Re: Losing Interest : Mon May 05, 2014 1:20 pm  

(tin foil conspiracy theorist hat on) I really am starting to wonder if the poor standard of officiating matches is down to some sort of twisted agenda to make games closer and supposedly more entertaining with tenser finishes. It doesn't work and if the powers that be think anyone that has a basic grasp of the game will fall for it they must be as daft as everyone thinks they are. (tin foil hat removed)

Re: Losing Interest : Mon May 05, 2014 1:27 pm  

Going against the majority on here and still love RL, really look forward to watching sky games and NRL (Which has been amazing this year).

I'll never stop going, but getting really fed up with Hull at the moment, really considering not watching the Derby for the FA cup final instead the way i feel about the club at the moment (although, I reckon this will change the more the week goes on).

Re: Losing Interest : Mon May 05, 2014 1:39 pm  

This is certainly a really good thread which shows views reflected across the whole game, I'll not stop going but I do thing some times that I'm wasting my time, we have our problems as a Club, but with the exception of the fans of Leeds, Widnes and Castleford who for obvious reasons are up at present the rest of Clubs have supporters who are drifting away. The thing is too that with Clubs getting more money from Sky than the limit of their cap many owners are doing little about it. The drain of top players to Australia, refereeing, the judiciary, next years ridiculous new competition format, the goons on Sky, the demise of international rugby etc etc etc are all seeing our great game suffering from dwindling interest! After a great World Cup that should have kick started our game in this country, its certainly a worry!

Re: Losing Interest : Mon May 05, 2014 3:40 pm  

When you see some of the decisions coming out of Red Hall, no wonder we are getting confused and frustrated.

Re: Losing Interest : Mon May 05, 2014 3:53 pm  

lampyboy wrote:

Wakefield fan for knocking on 50 years. The game should have developed over the years particularly when you consider the amount of money pumped in to it. The RFL lack any kind of organisation, structure, and lack any kind of thought of how to develop the game. We have all become selfish and single minded . The game needs a good shake up and must be run by forward thinking business people who not only have the interest of the game and individual clubs but also can formulate a long term plan to 1 make the game more appealing ,2 create a viable long term structure, 3 create stability and structure.

spot on.

Re: Losing Interest : Mon May 05, 2014 3:55 pm  

The Dentist Wilf wrote:

This is certainly a really good thread which shows views reflected across the whole game, I'll not stop going but I do thing some times that I'm wasting my time, we have our problems as a Club, but with the exception of the fans of Leeds, Widnes and Castleford who for obvious reasons are up at present the rest of Clubs have supporters who are drifting away. The thing is too that with Clubs getting more money from Sky than the limit of their cap many owners are doing little about it. The drain of top players to Australia, refereeing, the judiciary, next years ridiculous new competition format, the goons on Sky, the demise of international rugby etc etc etc are all seeing our great game suffering from dwindling interest! After a great World Cup that should have kick started our game in this country, its certainly a worry!

I've changed my views on the new competition format for next year, having been very opposed to it before i'm now willing to give it a chance. I think the game needs to be 'showcasing' the top 8 best sides in big ties over the summer, even if its looking likely that Hull will miss out and will play in the 2nd set of 8.

the current format means that for clubs like ours the season is over as soon as you exit the Cup, so I am willing to give the new structure a chance.

Re: Losing Interest : Tue May 06, 2014 7:47 am  

Good Thread This

I am becoming more and more tired with the same old excuses coming out of Hull F.C (trained well intensity at training) but not bleedin turning up on game day.
Lets be honest Hull & Rovers fans we are 2 poor teams playing for 7th and 8th.
Sorry not good enough Mr Pearson and Mr Hudgell deserve more than this for the money they have invested.
I no longer bother with any SKY games as the game has no characters anymore you have to admit from the days of watching Paul Woods Ronnie Wileman etc you always looked forward to a good bit of Biff.
The RFL the Super League are a complete joke.

Re: Losing Interest : Tue May 06, 2014 8:02 am  

I've decided that after this Friday's game I'm going to have a few weeks break from RL. I'm certainly not going to waste my money and half of my weekend going to away matches. Hopefully the weather will be good and there are other things to do. I might watch Hull if we are on Sky but won't be watching any other matches. Hopefully a feww weeks off will have rekindled my interest by 4 July.

Re: Losing Interest : Tue May 06, 2014 8:18 am  

really is a good thread this,but very worrying also, after watching hull for more than 50yrs don't like this feeling of apathy towards fc and the game in general!!?

Re: Losing Interest : Tue May 06, 2014 8:18 am  

Boring dummy runner plays attributing for the majority of the trys, boring wrestling techniques slowing down the play of the ball, no-one touching the ball with their foot when playing the ball and any kind of aggression getting too heavily penalised. And that's just the stuff ON the field!