Jughead Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/rugby-league-easter-doubleheaders-scheduling-24869702?utm_source=leeds_live_newsletter&utm_campaign=rugby_league_lve_newsletter&utm_medium=email&pure360.trackingid={~TrackingId~} 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 About time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 The healthy attendances argument is a myth too. The 2nd Easter games are always poorly attended and fares really badly compared to the first game and a derby for most clubs. It always just seems like an afterthought that no one cares about. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 There really should have been no double headers and fewer games this year with the World Cup coming up . Having one now at the end of a long season , with the World Cup coming up , is doubly stupid 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 23 minutes ago, Jughead said: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/rugby-league-easter-doubleheaders-scheduling-24869702?utm_source=leeds_live_newsletter&utm_campaign=rugby_league_lve_newsletter&utm_medium=email&pure360.trackingid={~TrackingId~} Pleased to see an international break being retained even with this change. 5 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 10 minutes ago, DavidM said: There really should have been no double headers and fewer games this year with the World Cup coming up . Having one now at the end of a long season , with the World Cup coming up , is doubly stupid Doing it less than 50 days before the start of the World Cup is crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jughead Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 53 minutes ago, DavidM said: There really should have been no double headers and fewer games this year with the World Cup coming up . Having one now at the end of a long season , with the World Cup coming up , is doubly stupid Especially when you consider that 2020 was backloaded through Covid, we had a short turnaround into 2021 with a World Cup in mind and then decided that a 27 game season with two double headers, one of which is at the end of the season, was a good idea. I fully expect an early February start in 2023 because I don’t trust those in power in the game. I’m still not keen on a 27 round season and a schedule for 2023 longer than this year, especially with a handful of international scheduled for the end of next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impartial Observer Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Wait for the owners of clubs moan when they don't get a home game next Easter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jughead Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 1 minute ago, Impartial Observer said: Wait for the owners of clubs moan when they don't get a home game next Easter Nailed on to be Carter and/or Pearson. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impartial Observer Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Or maybe Derek when he sees Leigh vs Catalans on the fixture list 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jughead Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 15 minutes ago, Impartial Observer said: Or maybe Derek when he sees Leigh vs Catalans on the fixture list That’ll be something about the French teams bringing no away fans and nobody buying pies. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunbar Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Why are we now calling the bank holiday / easter weekend programme double headers? 2 "The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fevrover Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 3 hours ago, Impartial Observer said: Wait for the owners of clubs moan when they don't get a home game next Easter I will put money on it that Leeds and Wigan get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jughead Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 4 minutes ago, Fevrover said: I will put money on it that Leeds and Wigan get one. Wigan will get a home game on Good Friday next year. It’s their turn to host the Derby, as it alternates and Saints hosted them this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idrewthehaggis Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 4 hours ago, Impartial Observer said: Or maybe Derek when he sees Leigh vs Catalans on the fixture list Given Catalan is the usual Easter fayre for Salford, I imagine not. Probably Wires away if only one Easter game for the Reds. As for Leigh,personally a little of me is sailing against that assumption (only a little bit) So how about the Big Easter derby being Batley v Leeds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Wigan game v Catalans has now been moved to next Friday due to Sky. Therefore now Wigan are playing 3 games in 8 days which is ridiculous, especially with the World Cup coming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjonn Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 1 hour ago, Damien said: Wigan game v Catalans has now been moved to next Friday due to Sky. Therefore now Wigan are playing 3 games in 8 days which is ridiculous, especially with the World Cup coming up. I agree with the ridiculous comment... I know Sky are important and invest in the sport for TV rights but the RFL/SL should have clauses in their to prevent this type of situation for a club. I can well guess that Wigan probably have no need to have their full first team squad play plus maybe also Catalan. Even then if the clubs rotate the squad you won't so keen to pay to watch at a stadium if the answer is playing the reserves. With injuries, discipline bans and sky/SL fixture forcing clubs to squeeze in games is it any wonder that we ain't seeing the best of RL/SL here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whippet13 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 6 hours ago, Dunbar said: Why are we now calling the bank holiday / easter weekend programme double headers? I suspect it's because nobody can think of anything catchy to call them. I think the only double headers (for the men) this year have been in the CC and they will be around again next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jughead Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 I’ll be disappointed if we don’t have the Easter weekend scheduled like this; one game Thursday night, the Hull FC v KR game and the Derby on Good Friday, a game on Saturday, a game on Sunday and a game on Easter Monday. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Mead Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 8 hours ago, Jughead said: Nailed on to be Carter and/or Pearson. Carter fuming that he’ll miss out on £723 bar receipts from the loop fixture. That’s a month’s pay for a wakey top 30 player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Wigan squad for tomorrow. Just look at the squad numbers. Things like 2 fixtures in 3 days, play offs and loop fixtures just means that Super League has too many meaningless games that dont excite fans: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jughead Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 Saints’ 21 man squad includes five potential debutants and squad numbers go into the 40’s. What a woeful idea these rounds are. It’s only been said for the best part of 25 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Grady Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 What about Zaphod Beeblebrox, I wonder what they might have to say about this? 'The Invisble Man is at the door'. 'Tell him I can't see him'. The late, great Tommy Cooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 At this point, before the term gets misued again, i think its worth pointing ou that there have never been any double headers in Rugby League, ever; nor will there ever be, for a double header is "two games between the same teams played in the same place on the same day" Just sayin' "Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution." Albert Einstein (Fat chance on THIS forum) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 5 minutes ago, JohnM said: At this point, before the term gets misued again, i think its worth pointing ou that there have never been any double headers in Rugby League, ever; nor will there ever be, for a double header is "two games between the same teams played in the same place on the same day" Just sayin' No. A double-header is a train pulled by two locomotives. Words can only ever mean one thing. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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