"There are big businessmen there (at the RFU*) who perhaps don't understand rugby or have an empathy for the sport and I think that's where part of the problem lies.
"You need to have people who have empathy for the sport and are reasonable businessmen as well, not one or the other."
says Dean Richards. Former No 8 Bear and French Speaker.
Perhaps not just at the *RFU, mate - perhaps at (more than) a few of you boys' Premiership clubs? Eh? Yeah. "Pot Kettle The Black The Calling" You lot are strutting around like you've got a moral broom handle stuffed up your self-righteous, selfish, pompous bottoms. Pull it out sharply, now please, and don't you dare complain about the splinters.
I have a horrible feeling that the fans will become thoroughly hacked off with all this and not bother supporting teams and games. It happened here in Wales over the Samuels/Ravens/WRU nonsense. It happened here with the provincial set-up. In fact it is a bludi miracle that we have any support here left at all. And the Welsh supporter is, rightly or wrongly, blindly passionate about our national sport. What will happen in England? Sale were playing, only recently, to crowds of 11; Newcastle average 14.86 per game. Take those 25.86 people out and the game there will fold. Is that REALLY what EPRCRBST** want? Really?
And no, I am not siding with the ERFU (sic) and the FFR, heaven forbid, but, well… hellfire!!! actually I AM siding with them (Really?! Blimey. That is a turn up for the books - Ed.) but only because the clubs are trying so very hard to spoil it for the rest of us. And trust me, the E&F clubs have really gone too far if they can make an anti-establishment-problems-with-authority-figures soldier like me side with The Farts and Village Idiots. Oh, hell yes.
Some of the comments on Mick 'How I love Martin Cory' Cleary's blog make interesting reading. He is however, as ever, being a pomposh arsh.
read what Dr Syd says here Go, Syd, Go!
Wasps chief executive David Davies could well be getting it wrong when he says of The Chairman of the International Rugby Board, Dr Syd Millar's comments
"This is just a tantrum from one of the grandfathers of the game. I don't think this is the time to respond to an angry outburst. It is the time for negotiations."perhaps it is time for stern words and for you, Davies, to listen to ahem, The Head Of The Governing Body Of The Whole Bludi World Game.
There. I have had enough of this now. I shall write something funny for the next blog. Shall.
**English Premiere Rugby Clubs Run By Selfish Tossers
(Blanco, mate, s#d off and mind yer own businesses [holiday lets, flats, leisure clubs, cigarette franchises etc etc])
Sorry, but I just wouldn't let it lie. I just couldn't.