: Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:24 pm
After this World Cup debacle does it matter?
The SL clubs will continue as before in their narrow minded me me me attitude at the expense of everything else, complain that no one is interested in turning up through the turnstiles and that we are improving year on year to be comparable to the Toyota Cup(deliberate point) in Australia.
All that SL will do in the next 2 years and a bit is look at getting a franchise at all costs and sod the wider picture and paying lip service to development ( franchise rules included)
The game will continue to believe that it can the Aussies a run for their (ours!!! ) money and the next set of tests will be as before.
We can't compete at test level and no one is interested especially in Aus (15500 for a World Cup Semi in the biggest market proves that).
But lets keep the rose tinted glasses on, the glass more than 1/2 full and know that we are better skilled than the Aussies cos the game keep telling us it is so.
The emperors new clothes comes to mind.
Oh the top 6 will be as previous years with the normal 4 (Bulls, Rhinos, Saints, Wigan) plus a couple from Wire, Hull, and possibly KR and Giants
Sadly I believe the Catalan was a blip (nice though it was)
The fact the top 4 is a practically given is a sad sad indictment of the game
