Quote ="Saddened!"I enjoyed the Cas v Salford game a lot. Michael Shenton was tearing it up, oh how we could do with a strike centre like that. But the game in general was like a classic slapstick movie, no quality at all but very entertaining to watch.
I think personally the lack of quality in Super League is 100% down to the coaches and players. The intensity just isn't there. That is the big difference between SL and the NRL, the intensity over there is just leagues ahead of SL. You occassionally see a big game get up to that level over here, but they are few and far between. The clubs have to see that they are coasting and aim up, for the benefit of the product if nothing else. They have to realise it's about entertaining the fans, otherwise the money will dry up.
I was at the Warrington v Bradford game at the weekend and this was a classic mid season Super League game. Neither team had any line speed and there was no meaning to the tackling. The play the balls were so, so slow and you had players in the attacking line chatting to each other whilst all this was going on.'"
Is this indicative of a game without a 'first past the post' league?
I know the NRL operates it but we have considerable cultural differences AND they've been operating it for years longer. The fact a team has won from 5th gives teams that 'backup' feeling we'll be alright come the end of the season - I've seen Saints fans post just that.
sums up what they think of the majority of SL
