Re: Challenge Cup draw : Wed Mar 15, 2017 6:28 pm  

Wantawin, well the counter argument to that is what is being mooted by the RFL. Wasps RU moved 80 odd miles, there gates have gone up.
Constant moving is never going to help though, although reality is apart from charlton we have moved at most 10 miles

Re: Challenge Cup draw : Wed Mar 15, 2017 8:18 pm  

£20 to watch a poor standard of rugby at a crap ground in an awful part of London is the reason this lapsed fan doesn't bother.

Re: Challenge Cup draw : Wed Mar 15, 2017 8:59 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

£20 to watch a poor standard of rugby at a crap ground in an awful part of London is the reason this lapsed fan doesn't bother.

By the size of the attendances at Ealing you're not alone. Sadly.

Re: Challenge Cup draw : Wed Mar 15, 2017 10:51 pm  

Think the residents of ealing would not agree that it's awful.
So if it was free you still wouldn't come listy?
For thd marketing and the thread discussion what woukd tempt you back?

Re: Challenge Cup draw : Wed Mar 15, 2017 10:55 pm  

Standard of rugby so far has not been too bad at home. The game against kr was actually one of the best live games I have watched in a fair while.

Re: Challenge Cup draw : Wed Mar 15, 2017 10:57 pm  

Api named in the 19, wonder if he is going to get a run out

Re: Challenge Cup draw : Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:08 am  

mickyb1234 wrote:

Standard of rugby so far has not been too bad at home. The game against kr was actually one of the best live games I have watched in a fair while.

It was competitive,with evenly matched teams and the result could have gone either way - right til the end. Overall good entertainment.
But it wasn't a great standard game by a long way - far too many errors from both sides, many of ours were unforced and ultimately cost us the two points.
The big crowd added to the atmos but I don't think a similar type of game against a team that brings a dozen or two in support will feel quite the same.

Re: Challenge Cup draw : Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:22 am  

Think yr being harsh Rob. No game is error free. In my opinion and from where I was stood it was an excellent game of Rugby League, am talking about the game not the atmosphere.

Re: Challenge Cup draw : Thu Mar 16, 2017 1:24 pm  

mickyb1234 wrote:

Think yr being harsh Rob. No game is error free. In my opinion and from where I was stood it was an excellent game of Rugby League, am talking about the game not the atmosphere.

Atmosphere adds to the game for sure, players get lifted by it.
We bombed several good chances especially in the first half. KR made several mistakes in the 2nd half which let us back in.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the game - hadn't seen one in the flesh since the disappointing international at Stratford, but it was a good Championship game, that's all. Most SL games will be a lot better.

Re: Challenge Cup draw : Fri Mar 17, 2017 11:37 am  

Are we all looking foreward to this evening, will be interesting to see how good the lights are, let's hope it's a good game!