: Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:47 pm  

If getting knocked out early in the cup winning at old trafford again so be it. The cup has lost some of its apeal I don't care what anyone says since the start of the SL era the cup has become a very dull comp. I'm not one of the "Micky Mouse cup" brigade but I certainly think the CC needs a revamp.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:49 pm  

Could you please change m wrote:

If getting knocked out early in the cup winning at old trafford again so be it.

That's a sizeable if there but it should help Leeds stay in the hunt not having two focuses for the remainder of this season.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:32 pm  

Could you please change m wrote:

If getting knocked out early in the cup winning at old trafford again so be it. The cup has lost some of its apeal I don't care what anyone says since the start of the SL era the cup has become a very dull comp. I'm not one of the "Micky Mouse cup" brigade but I certainly think the CC needs a revamp.

I think the tweak they introduced last year was a great idea.

There was nowt wrong with the cup at Headingley on Sunday. 17k crowd (boosted, of course, by the tweak I referred to earlier) big game and great atmos.

If a RL supporter doesn't get a hard on over events like Sunday I suggest they watch another sport. It reminded me of the Bulls QF from 2004 or, going further back, the Widnes cup tie from 99. Sadly, the match itself and the let down was more like the latter.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:08 pm  

challenge cup still starts too early, the gaps between rounds prevent any sort of momentum building for publicity and excitment, there should be no more than 2 SL rounds between each CC round

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:29 pm  

hopie4ever wrote:

challenge cup still starts too early, the gaps between rounds prevent any sort of momentum building for publicity and excitment, there should be no more than 2 SL rounds between each CC round

And the final is now way too close to the play-offs causing a potentially damaging conflict of interests for the participating teams.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:36 pm  

LeedsPokerGuru wrote:

watkins and gibson was the reason we beat Wigan.... according to you

Because you struggle to debate at my level please don't make things up. I never said that.

Oh, and, I fail to see what obscure point you're attempting to make regardless.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:16 pm  

Wasn't there a thread started (or an existing one extended) after the Wigan game that said something like 'tell me again why we need a new centre' or something like that?

: Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:03 am  

tvoc wrote:

Wasn't there a thread started (or an existing one extended) after the Wigan game that said something like 'tell me again why we need a new centre' or something like that?

bingo.

: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:25 am  

LeedsPokerGuru wrote:

bingo.

and in that thread do I say that Watkins and Gibson were "the reason we beat Wigan"?