Can't believe how many grown men get involved in 'My dad's bigger than your dad' posts, it's totally pointless, and goes nowhere. I used to do it at 11 in the playground when it seemed slightly amusing.

As a Hudds fan it was great to beat you again in your own back yard, beating the champions in their own back yard is far more satisfying than beating say London at home, so we are going to enjoy it. But a wins a win and not a season defining moment, so I will enjoy the win and move on.

Good luck for the season and hope we meet you in something when it really matters.

Huddersfield Average Gates- SL Regular Rounds:

2003 - 4,750
2004 - 4,362
2005 - 5,373
2006 - 6,407
2007 - 7,083
2008 - 7,827
2009 - 7,908
2010 - 7,386
2011 - 7,091
2012 - 7,709

There was some momentum but it appeared to stall around 2008. So far in 2013 - early days but it's fallen to 6,971 after facing London, Wigan and Bradford and two of those should represent above average attendances at the John Smiths.



Radical approach. I wish Leeds had a forward thinking coach prepared to think outside the box. I bet Anderson expects his bench to come on and contribute to the team effort as well. Personally I think it's the future direction of coaching.

I weren't attempting to gloat or 'troll' - just offering an answer to a question FFS.....you lot really are touchy aren't you ? not every post by a fan of an opposition team is meant as a dig or anything ....chill out !!

thanks for that..still looks pretty good compared to 2003.. well done the giants!

Birmingham and Leeds are not near Warrington, HTH.

Nobody clutching at so and so straw's.You have beaten Leeds quite a few times in recent seasons after 50 years without a win well done.So why on earth do you feel the need to hang around for weeks and troll?even your mods are at it too,and I am now annoyed at myself for biting too.If you cant have a proper discussion about the game dont come on here

Well said mate.Thankyou

You did - we won 34-28 on the way to another GF triumph!

It annoys me how many kids are here these days. There's a reason RLFans has gone down the sh*tter in the last couple of years.

Bye then!

Grow up and stop being an ar[is[/ie.

There are literally 5 or 6 people who actually know about the game and can hold a decent discussion on Southstander. The rest, like yourself, are childlike morons who embarrass me, posting mindless rubbish, thinking because they have a keyboard, their opinion actually means a damn.

Sadly, the club needs idiots like you through the doors to make money, which is fair enough. There should really be some type of entry level criteria before you are allowed to open your mouth though because at present, you drive the decent posters away and even though you are in the minority (although the minority seem to be the majority on here) make the rest of the Leeds fans look bad. It's like all the "know-nowts" who go to the Rhinos games have managed to work how out to create an account on RLFans. I bet you are a member of the Rhinos supporters facebook page too. That's not a cross section of society in Leeds. It's full of pondlife, "an ppl who tlk lik dis" because sadly, (a word i'm not allowed to use) breed.

I think we should concentrate entirely on just beating Huddersfield, Castleford, Bradford and Wakefield in a season. None of this Melbourne Storm, Challenge Cup final, Grand Final nonsnense. We lost to Melbourne but I can't remember seeing a single actual Storm fan trolling this board afterwards, wheras we lose to Huddersfield and the usual suspects spend weeks hurling their feaces at us like monkeys at the zoo.
The message needs to get out to BMD, Kevin Sinfield, the Leeds team and GH that enough is enough! We don't give a f*** about 6 Championships or your "World Club Challenge", get the priorities of this club sorted out NOW! No more losses to the local shoite.

As you would kind of hope coming from such a low base with such a noncompetitive team. Also a big thank you to the depth of Ken Davy's pockets to help maintain and grow supporter numbers. I imagine there will be lots of supporters of other clubs including my own who would have appreciated such generosity at a time of financial belt-tightening.

To clarify the point of the attendance figures it was in response to this statement:



I obviously shortened it too much in the original reply so I apologise for that.

While I can agree that Leeds have plateaued I see little to suggest that Huddersfield (for now) haven't also done likewise. The worry for both and the majority of SL should be which direction they turn next.

The product is becoming less exciting to watch - moves such as banning the shoulder charge and sending players off for the merest flare up will do nothing to reverse that trend, IMO - the removal of quality overseas players coupled with the loss of some of our own, the overblown play-off format leading to a downgrading in importance of the regular rounds causing fans to realise Friday (either last or next) doesn't really matter to the top teams anymore - they'll still be there when it matters and momentum counts more than finishing position so almost anywhere in the eight will do.

