Quote ="Agent Provocateur"People within the game whinge and moan about the length of the Super League season. We now kick off Super League more than a month before the NRL season kicks off, and the Super League season still finishes 2 weeks after the NRL season is completed. Whinges then follow about lack of time for international preparation when GB get their @rses handed to them. The main reason for this is the intrusion of the Mickey Mouse Cup which extends the Super League season beyond reasonable bounds.
Not only that, the Mickey Mouse Cup affects results in Super League at a crucial stage in August. Clubs still in the competition by the Semi Final stage usually lose concentration and form in Super League games they wouldn't normally lose because they are focusing upon the Mickey Mouse Cup at the wrong time of the year. It turns Super League into a joke at that time of the year.
Like I said earlier, either restructure the MM Cup as a pre-season comp or scrap it completely. Attendances for MM Cup games are also likely to be higher if it was a pre-season competition because supporters are desperately wanting to get over their withdrawal symptoms from the off-season.'"
Like Saints did last year, obviously?
