Quote ="EW for PM"Its not easy being an RL fan, especially one that has gone through what we have in the last few years, but then we did have those "glory" years that will forever live in the memory.
Consider what it is like to be a fan of Hunslet, Dewsbury or Whitehaven, they have little or no chance of experiencing the highs we did a short time ago, I tip my hat to those supporters.
And what of the fans of extinct clubs such as Bramley and Huyton? The followers of these teams were probably lost to the sport altogether.
I am from Bradford and I love RL, whatever happens I will follow a Bradford club that wears Red, Amber, Black....and white.
The game is under pressure from all sides, we diehards need to stick together in the most probably vain hope that all will come right in the end.
Now if England were to win the world cup this year then that would be a real game changer (says with fingers in the ears)....'"
Agree with you about the likes of being a Batley/Dewsbury etc fan. But consider being a Wakey or Salford fan. So close and yet so far in terms of they will always be treading water just above the Championship! Friendly jibes aside I honestly hope all teams do well for the good of the sport.
See you are joking about England winning the world cup but the depressing thing is there are people at the top end of the game who believe that England winning would be revolutionary and show that the sport is doing well etc. That is complete rubbish. Realistically there are only 3 teams that can win it. NZ and ourselves are evenly matched. So whoever wins plays the Aussies. It's basically a one off game. Our game is still vastly inferior to theirs and we will never catch up. What we need is a complete rethink and a complete makeover in terms of who runs the RFL.
