Re: Middle 8 Predictions/Views : Wed Jul 26, 2017 7:25 am  

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Re: Middle 8 Predictions/Views : Wed Jul 26, 2017 7:28 am  

Catalan away, just as I thought. Luckily I booked my Hotel rooms on Monday as availability was not great in the centre of Perpignan.
Flights sorted. Bring it on.

Re: Middle 8 Predictions/Views : Wed Jul 26, 2017 7:53 am  

Wonder why Leigh is on Friday and not Sunday... Is it in case Sky put it on TV, as friday night is a real pain, and cant see many away fans coming down on a friday....

Happy with how the fixtures are split..... Got to target Widnes away as well as Leigh Home... would not be surprised if one or both of them are on TV.

Re: Middle 8 Predictions/Views : Wed Jul 26, 2017 8:35 am  

Can make all but Catalan, Leigh on a Friday is perfect ( selfishly) as I'll be in Fulham on the Saturday.

Re: Middle 8 Predictions/Views : Wed Jul 26, 2017 8:49 am  

A Friday night game gives the club an opportunity to try something different. It could be a crucial game and the marketing team should get themselves into gear and promote the game really hard.
Only determined away fans will attend, but you could more than make up for the lack of away support by bringing in new people. A beer promotion or something might help.

Re: Middle 8 Predictions/Views : Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:06 am  

Yea, I guess Friday works for most people, but my group wont be able to attend, but if it gets a load of new folks in then its good for the future...

I'm working in Germany atm so dont get back to UK until 8pm on Friday evenings, so no way I can make it.. but will be tracking it on twitter.. Hopefully it will be the game which see's us promoted back (unless the RFL dont shaft us, but thats a different thread)

Re: Middle 8 Predictions/Views : Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:53 am  

crashmon wrote:

Wonder why Leigh is on Friday and not Sunday... Is it in case Sky put it on TV, as friday night is a real pain, and cant see many away fans coming down on a friday....

The Ealing RU team have a home game live on Sky on Sunday 24th September.

Re: Middle 8 Predictions/Views : Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:57 am  

I am assuming the 8pm kick off for the Warrington game is for Sky TVs benefit. Might stop a few Warrington fans coming down. Still being on TV probably would do that anyway.

Re: Middle 8 Predictions/Views : Wed Jul 26, 2017 10:06 am  

crashmon wrote:

Hopefully it will be the game which see's us promoted back (unless the RFL dont shaft us, but thats a different thread)

Was wondering about this...the RFL rules state that any team in the middle 8s whose ground does not meet SL criteria must have applied for special dispensation bvy the end of June and been granted special dispensation by last Friday if they wanted to be in SL in the event they earn promotion - does anyone know if this happened, presumably it did as everyone would have been told if the Broncos had already accepted the fact that they wouldn't go up if promoted? To be fair, if Wakefield can keep getting the go-ahead for Belle Vue, I don't see why Ealing shouldn't.

Re: Middle 8 Predictions/Views : Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:24 pm  

Toronto on a Friday night was fun
Wire Sat night should be a great day