Re: How did the first game go? : Tue Feb 16, 2016 11:37 am  

Exiled down south wrote:

Thanks for the review Orient- very balanced

Absolutely - and this is what CN doesn't get.

Re: How did the first game go? : Tue Feb 16, 2016 1:54 pm  

ricky@ranpublishing.com for LB programme stuff

ricky@ranpublishing.com for LB programme stuff

Re: How did the first game go? : Fri Feb 19, 2016 1:28 pm  

Obviously I haven't been yet but with some of the comments on here and looking at the Video of the highlights the ground does seem awfully Micky Mouse! I guess I might find it in myself to get along but can't say it will be with too much enthusiasm.

Still looking forward to Headingley on Sunday night and the Brutus a week on Saturday!

Re: How did the first game go? : Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:17 pm  

You aren't by any chance on the Sunday morning train from Kings Cross to Leeds are you Paddock?

Re: How did the first game go? : Sat Feb 20, 2016 7:50 am  

MMmmm, not sure about the You Tube video being a negative Paddock, at the Hive our You Tube vids' look awfull, two drab and grey, empty terraces and a sparse populated far end with what appears to be zero atmosphere.

Whereas the first Video of Ealing, looked, well, ... better!

Not as modern or smart for sure, but just better! I can only put it down to 600+ people looking completely lost in a 6000+ modern, "modula" arena, but looking quite at home in a ramshackle 2-3000 set-up.

Just an impression, which I admit may well be wrong, but the 600+ against Swinton, at Ealing looked better than even the Bradford and Leigh atmosphere's at the Hive.