Mate, what do you think it is, I couldn't be seen in such establishments. For info though, Gareth has previously invited me out on one of his whisky tasting jaunts. Not sure cake was involved, but pretty sure the establishment would not have been Brudenell Social Club

Ah shame.

I like the BSC. I especially like it during the 'off season' (ie. Christmas and July-August) when there are less students around.

Always obviously the likes of Arcadia and so on. One thing I appreciate about living in town is that there are more 'old man pubs'. Which is a good thing, IMO.

I feel I am digressing from the focus of this thread, however.

Feel free to digress ,this week is the calm before the storm. After Saturday whatever the result ,the verbal jousting on here will be something to behold.
I am looking forward to the game and the after match verbal fisticuffs .

You must be new here!

Don't get me wrong - I understand if often does go off-topic and get personal, but it was just more apparently so on this thread - catching up on posts I had missed there was a whole page of back-and-forth and no-one else saying anything.

Now, what personal insult should I finish this post with...?

Don't be concerned, I've had 12 years of it. It might not come across in the posts but Gareth loves me really. He's obsessed with me. Just doesn't like rejection. He's a cuddly teddy bear really.

Does Danny still post on here? Gareth and him used to have a very good double act on here as TweedleDum and TweedleDumber, which raised a smile on many a dull Monday morning.

Perhaps, like Monty Python they may have one last season in them......

Hmmm. A thread of some interesting opinion, and some entertaining personal tiffs.

I do think the tendency to overreact to games like last week has been persistent for a while. that said, I think the coach took a gamble by loosening the reigns for the Bulls match. If he'd got away with it you could argue it was a good decision, but he didn't and looking at the league table those two points could very well be vital when it comes to the play-offs, given how little separates 1st from 6th at the moment. Without being disrespectful to the Bulls, those were 2 points we should have taken.

It's not the end of the world, but I think there was an error of judgement involved here.

As for the semi final, we can compare to the week before the Hudds match in the Cup last year, we can compare results with the other 3 semi finalists. Doesn't matter though, all that matters is what we produce at the weekend. The prospect of a Leeds v Cas final, with both sides very evenly matched and in similar league positions is exciting, but we have to get there, and so do Cas. Saturday is a massive, massive game for us.

Win and most fans will largely forget about a league defeat to the Bulls, lose and the general mood will not be so good and the lost points will look like a very bad idea indeed.

To be honest I'm less worried about pre-semi eyes off the ball issues (it's happened to lots of teams for as long as I've been watching RL), and more concerned about the loss of form generally over the last few weeks. Time to see if we can get that form back again. We can still be a very good side when it all clicks. Question is, how easily can we turn that back on?

Oh, and I think G1 and Gotcha just need to hug it out. Bring it in for some of the good stuff. Dial up the bromance. Whatever.

What were we talking about?

I don't think they did though...from the snippets I have seen.

A good post...

Apart from the G1 and Gotcha thing that is.....no hugs ....cake is what [uis[/u needed.

Someone who shall remain nameless reported this thread to the moderators.

I've just had to read through all 9 pages to find the issue, the day after coming out of a week in hospital for kidney stone surgery.

I'm sure you will understand when the only action I will take upon this report is to tell you and your bezzie mate to grow up.

I do so hope that wasn't Gotcha. That isn't his style usually.

Certainly wasn't me.

I don't eat cake anymore. I'm on slimming world.

I do drink whisky.

I like to think that people should be free to be themselves and express their views without fear or prejudice.

However, I think I speak for everyone in the entire universe when I say that there's no place for this kind of morally and socially reprehensible sentiment on this forum or any other.

Wheels, I appreciate you've got a lot on, but surely something has to be done about this?

I'm on it...

Should we stage an intervention or something?

I concur.... incitement to cakist hatred and no more. Free speech must be controlled at all costs in situations like this

I'd force him to watch 50 re-runs of the Bradford match....or am I being too harsh?