Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Sat May 25, 2019 10:59 pm  

Rows of empty seats on TV again. It's passed it's sell by date as a concept. Either let the Hearn's work their magic with a London venue, move it to the RCD Espanol Stadium in Barcelona, or abandon it to history. Embrace change.

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Sat May 25, 2019 11:05 pm  

Winslade's Offload wrote:

First day was 30,057 compared to 38,881 at Newcastle last year. Perhaps tomorrow might be a bit higher with Saints treating it as a home game.

Mmm I'm not sure the line up on Sunday will exceed 30,000 - let's see. 4 teams over 75 miles away


Salford Red Devils vs Hull Kingston Rovers
Leeds Rhinos vs London Broncos
St Helens vs Castleford Tigers

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Sat May 25, 2019 11:06 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

Rows of empty seats on TV again. It's passed it's sell by date as a concept. Either let the Hearn's work their magic with a London venue, move it to the RCD Espanol Stadium in Barcelona, or abandon it to history. Embrace change.

Smaller venue? Bolton, Wigan, Elland Road? I'm not sure what this weekend is doing for the sport. It's not positive, the city of Liverpool don't care.

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Sat May 25, 2019 11:28 pm  

Jack Napier wrote:

Smaller venue? Bolton, Wigan, Elland Road? I'm not sure what this weekend is doing for the sport. It's not positive, the city of Liverpool don't care.

I have no idea what the rationale was for Liverpool. To be honest I don't know what the aim of the weekend is now. It was to be a showcase of the sport played in non RL regions of the UK in keeping with the theme of desperately trying to make it a national sport.

Radio 5 are so enthralled by the showcase they covered Leinster vs Glasgow Warriors FFS.

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Sat May 25, 2019 11:53 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

Rows of empty seats on TV again. It's passed it's sell by date as a concept. Either let the Hearn's work their magic with a London venue, move it to the RCD Espanol Stadium in Barcelona, or abandon it to history. Embrace change.

Disagree, I thought it was a great day.

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Sun May 26, 2019 12:23 am  

Wires71 wrote:

Rows of empty seats on TV again. It's passed it's sell by date as a concept. Either let the Hearn's work their magic with a London venue, move it to the RCD Espanol Stadium in Barcelona, or abandon it to history. Embrace change.

Well come on you wasn’t really expecting see every seat taken?Probably used to seeing that stadium full when you’ve watched Liverpool so your eyes not used to it being half empty and don’t get this obsession with empty seats.The fans who go seem to enjoy it and the players seem to so can’t see the problem and long may it continue.

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Sun May 26, 2019 6:44 am  

Principality Stadium - Cardiff

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Sun May 26, 2019 6:46 am  

Take it back to Manchester City.
Make it a home or away fixture...not an extra.
Allow alternating teams to be classed as a home team and that team gets a free entry with the season ticket.

Manchester City was just a whole better round stadium experience with so much more room.

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Sun May 26, 2019 7:15 am  

I'd take it to one of the following, Stoke (brittania), Nottingham (City ground), Birmingham (villa Park) or Coventry (ricoh). There's a chance of filling all of those grounds and they have potential for expansion. Coventry would probably be best.

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Sun May 26, 2019 7:49 am  

As usual, those who went enjoyed it, and the Wires71s of this world sat at home and moaned. Before suggesting it is moved to a stadium in Catalunya that no Catalan people would wish to visit.