On the other side of the coin, would a successful Toulouse side increase interest the other side of the channel giving the French a derby match, hopefully making France become viable international opposition, something our game desperately needs in this hemisphere and making future rugby league world cups less of a joke competition and thus benefiting the game as a whole. Or perhaps we should just concentrate on putting an iron curtain up around the M62 and forget the crazy idea that we could ever expand our great game.

Leighs were down 600 from 2,300 to 1,700 , our lowest for well over a decade , but how much of that was playing on Fridays is a question , Fax and Fev were similar , as for the rest , not sure , not much change either way I dont think , but it will be interesting to see how these ' twinings ' effect it

aye, that's a big drop - the rugby has been decent too this season from what i've seen on Premier Sports - I know Donny increased a bit due to their success but the acid test will be next season when they play the big boys

maybe the friday KOs affected things - but how much has the economical climate changed things ? or, has the game become less enticing for the fans ?

It has for me , I dont go anymore

The recession obviously has had a massive effect , but ultimatley clubs are at best standing still , which means in reality they are going backwards , they along with the RFL aren't doing anything to improve things , and there is nothing I can see on the horizon that will change it

One thing is certain , whoever drops out of the Championship this year is going to be in big trouble , because dropping into what is essentially an amatuer expansion league will kill their fan base

you paint a gloomy picture my friend...

what would it take for you to go to matches again ? what needs to change to make lifelong fans like you go back to the LSV ?

A return to P and R

And/or

A change of attitude from Leigh's management , and prefferably the RFL attitude to the Championship clubs