Re: Genuinely funny article in the Torygraph! : Fri Dec 01, 2017 5:36 pm  

PopTart wrote:

I liked it. I thought it was funny.
But anyone not interested in rugby won't read it and any Union fan will still think Union is better and that we have a chip.

People that love rugby union and hate league will just laugh at how pathetic the article is, while revelling in the fact that there is so little interest in the RLWC.

People like me who enjoy both codes will just shake their heads at the unnecessary barbs and snide words about rugby union.

There seems to be a certain amount of delusion with some RL fans. It's as if they can't understand why anyone who has seen or heard about RL hasn't immediately fallen in love with it and become fans like themselves. Their inability to accept this leads them to assume that it's all down to bad marketing and promotion. I hate to burst their bubble but a lot of people know about RL but just don't have any interest in it. And it doesn't matter how many times you list the reasons why you think RL is great and why they should be interested in it, they're still going to make up their own minds and unfortunately most people don't seem that interested.

Re: Genuinely funny article in the Torygraph! : Fri Dec 01, 2017 7:40 pm  

Muggins wrote:

People that love rugby union and hate league will just laugh at how pathetic the article is, while revelling in the fact that there is so little interest in the RLWC.

People like me who enjoy both codes will just shake their heads at the unnecessary barbs and snide words about rugby union.

There seems to be a certain amount of delusion with some RL fans. It's as if they can't understand why anyone who has seen or heard about RL hasn't immediately fallen in love with it and become fans like themselves. Their inability to accept this leads them to assume that it's all down to bad marketing and promotion. I hate to burst their bubble but a lot of people know about RL but just don't have any interest in it. And it doesn't matter how many times you list the reasons why you think RL is great and why they should be interested in it, they're still going to make up their own minds and unfortunately most people don't seem that interested.

You may be right, perhaps people are not interested in RL.
However, IF the establishment and the Tory press were ever to get behind the sport and portray RL in a positive light, it would certainly help.
You talk about "unnecessary barbs and snide words" and yet you are happy to condone yet another article that smears our sport and laughs at those involved.
If this was a one of article, when they (The Torygraph) usually printed any form of balanced coverage of the sport, I may agree with you.

If we are happy with this stuff, we deserve to be set a pariah's, never quite having been forgiven for breaking away in 1895.

It's obviously ok for them to give wall to wall coverage of meaningless Union friendlies (the Autumn series) and yet ignore and belittle "the other code".

Re: Genuinely funny article in the Torygraph! : Fri Dec 01, 2017 7:51 pm  

Although I did not see a mention of RLWC final on BBC national news, the local London news immediately after had a feature! Showed clips of London Broncos pre-season training and England's final training session, with comments from London players and coaching staff. It was pointed out (something I hadn't realised) that the Broncos had more players than any other English club in the World Cup - 12 players representing 6 countries. Well done to the Broncos for promoting themselves and the world cup¬

Re: Genuinely funny article in the Torygraph! : Fri Dec 01, 2017 7:56 pm  

Call Me God wrote:

a. It is funny......

Really isn't. Got a third of the way though and I was bored reading it, reading the rest was a tedious task on the suggestion that it was "funny" Just a dull waste of time and article space that could've been used on a good quality piece.

Re: Genuinely funny article in the Torygraph! : Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:22 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

yet you are happy to condone yet another article that smears our sport and laughs at those involved.

I don't condone any article that does those things. Nor do I condone articles that put the boot into rugby union or any other sport. I'm a big fan of loads of sports and even those that are not my cup of tea, I would still not seek to put them down.

If I'm honest I'm a bit confused by the article with regards to who is having a go at who. I thought it was someone having a go at rugby union by sarcastically saying that that's what RL needs to imitate if it's going to get people to like it. But other people are seeing it as an attack on rugby league. Either way, one of the sports is being mocked and I don't like that, whichever it is. Lol

Re: Genuinely funny article in the Torygraph! : Fri Dec 01, 2017 9:17 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

You may be right, perhaps people are not interested in RL.
However, IF the establishment and the Tory press were ever to get behind the sport and portray RL in a positive light, it would certainly help.
You talk about "unnecessary barbs and snide words" and yet you are happy to condone yet another article that smears our sport and laughs at those involved.
If this was a one of article, when they (The Torygraph) usually printed any form of balanced coverage of the sport, I may agree with you.

If we are happy with this stuff, we deserve to be set a pariah's, never quite having been forgiven for breaking away in 1895.

It's obviously ok for them to give wall to wall coverage of meaningless Union friendlies (the Autumn series) and yet ignore and belittle "the other code".

Those “meaningless” friendlies will get crowds we can only dream of and you know why? People enjoy watching rugby union

Regards

King James

Re: Genuinely funny article in the Torygraph! : Fri Dec 01, 2017 9:59 pm  

Lebron James wrote:

Those “meaningless” friendlies will get crowds we can only dream of and you know why? People enjoy watching rugby union

Certainly at international level they do, yes. But I don't think there's any point in RL trying to match RU. RL needs to work with what it has and not look enviously at RU or try to emulate everything that RU does. It's fine to learn from other sports and copy ideas or whatever, but you shouldn't ever just think that because another sport does something that you have to do the same.

At international level RU is now a juggernaut. It's a snowball effect and it's going to keep getting bigger. It has the money and the support base and more and more countries are going to want to be part of it.

But even RU is miniscule compared to football. In the same way that it's stupid for RU to look enviously at football and think it can achieve the same as what football has, it's likewise stupid for RL to think it can do what RU does. It doesn't mean you don't aspire to grow and become better and bigger, but at the same time it's stupid to overreach yourself.

RL needs to focus on its strengths and be proud of its roots. I hate it when people worry that you can't have a Yorkshire v Lancashire series because it would make the game look too northern and parochial.

Re: Genuinely funny article in the Torygraph! : Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:11 pm  

On reading this post I am struck by the assumption that to be a supporter of our great game you are anti conservative? as a life long supporter ex pro player as well as a long-time season pass holder I would like to point out that many of the long term backers. administrators & leading lights have most certainly been active Tory's ( Lord Derby for a start). Yes our game is based in poorer working class parts of the country & draws most of its following from there but being a worker dose not mean you are not conservative. Don't go blaming some class war divide or ruling class plot to do our game down. Look at the facts, most of the fans of our game are not from the parts of the population who are targeted by the media or sponsors ( who are out to make money) they target people who are prepared to splash £50k plus on a car or boat. Football only gets the coverage as the sheer number of fans make it profitable. Instead of looking for imaginary plots lets concentrate on what we do have, a game that is worth watching for its own sake. As for the article (I read it in my normal paper) I thought it was a tongue in cheek dig at union.

Re: Genuinely funny article in the Torygraph! : Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:28 pm  

Beverley red wrote:

As for the article (I read it in my normal paper) I thought it was a tongue in cheek dig at union.

...as did I. I wasn't expecting the idiot brigade to be out in as much force finding fault with it....It was in a Union paper taking the pi$$ out of Union....some people need to lighten up a tad!

Re: Genuinely funny article in the Torygraph! : Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:32 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

I think that your love of this article shows your true colours.

Love?
I enjoyed it and took it at face value...a bit of fun being poked at Union.

As for my true colours.......put your eyeglass down Sherlock. There's nothing to see here