alan30058 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 30 minutes ago, Oliver Clothesoff said: Losing the Magic Weekend would be a big blow to the game and would be losing a decent percentage of lives games shown on Sky. Do you mean losing a half empty stadium and an extra game on the clubs fixture lists which necessitates a third game against the same team for our bored followers to be lumbered with.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Clothesoff Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 9 minutes ago, alan30058 said: Do you mean losing a half empty stadium and an extra game on the clubs fixture lists which necessitates a third game against the same team for our bored followers to be lumbered with.? In that case, shall we bin Salford, Huddersfield, London etc whose grounds are half full then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunbar Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 In the Challenge Cup final thread there was a general consensus that we need more events in our sport. The Magic weekend is one of those events. The Challenge Cup Final, the Grand Final and Magic are the three events we have at the top domestic level of our sport... why remove a third of these events. Every year at Magic round the sport gets more media coverage than it does for the regular rounds and while the stadium may be half empty, it is always a large stadium with a high profile and 25k to 40k are there to watch Rugby League every day. If Magic necessitates a 3rd game between teams, don't remove magic, remove one of the other games. "The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby. "If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn't value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?" — Sam Harris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan30058 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 27 minutes ago, Dunbar said: If Magic necessitates a 3rd game between teams, don't remove magic, remove one of the other games. Now that's a sensible idea. Perhaps to sensible and obvious for the powers that be ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Prince Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 5 hours ago, Dunbar said: In the Challenge Cup final thread there was a general consensus that we need more events in our sport. The Magic weekend is one of those events. The Challenge Cup Final, the Grand Final and Magic are the three events we have at the top domestic level of our sport... why remove a third of these events. Every year at Magic round the sport gets more media coverage than it does for the regular rounds and while the stadium may be half empty, it is always a large stadium with a high profile and 25k to 40k are there to watch Rugby League every day. If Magic necessitates a 3rd game between teams, don't remove magic, remove one of the other games. If it's razatazz then do the matches on a draw basis and give it a build up the week before by doing the draw on Friday night! Everyone is saying it's a great weekend, let people make sure they are there from the off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPosh Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 12 hours ago, Davo5 said: Great news,the Easter Monday games are awful to watch,usually with knackered players just trying to survive the 80 mins and grind out a result,these fixtures do nothing for the game and even less for the players. Not wanting to split hairs, but I find the Monday games are usually fine. It's the following weekend that's a washout in my opinion. People called Romans they go the house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odsal Outlaw Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Sounds like it will be an extra week on the season ... I’m guessing not much chance of an international window being put in place next year. Nottingham Outlaws Rugby League Harry Jepson Winners 2008 RLC Midlands Premier Champions 2006 & 2008 East Midlands Challenge Cup Winners 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008 Rotterdam International 9's Cup Winners 2005 RLC North Midlands Champions 2003 & 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Clothesoff Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, Odsal Outlaw said: Sounds like it will be an extra week on the season ... I’m guessing not much chance of an international window being put in place next year. I imagined this would be the case. Our season started in deepest January this year and ends in early October, it’s a hell of a long year without extensions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbruce Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 22 hours ago, Red Willow said: is it not more a case of preparing for Toronto to come in? can't expect a team to fly there and play on the Monday or for Toronto to play in UK then fly to Canada. Can’t see that being the reason as the easy solution to that is Toronto play two away games that weekend. I think this has been coming from coaches and players for a few years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbruce Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 20 hours ago, Chris Taylor said: Hopefully getting rid of Magic Weekend. So we’d have two find two more weekends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbruce Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 9 minutes ago, scotchy1 said: That would leave an uneven amount of home and away fixtures. The alternative solution is create another event/s. Either 2 magics or magic and an On the Road game. The alternative is to add two teams so we can lose the repeat fixtures. That way MW wouldn’t feel like just another repeat fixture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAVERCROFT10 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 23 hours ago, Red Willow said: is it not more a case of preparing for Toronto to come in? can't expect a team to fly there and play on the Monday or for Toronto to play in UK then fly to Canada. Champ and champ1 club's part time had to endure it.Perhaps super league chairman dont fancy the prospect of, ie wigan/saints Friday then Toronto Monday! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbruce Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 2 hours ago, HAVERCROFT10 said: Champ and champ1 club's part time had to endure it.Perhaps super league chairman dont fancy the prospect of, ie wigan/saints Friday then Toronto Monday! ! Did that happen in the championship weren’t Toronto away both games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 3 hours ago, Oliver Clothesoff said: I imagined this would be the case. Our season started in deepest January this year and ends in early October, it’s a hell of a long year without extensions. The SL season started with one game on 31st Jan, the rest across the first 3 days of Feb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Clothesoff Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 11 minutes ago, Dave T said: The SL season started with one game on 31st Jan, the rest across the first 3 days of Feb. So, the season started in January then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 17 minutes ago, Oliver Clothesoff said: So, the season started in January then. Is 7.45pm on the last day of Jan classed as 'deepest January' where you come from? Looks like the shallowest Jan possible to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Clothesoff Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 42 minutes ago, Dave T said: Is 7.45pm on the last day of Jan classed as 'deepest January' where you come from? Looks like the shallowest Jan possible to me. Considering it was the 31st January at 7.45pm, you can’t get much more deeper into January without it then being February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Taylor Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 4 hours ago, bobbruce said: So we’d have two find two more weekends. Clubs could just play each other home and away - make it nice a simple. 2008 RFL Wakefield & District Young Volunteer of the Year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbruce Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 37 minutes ago, Chris Taylor said: Clubs could just play each other home and away - make it nice a simple. MW came in when clubs wanted 14 home games to make ends meet. When it came in it made it possible for clubs to drop a home game reducing the season to 27 games. So unless that’s changed then dropping MW will result in an extra game rather than a reduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunbar Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 9 hours ago, Dave T said: Is 7.45pm on the last day of Jan classed as 'deepest January' where you come from? Looks like the shallowest Jan possible to me. 8 hours ago, Oliver Clothesoff said: Considering it was the 31st January at 7.45pm, you can’t get much more deeper into January without it then being February. I think you guys need to agree from which direction you are measuring depth. Unless you are looking at it from both ends in which case the deepest point is probably around lunchtime on the 15th. "The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby. "If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn't value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?" — Sam Harris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 4 minutes ago, Dunbar said: I think you guys need to agree from which direction you are measuring depth. Unless you are looking at it from both ends in which case the deepest point is probably around lunchtime on the 15th. Your date would be good. If something was described as in deepest winter, it wouldn't be happening 4 hours before spring. Maybe he meant to say late-Jan, but the context certainly didnt suggest that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 On 26/08/2019 at 22:27, Man of Kent said: No Easter double-header in Super League next year according to the publisher of this website’s weekly organ. Common sense prevails. Or is it the portent of another restructuring? Knew it had been out before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wollongong Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 On 27/08/2019 at 17:31, Dave T said: I'd have all 6 games on TV over 5 days. We used to have decent derbies on Easter Mobday too (Wire played Wigan a few times for example), but they sacked that off for nothing games on the Monday which was a damp squib after a strong Good Friday. Clubs selling one game per Easter weekend should see bumper crowds. This.... 1 Thursday night... 2 on Friday and 3 on Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleD Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 So where are they fitting in the extra game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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