: Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:48 am  

Snoopy wrote:

This is a point I made on the VT. Sky sports presenter before Offiah choked it said 'It was a terrible game'. It was only terrible because the top club weren't allowed to play and so lost. We played well according to all the fans - including many Leeds ones - yet it was a 'terrible game'!!!???

I would have thought you would have realised by now that we are crap and every team we beat is just having a bad day at the office.
If Mac is right and we were to make the Grand Final, most pundits would put it down to us being the luckiest GF team in the history of Superleage.....given we played every team on their "off-day"

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:19 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

I would have thought you would have realised by now that we are crap and every team we beat is just having a bad day at the office.
If Mac is right and we were to make the Grand Final, most pundits would put it down to us being the luckiest GF team in the history of Superleage.....given we played every team on their "off-day"

And of course it would also be "the worst Grand Final ever", especially if we won it!

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:38 pm  

Prince of Denmark wrote:

And of course it would also be "the worst Grand Final ever", especially if we won it!

The stadium would be half empty as well, the horror.

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:02 pm  

The Penguin wrote:

The stadium would be half empty as well, the horror.

Yep...I can see the "returns" office at the RFL put under serious strain with 40,000+ pre-sold tickets being returned.......roofs at HKR would have a fit (on principle)

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:39 pm  

I can't see why your moaning, the longer QRL go un-noticed the bigger suprise it will be (for most people) when they win something/get to a final

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:54 pm  

Bat Fastard wrote:

I can't see why your moaning, the longer QRL go un-noticed the bigger suprise it will be (for most people) when they win something/get to a final

If you think we are going un-noticed, you really are in need of a wake-up call. We are about 15% away from being a top 4 team at the moment and if we can get a bit of consistancy going, we will be there or there about come the end of the year. To think that the other 13 coaches look at us as an easy game is very naive. We are a 2 time play-off team, with a good solid squad including 3 current England internationals and one of the stand out props from the World Cup......and a great crop of youngsters coming though.....and when we get to a GF......nobody will be suprised.

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:14 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

If you think we are going un-noticed, you really are in need of a wake-up call. We are about 15% away from being a top 4 team at the moment and if we can get a bit of consistancy going, we will be there or there about come the end of the year. To think that the other 13 coaches look at us as an easy game is very naive. We are a 2 time play-off team, with a good solid squad including 3 current England internationals and one of the stand out props from the World Cup......and a great crop of youngsters coming though.....and when we get to a GF......nobody will be suprised.

QRL are constantly written off as proven again, by beating the current Champions QRL recieve little media coverage and are playing against someone having an "off-day" said by the media.

So yeah I wouldn't be too fussed that coverage isn't great compared to others but how funny will it be when a huge humble pie will be sent up the M62 by those at TW2 when/if QRL get to a final

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:40 pm  

Bat Fastard wrote:

QRL are constantly written off as proven again, by beating the current Champions QRL recieve little media coverage and are playing against someone having an "off-day" said by the media.

So yeah I wouldn't be too fussed that coverage isn't great compared to others but how funny will it be when a huge humble pie will be sent up the M62 by those at TW2 when/if QRL get to a final

as much as I would like to see it, I suspect you will the same age as Paddock Punter by the time that happens

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:59 pm  

And of course it would also be "the worst Grand Final ever", especially if we won it!

It would never be allowed to happen i.e there will always have to be a northern club in the final. A Quins/Catalans/Crusaders situation would sell few tickets so the RFL insists on there being a northern presence. This is similar to the conceit which names the lower divisions as being 'national' when they are no clubs outside the north in them!

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:03 pm  

Al the Bronco wrote:

It would never be allowed to happen i.e there will always have to be a northern club in the final. A Quins/Catalans/Crusaders situation would sell few tickets so the RFL insists on there being a northern presence. This is similar to the conceit which names the lower divisions as being 'national' when they are no clubs outside the north in them!

Which lower divisions? The one that the Skolars play in? The one that Hemel play in? ...