Re: 2014 fixtures : Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:49 am  

The 4 big ones ( for me anyway) all on a Thursday

Re: 2014 fixtures : Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:51 am  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

So really it's a case of bad luck as opposed to SKY or the RFL doing anything particularly wrong?

Can you not see that this will put off parents from taking their kids to night games...I do think Sky have got this wrong...

They are only thinking about TV ratings...They know awkward kick off times will more than likely make people watch on the TV..

Re: 2014 fixtures : Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:54 am  

Thursday games are a nightmare for me as I take my kids to the games and they are knackered the next day in school.

We all went to the Play off semi this year and my little girl fell asleep on the front row of the South Stand so there is no point taking her again on Thursdays or my lad who is 7 as he was just as bad and wanted to go home at half time!

Re: 2014 fixtures : Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:56 am  

MikeyWire wrote:

Can you not see that this will put off parents from taking their kids to night games...I do think Sky have got this wrong...

They are only thinking about TV ratings...They know awkward kick off times will more than likely make people watch on the TV..

Yes of course I see that. It doesn't affect me personally but I can fully understand it makes it difficult for families.

But the point I was making is that people moaning and whinging because the fixtures don't suit their own working pattern is more than a bit self-centred and blinkered.

Re: 2014 fixtures : Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:57 am  

Mate I moan because back in the day the majority of games were played at the weekend, I put a lot of time, effort and money into following Wire, I love following my team and I love the live game experience. The creeping in of midweek games lowered the number of games I was able to attend but I took that on the chin. They've now added even more games thus lowering my enjoyment even more.

Why should I move back and get another job?
Sky realise this will hurt attendances, in fact they prey it does, less people in the ground and more people in front of the tv is more people being drip fed their adverts, which is what they want.

Re: 2014 fixtures : Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:04 am  

And why is it ok for a family person to whinge and not someone who is just incompatible because I'm 'self centred'

Do a survey of people asking if they could pick one day of the week what would they choose.
Thursday wouldn't even register.

Re: 2014 fixtures : Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:21 am  

Mystic Yed wrote:

And why is it ok for a family person to whinge and not someone who is just incompatible because I'm 'self centred'

Do a survey of people asking if they could pick one day of the week what would they choose.
Thursday wouldn't even register.

I agree. I wouldn't choose Thursdays either.

There are 11 Warrington games on a weekend and you can only attend 3. That is what I'm getting at. You have almost of the games on a weekend and it's your shifts getting in the way again, as they do with Thursday and Friday games.

Re: 2014 fixtures : Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:26 am  

Mystic Yed wrote:

Do a survey of people asking if they could pick one day of the week what would they choose.
Thursday wouldn't even register.

According to the Warrington press release, "The Warrington-Saints derby is the first game of 2014 to be televised live on a Thursday night following the successful trial last season, when the new time slot drew strong TV audiences with no detrimental impact on attendances."

As Paul Weller once told me, "The public gets what the public wants".

Re: 2014 fixtures : Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:40 am  

Irishwire wrote:

Thursday games are a nightmare for me as I take my kids to the games and they are knackered the next day in school.

We all went to the Play off semi this year and my little girl fell asleep on the front row of the South Stand so there is no point taking her again on Thursdays or my lad who is 7 as he was just as bad and wanted to go home at half time!

Two of Wire Thursday games are during School holidays (both v Saints)

Re: 2014 fixtures : Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:41 am  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

I agree. I wouldn't choose Thursdays either.

There are 11 Warrington games on a weekend and you can only attend 3. That is what I'm getting at. You have almost of the games on a weekend and it's your shifts getting in the way again, as they do with Thursday and Friday games.

I accept that, I know that if all the games were played at the weekend I'd still miss games, im resigned to that before they even come out, but the thing is midweek games are usually an instint no attendance from me, adding more winds me up. Then the fewer games that land on the weekend then land on the days I'm working.
It becomes more of a lottery. This year 3 games isn't a lot, I need the CC to be kind to me possibly the playoffs too.