My current feeling is not to bother. It's not the players or club that I have a problem with - I've been watching long enough to consider this past season a near miracle of performance - it's the whole game.
General thoughts as to why, in no particular order
New league structure is utterly bonkers and the fact it wasn't laughed out of the room at the first draft merely reveals the desperately poor quality of administration in the game. It's a brilliant sport in many ways, but it really is run by utter morons.
Low refereeing standards causing me to genuinely consider, for the first time, that the refs may actually be bent. Didn't watch the match last night, but I've read the comments. I do wonder more and more. If the refs are bent, then the game is no more valid than WWF wrestling with a ball. As I'm not a 13 year old boy, I'm not paying for that poop.
Lowest playing standards I can recall for many years - that St Helens side winning anything is a joke, and the other "big" clubs (including ours) should be ashamed of letting them get so far.
Ongoing refusal across the whole game, from the amateur clubs to the Superleague, to even attempt to close the gap with the Australians. We're happy to be mickey poor for the sixth consecutive decade, so why should I care if noone else does?
Poor production quality on Sky, with commentators so bad it's near unwatchable with the sound on.
I used to go to two or three GB/England matches every autumn, haven't even paid attention to it for since I realised noone in the game took it remotely seriously enough to even try and beat the Aussies. Now, to be honest, I'm this close >< to giving up on the whole lot.
I watched the All-Ireland Gaelic Football Semi- Final the other week. It was more intense and more entertaining than any RL match I've seen this year.
I'll give it a few completely RL-free months and see how I feel then. Doubt I'll get a season ticket either way. Too many Thursday or Friday games I can't get to.
