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Is the Middlesex 7's dead?
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<blockquote data-quote="skinnyquin" data-source="post: 138782"><p>I went down and the feeling in the stadium was far more of a pre-season jolly than a serious competition. Only Newcastle seemed to have much in the way of a team, although Worcester and Leeds (surprisingly) both looked fairly competent. Every other team was made up in a similar way to Quins (aside from wasps fielding Cipriani unannounced) i.e. predominantly academy kids, juniors and journeymen. The whole thing was somewhat let down by the complete inability of anyone to kick anywhere near the posts as well.</p><p></p><p>Aside from the final, by which time half the crowd was hiding from the rain anyway, people seemed to be spending their time at the bar or queing for food; I went to get a burger and there were more people hanging around outside (most of them trying to find somewhere to get away with having a fag) than watching games at that point. By the end the biggest cheers were for people farting about in the stands in costume rather than anything on the pitch and the atmosphere seemed to be more about the day out than the matches.</p><p></p><p>I think the clubs seem to have lost interest in anything more than using it to give the kiddies a run-around. Rethink time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skinnyquin, post: 138782"] I went down and the feeling in the stadium was far more of a pre-season jolly than a serious competition. Only Newcastle seemed to have much in the way of a team, although Worcester and Leeds (surprisingly) both looked fairly competent. Every other team was made up in a similar way to Quins (aside from wasps fielding Cipriani unannounced) i.e. predominantly academy kids, juniors and journeymen. The whole thing was somewhat let down by the complete inability of anyone to kick anywhere near the posts as well. Aside from the final, by which time half the crowd was hiding from the rain anyway, people seemed to be spending their time at the bar or queing for food; I went to get a burger and there were more people hanging around outside (most of them trying to find somewhere to get away with having a fag) than watching games at that point. By the end the biggest cheers were for people farting about in the stands in costume rather than anything on the pitch and the atmosphere seemed to be more about the day out than the matches. I think the clubs seem to have lost interest in anything more than using it to give the kiddies a run-around. Rethink time. [/QUOTE]
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