind a little bit of help for Gateshead but why 4 Quota Places? They have 5 Players via other means that are Non Europeans and have clearly bent the rules to the max.



It really does not effect teams like Fax, Widnes etc but it is very unfair on teams like Batley who face an uphill battle anyway and do a great job. Leigh could go down partly due to a team that can bring in 4 Players on the Quota while leigh, Batley and other teams only 1. How is that fair?



The game is going away from its being slowly destroyed by the RFL being unfair. The RFL have a responsibilty to help ALL teams not just teams who they want to do well. The Sport is losing its soul because the RFL are being unfair and not developing the game properly-just certain teams. I hope Leigh and Batley send Gateshead down. I wish the Gateshead Fans and team well and its nothing really against them but rather the way the RFL run the asylum.

I understand the point you are making , but it isn't an exact science though



Mr Murphy's remarks after winning the semi final in 71 " we will win the final no doubt " didnt seem to fire up Leeds very much



Sure as hell put a shed load of confidence into the Leigh team though



Fax are a team that thrives on confidence as yesterdays second half showed



I get really p155ed when I hear any coach say that " defence wins games "



No , scoring more than the other team wins you games



At the moment Fax are never beaten , they just run out of time



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Actually, as Starbug said, we can't even get one!

OK, smashing

I would imagine that there are more amateur rugby league players in the Fylde than there are on Tyneside but that would be a guess and I have no figures to back that up.



Can you explain what rules Thunder have "bent to the max"?

The Aussies with EU passports are allowed by EU law to unrestricted work in the EU (I believe). Thunder merely employ them in accordance with that law and with the RFL rules and regulations.



Thunder work within the quota system laid down to them by the RFL, I admit that may be unfair on the other teams in the competition but that rule was in effect when the comp started and these arguments always seem to surface either when Thunder win a game or some team realise that they may be in relegation trouble.



My view is that the teams that go down will go down because they have lost games not because of what other teams do. If we go down it wont be because of a ref giving a dodgy decision it will be because we weren't bloody good enough to stay up.

I think what winds people up is that the RFL seem to intervene at the Home Office to get work permits for some clubs and not others.

But how on earth can you afford them when you only get a few hundred at your games???

Are they full time at your club? Otherwise what do they do all week???

Your support compares with Doncaster and look at them, I smell something,?

I'd hazard a guess that they do community development work

too true, apart from the sheff game where we were never gonna get anywhere near winning, we have just run out of time,

if that game yesterday had gone on another 5 mins, i honestly think wed have had a draw at the least, and we all know the semi could have gone either way!

even Man utd lose games!!



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