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NEXT GAME: Sheffield Wednesday FC
Sunday April 21st 2024
Kick off 12.30 pm
Ewood Park
Championship
Funny thing is contact sports isn't it? Everybody loves aggression, it's what can make a good player great. When that aggression surfaces out of the game though everybody deplores them. I'd suggest it's very difficult for any individual to turn on and off. Ben Stokes being a fine example from cricket. Go back 50 years and open aggression was a must for Yorkshire cricketers as it was and still is to lots of Australian cricketers.
Agression is a necessary qualification until one oversteps the mark.
Agression is a necessary qualification until one oversteps the mark.
Old Darwen Blue
Prediction Champion 2021 & 2022
”Arrested on suspicion“ speaks volumes.
Old Darwen Blue
Prediction Champion 2021 & 2022
Liverpool v Atletico should be a cracker.
OnlyOneTugay
Prediction Champion 2019 & 2020
Rugby League saved from collapse by emergency Government £16m loan
RUGBY League clubs will benefit from a £16million cash injection by the Government into a sport that ‘has come very close to collapsing’ during…
I can’t say I’m a Rugby League fan . The last time I took any interest in the sport was in the 1960s when Grandstand covered it , with Eddie Waring doing the commentary.
I didn’t realise what difficulties the sport was facing , so well done to the Government ( the taxpayer ) for riding to the rescue . One comment that struck me was a professional sport has been saved by a loan that roughly equals the yearly salary of a top Premier League player .
Just goes to show how football finances are nothing short of ridiculous / scandalous.
“We recognise that many RFL clubs operate on very tight financial margins.
“Without their ability to stage matches with spectators and despite the Government’s extensive economic package, the professional game has come very close to collapsing.
I'm tempted to say 'so what'? Professional sport isn't really all that important apart from obviously to the players themselves is it? In my football days I used to pay every week to have the strip washed and to pay for pitches Refs etc. I guarantee that in the event of professional sport coming to an end that 80% of professional players will just revert back to turning out on a Saturday afternoon on the park with their mates.
“Without their ability to stage matches with spectators and despite the Government’s extensive economic package, the professional game has come very close to collapsing.
I'm tempted to say 'so what'? Professional sport isn't really all that important apart from obviously to the players themselves is it? In my football days I used to pay every week to have the strip washed and to pay for pitches Refs etc. I guarantee that in the event of professional sport coming to an end that 80% of professional players will just revert back to turning out on a Saturday afternoon on the park with their mates.
davebirch
Senior Member
We here, are just getting to the end of the RL season.
I've just watched Souths absolutely plaster Easts 60-8.
Now Easts were back to back premiers /18/19 and just signed sonny bill from Toronto.
Good to see a shellacking, be like the Scousers getting flogged 4-0 at home by Leicester.
I've just watched Souths absolutely plaster Easts 60-8.
Now Easts were back to back premiers /18/19 and just signed sonny bill from Toronto.
Good to see a shellacking, be like the Scousers getting flogged 4-0 at home by Leicester.
Wilpshire Blue
Senior Member
After watching England leave it quite late in the cricket, what about this for super Saints leaving it verrrryyy late in the Grand Final 
www.skysports.com
What a great Friday night 
Unbelievable end to Grand Final!
In the final moments of the game, Tommy Makinson hit the post when attempting a drop goal, only for Jack Welsby to follow up to grab a try.
Smells Like Kean Spirit
Senior Member
Sea Eagles or Bears Dave?
Smells Like Kean Spirit
Senior Member
Presumed you were up in the northern burbs Dave. Wasn't in Cronulla, but I do remember having to kip on a bench one Saturday night in Sutherland after falling asleep on the last train out of Sydney. It seemed a long time before the first train back into town. Loved the Royal National Park mind. Spending another, less raucous, weekend at Burning Palms was a far more pleasant experience!
Edit: never really understood RL, but enjoyed watching the North Sydney Bears, as they had a brass section in the crowd. Loved the "wah-wah wah waaaaaaaahhh" trombone when they messed up on the pitch. Great fun!
Edit: never really understood RL, but enjoyed watching the North Sydney Bears, as they had a brass section in the crowd. Loved the "wah-wah wah waaaaaaaahhh" trombone when they messed up on the pitch. Great fun!
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