Re: Sky's view of Championship rugby : Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:37 pm  

Fax4Life wrote:

Did you think the crowd was a big as you expected?
I thought you would have got more but it was on Friday night and on Sky.

Must admit I thought at the game that the crowd would be announced as larger than 4,000 - no way on earth would they have found space for another 2,000+ in the place!

Re: Sky's view of Championship rugby : Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:41 am  

Leyther_Matt wrote:

Must admit I thought at the game that the crowd would be announced as larger than 4,000 - no way on earth would they have found space for another 2,000+ in the place!

I have a mate who lives in Southport & he's a Wigan season ticket holder who was miffed that there appeared to be plenty of space in the visitors section of the crowd, yet he was only permitted a single ticket & because he doesn't drive & the logistics of getting from his workplace at teatime then back home after the match without his usual travel buddy he couldn't make the trip over. I suppose he was being critical of his own club in that respect though.

Re: Sky's view of Championship rugby : Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:17 am  

marillion man wrote:

Leyther_Matt wrote:

Must admit I thought at the game that the crowd would be announced as larger than 4,000 - no way on earth would they have found space for another 2,000+ in the place!

In fairness Wigan have more than 10,000 season ticket holders so I think it would be fair enough to restrict it initially with an allocation of only 1,500 to play with!

I have a mate who lives in Southport & he's a Wigan season ticket holder who was miffed that there appeared to be plenty of space in the visitors section of the crowd, yet he was only permitted a single ticket & because he doesn't drive & the logistics of getting from his workplace at teatime then back home after the match without his usual travel buddy he couldn't make the trip over. I suppose he was being critical of his own club in that respect though.

Re: Sky's view of Championship rugby : Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:23 pm  

Fax4Life wrote:

Sounds like you played well, good on yer it is good for the Championship when Championship clubs give SL teams a good game. We all know Fev are the benchmark in this league, we are playing catch up but Rome wasnt built in a day as they say, I also wonder how long thsi Fev team will keep at its peak?
Did you think the crowd was a big as you expected?
I thought you would have got more but it was on Friday night and on Sky.

And a shared gate......

Re: Sky's view of Championship rugby : Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:42 am  

Rotherham Fev Fan wrote:

True Cushy. BUT, you fail to add that if we play like we did against Swinton Fax will batter us. And without Tangi, Matty Dale, Tommy and Hardo - and recovering from a game which will have absolutely knocked 7 bells out of the lads, the task against Fax is looking increasingly more difficult.
We nearly blew it v Swinton. Thump ya tub if you want but I'm not that confident.

Valid points RFF but you will see that I said "If"

However I truly believe the Sheff game and the Swinton games were direct results of what
What was happening in the CC.

I think we may struggle but that won't stop me tub thumping.