Some good points here. I'm not a fan of violence on the pitch for the sake of it and personaly I don't miss thuggery of the sort that shattered Ellery Hanleys jaw right in front of me at the Boulevard many years ago, but it is a physical confrontation. It makes me chuckle when I see people complaining at the "antics" of Gareth Hock for example, who IMO uses physical imtimidation very effectively on the pitch. I can remember even recently Phil Clarke creaming himself at one point during Leeds / Saints game (2009 I think), the one where Senior gave Wilkin a slap and Lee Smith fought a running battle with Lee Gilmour. It was by far the most excited I've ever seen the guy. That was a great match to watch for many reasons, but when you added the fact that these teams were likely to meet in the GF that was coming up it was real theatre.
It's as though TV executives have decided that the game can't be skilfull and full on. We know that's utter nonsense. It's not just league, you see it in Union now. The number of penalties at the breakdown is truly rediculous (Wales and Scotland proving this). The innability of players to clear the ruck with their feet may appeal to the weak stomached and sensitive little flowers that the respective Unions wish to attract to the game but it's ruined the game and made the referee the single most important factor in the game.

I don't want to see a return to 'thugby league' no more than you do. There should be no place in the sport for Dannatt's off the ball forearm/elbow assault on Hanley and thankfully we're agreed that the sport has come a long way since those type of challenges were around.

There was an interesting incident in the Hull - Castleford game at the weekend. Two players had a brief exchange of blows (Tickle and Hauraki) which IMO was a sin-binning at the most but you then had Carney running in and hitting anything that moved. Carney should have been the one sent off - not Tickle and Hauraki.

I agree entirely regarding the Castleford incident and your view of which cards should have gone where.

I''ve always been of the belief that a couple of big lads squaring up and giving each other a little slap is something a referee should be able to sort out on the pitch without binning anyone unless they really do need to go and cool off for 10.
I agree with you, someone running in from nowhere and swinging should be removed from the field for being a knob.

Totally agree with this very harsh on Tickle and even more so on Hauraki even saying that i thought Carney would be the only one banned aswell.

Tickle and Hauraki got a match and Carney got 2 which supports the view he was the worst offender.

True but i thought it was harsh on the other 2 tbh and imo it proves once again the disciplinary is a farce in SL.

Aww bless! What's up grumpy? Your 'farmers' swelled up? We are having our annual banter with the Fartown fans who come on here after they win and we joust for a bit. It's all done in jest. We can't all be serious, know-everythings like you otherwise it'd be a forum full of Jeffs and no one wants that. You obviously have a high opinion of yourself. However, it's a rugby forum and no one cares. You've got some "issues" so I'll leave you to work on them! Tschuss!

The NRL introduced the "third man" ruling a few years ago. Basically if two guys start belting each other, then there'll be a penalty one way or the other (usually for the original offence), but if a third player comes running in swinging, its they that face the biggest penalties. IIRC the idea was to prevent mass brawls, which can be a bit ugly.

What helped was the fact that the NRL made it clear to everyone how they were going to rule on these things, so fans and players alike know what to expect.

There is nothing wrong with banter but the guy you acted like an ignoramus with was slating down both sets of fans for acting like little kids. Then you go and act like a child with him when he wasn't even joining in with the "banter" or attempting to troll. That's why I picked your post out.

Jeff is a good part of the forum too. He knows his stuff and knows how to get bites. He does it in an intellectual way, obviously too advanced for your tiny brain to comprehend. That's why the majority get defensive with him and start with the insults. I'm not even serious on here. It just annoys me when cretins like you make the rest of us look like total ar[is[/ies.

As for me having a high opinion of myself? Don't be daft. I just tell it how it is. 3 or 4 years ago this board was awesome. It had a lot of traffic and people actually had good conversations. It annoys me what it has become.

I was having a friendly gibe with opposition fans who had come onto OUR board by the way. Also it was a valid point. When it really mattered - we won!
I agree with your point about insults!
I consider someone who states that how they tell it is 'how it is' to have a high opinion of themselves.
Now get back to entertaining everyone on here with the weather conditions in Georgia.

Wisconsin actually