Bored of Super League!!

Sign the petition here..

[urlhttp://www.petitiononline.com/RUGBYLGE/petition.html[/url

Signed.

(What will it achieve though?)

that's gold! Pure comedy gold!

The letter might as well be titled "please ref the game to suit our teams game plan! Because we don't have a plan B"

I thought some of the rugby I've seen this year is as good as any in previous seasons!

it achieves proving that some of you are that gutted and desprate that you are willing to write to the governing body to change the rules to help your team win! apossed to writing to the players and coaching staff and asking them to learn how to unlock set, tight, organised, well structured defences!

(which would be equally desprate!)

saints are a quality team but have relied on the same game plan for too long

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At least we are doing something.

You guys just whinge.

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not just saints matches though is it.. how many other matches have been exciting.. i used to watch every game fri/sat on sky, now i don't bother, but watch the NL matches, as they tend to be more exciting..

anyone who thinks saints will fayre any better when the game is quicker is dillusional with our lack of pace, if anything we will probably we worse..

i just want to watch a bit of rugby that is entertaining, whoever is playing

what i suggest is you watch any game from 1997 - 2003 (a time where we won only 2 super leagues) and watch how much better the game is as a spectactle.. it's so much quicker

A word of sanity. The thing that is shocking about your team nowadays, is that kicking you to within your twenty metres is great tactics, because you simply don't seem to have the ability to go 80 yards to score any more.

Saints lack pace out wide, but around the ruck you're usually very quick which might be why the slower PTB has affected you more than some other teams. Saints should still have adapted quicker though.

The problem is that in SL we have usually had very quick PTB's that means teams can often make easy ground simply by diving to the ground, a quick play the ball and a scoot from dummy half. That in itself gets boring after a while too and doesn't encourage the halves to be as creative as they would have to be against a set defence.

Personally I say keep the PTB as it is now for about 5 years and see if it brings any benefits.

your more than welcome to come and watch Leeds!

Super league was more borning for me turning up knowing we were gonna muller a team! Now I never know who's gonna win! which is awesome!

where as I get the feeling you just enjoy watching saints muller teams rather than seeing a contest where the out come isnt a for gone conclusion.

last year's super league playoff attendances

GF - 68,810
Saints v Leeds 11,407
Wigan v Bradford 6,806
Cats v Wire 8,442
Cats v Wigan 9,985
Leeds v Wigan 13,112
Average Exc. GF - 9950

this seasons
GF - 63,259
Saints Wigan 13,087
Leeds Catalans 13,409
KR Wigan 8,162
Giants Catalans 4,263
Wigan Cas 8,689
Saints Giants 6,157
Wakey Catalans 4,008
Average Exc. GF 9626

That's 300 less a game this year on last year, and this year there were 2 semi finals compared with last year...

average attendances down 1000 every match this season

still, you hold on to the belief that superleague fans are not voting with their feet

thanks for such a thought out response, rather than rantings from some of your other fans.. i get just as bored watching saints putting 50 on a team as anyone, this season has been the closest ever, we were only 8 points from being champions ourselves, not a million miles away.. but this season i can honestly say i can not remember any memorable games

and it's got nothing to do with global recession?

Plus those empty gf seats where all in the saints end! maybe more to do with something more than a slow ptb?perhaps the same reason for the desprate letter?

Or perhaps they are merely tightening their belts. Given the economic climate and the rapidly rising unemployment figures minus 300 seems like a hell of an achievement.

But you hold on to your belief that the economy does not affect attendance figures.

a 1000 people a match, not so much..

if i was desperate it would be a petition to have the match replayed because of a dodgy offside decision, but it's not.. my point is the manner of those tries scored..

in the grand final 3 tries were from kicks, the other a try from acting half back from 2 yards out, and these are supposed to be the most entertaining teams in super league?? the wales and england tries came from similary boring play, built on pressure

…and this downward turn in supporter attendance is all due to the standard of the on-pitch Rugby and nothing to do with the economic climate and the 2.49 million unemployed.

God you are really a muppet if that’s what you really believe.

back to the point though, do you honestly believe that superleague on the whole is as entertaining to watch, with tries from flowing handling moves, as it was 5 years ago??

It may have a fair amount to do with Huddersfield and Wakefield traditionally having a smaller supporter base than Leeds, Wigan , Saints or Catalans.

As for overall season attendances, the recession has already been mentioned.

i will have that there will some supporters put off in the current climate.. but 1000 each and every match is a lot?!

the original point is do you think superleague is as interesting to watch as it once was

is that wigan bradford attendance right?

[urlhttp://www.engagesuperleague.co.uk/results.php?team=&days=&c=62&s=2008&id=&submit.x=9&submit.y=10[/url

worryingly yes

Haha, pure comedy! We have been watching the most entertaining and physical campaign ever!

Rugby League is progressing at lightning pace, with the brutality of the game, and the skill of the players increasing year on year, why would we want to go back on what we are building!

Rugby League is growing, once we start competing at international level, it will grow bigger and bigger

first off it's 300 pal!

second the fact that you think the tightest of calls(it could have gone either way it was that close) was a dodgey call says everthing about your agenda! Funny how the saints fans who know their stuff have kept quiet re the 50/50 call.

third! gf's are most of the time tight affairs in sl and the nrl! I know many fans who have always prefered a 10-8 to a 32-26 long before our ruck slowed down! IMHO a 10-8 is almost always a better game than a 32-26!

The biggest problem with Super League compared to 3 or 4 years ago, is that it has lost alot of it's traditionally big, exciting games. It used to be that any match involving two of Leeds, Bradford, Wigan and Saints was a must watch. Because of the downward spiral of Bradford and to a lesser extent Wigan (who are recovering somewhat in the last couple of years) this is no longer the case. Only Saints v Leeds has a real edge to it now.

Once you get past needing Sky Sports hype to convince you that a game has been, or is likely to be a 'classic' then there are still plenty of entertaining games to be had, but they don't have the backdrop of a firecracker atmosphere adding to the experience that they once had when the above mentioned teams made up the top 4 every year.

It was held at Widnes, that's why.