Re: Loop fixtures : Tue Sep 17, 2019 2:23 pm  

NEtrinity wrote:

Not strictly true, it's done wonders for the game in the NE.

The moving of Magic around the country is/was an ideal way to take the sport to new areas.
The failure only happens because our sport seems unable to market and promote its major events successfully.

When it used to be down in Cardiff, the event should have been used to engage the locals and not just to have a round of fixtures "somewhere else".
Now that the event is in Manchester, attendance numbers may be ok but, what exactly is it achieving ??
Rather than inviting clubs into the comp from halfway round the world, Magic could and should be used to develop areas of the UK where RL has a chance to prosper and then sell it to death and dont just rely on the same group of fans to keep the sport alive. We have to engage new fans.

The same could be done with the Challenge Cup but, keeping it at Wembley is probably just a bit too political to make a change worthwhile.

Re: Loop fixtures : Tue Sep 17, 2019 3:04 pm  

lampyboy wrote:

I know many like the magic w/e but its run its course and does not serve any porpoise. It was originally introduced to take the game on the road and introduce new supporters to the rl family, it never worked.
To make a meaningful comp teams have to play each other home and away.

I like it and I don't think it's run its course, but more importantly, it's a great revenue earner, is our game really in a position to turn that down, I don't think it is tbh. Also, it gives players at lesser clubs a bit of big-game experience, at the end of the day you don't have to go.

Re: Loop fixtures : Tue Sep 17, 2019 3:34 pm  

I dont and never have attended. I would however be interested how the money from the mws distributed.
Like I said for people who like it great , for me its another fixture that makes the whole comp a mash. Play each other twice and that's that.

Re: Loop fixtures : Tue Sep 17, 2019 3:58 pm  

lampyboy wrote:

I dont and never have attended. I would however be interested how the money from the mws distributed.
Like I said for people who like it great , for me its another fixture that makes the whole comp a mash. Play each other twice and that's that.

You should it is a cracking day out, although tbf I haven't sampled Anfield yet.

Re: Loop fixtures : Tue Sep 17, 2019 4:35 pm  

Hi fishermanscap its just never appealed to me. Im more against the way the fixtures pan out more than the event itself. I just don't get that extra fixture that the M W throws up. I can stay at home watch my team and maybe pick up another 2 or 3 games over the entire weekend.
Like I said to play every team home and away seems the best basis to compose any league table at the end of the season. Also when the fixtures for the season are released if your at home the first game of the season you should be away the last, that would be easy to introduce and could be shared out season after season. You quite often find that some play both fixtures at home and if not nearly always get the last game of the season at home.

Re: Loop fixtures : Tue Sep 17, 2019 5:19 pm  

lampyboy wrote:

Hi fishermanscap its just never appealed to me. Im more against the way the fixtures pan out more than the event itself. I just don't get that extra fixture that the M W throws up. I can stay at home watch my team and maybe pick up another 2 or 3 games over the entire weekend.
Like I said to play every team home and away seems the best basis to compose any league table at the end of the season. Also when the fixtures for the season are released if your at home the first game of the season you should be away the last, that would be easy to introduce and could be shared out season after season. You quite often find that some play both fixtures at home and if not nearly always get the last game of the season at home.

The original concept was good and it's great to have the fans of the various clubs mixing together.
Plus, it's "an event" and something different to the weekly rounds.
However, staging Magic in Manchester or Liverpool, isn't exactly spreading the RL gospel, which apart from the "event" is for me, the most important and possibly only reason for having magic at all, other than to fill the RFL coffers and lets face it, they desperately need the cash.