Re: Leeds : Thu Feb 11, 2021 5:14 pm  

REDWHITEANDBLUE wrote:

I understand your point but it's flawed. What about the other 5 games? It's all at Headingley for that weekend

While I am surprised that we aren't playing Leeds first game, however you try and wrap this up Leeds will be the only club playing at home in this round and yet they are being classed as the away side ??
Remembering that fixtures have only just been released, why the hell aren't they classed as the home side for this fixture - it makes no sense.
As for the other 5 games, so what ? Leeds still get to play at home for their away fixture

Re: Leeds : Thu Feb 11, 2021 5:59 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

While I am surprised that we aren't playing Leeds first game, however you try and wrap this up Leeds will be the only club playing at home in this round and yet they are being classed as the away side ??
Remembering that fixtures have only just been released, why the hell aren't they classed as the home side for this fixture - it makes no sense.
As for the other 5 games, so what ? Leeds still get to play at home for their away fixture

So what about the other 5 games you say! 5 of those teams will not be getting a home game, had we been playing anyone else what difference would it make?

Re: Leeds : Thu Feb 11, 2021 6:04 pm  

REDWHITEANDBLUE wrote:

So what about the other 5 games you say! 5 of those teams will not be getting a home game, had we been playing anyone else what difference would it make?

I think you may be missing the point, whilst some of those teams will be classed as the home team, they are both playing a neutral venue, Leeds are playing at home with home advantage yet they are deemed to be the away side.

Re: Leeds : Thu Feb 11, 2021 6:21 pm  

homme vaste wrote:

I think you may be missing the point, whilst some of those teams will be classed as the home team, they are both playing a neutral venue, Leeds are playing at home with home advantage yet they are deemed to be the away side.

Spot on !

Think the reality is we dont have the facilities to support 5 games in one day, but am sure leeds will be making money from this or they wouldn't be doing it, so once again bigger clubs probably are doing better -

Re: Leeds : Thu Feb 11, 2021 6:30 pm  

Kirmudgeonlyisback wrote:

Spot on !

Think the reality is we dont have the facilities to support 5 games in one day, but am sure leeds will be making money from this or they wouldn't be doing it, so once again bigger clubs probably are doing better -

Its 6 games over 3 days! Its only 2 games a day, i suppose it's down to changing facilities.

Re: Leeds : Thu Feb 11, 2021 7:04 pm  

It is a loop fixture, which means that we still have a home game at BV, hopefully with a big crowd later in the year.

Same for Leigh V Wigan.

The fly-in-the-ointment is Leeds playing an away fixture at home, but without using 2 grounds (and doubling the TV costs), it's a hard square to circle.

The issue it raises is fairness, should we be having relegation (which I believe we are).

It makes Carter's suggestion of an 11 team league with no relegation and a team coming up next year, all the more insightful (though I think he acknowledged that it was someone else's idea).

Re: Leeds : Thu Feb 11, 2021 7:24 pm  

homme vaste wrote:

I think you may be missing the point, whilst some of those teams will be classed as the home team, they are both playing a neutral venue, Leeds are playing at home with home advantage yet they are deemed to be the away side.

No I am not missing the point at all I understand what is being stated fully.

So the week after say the games are played at Saints And the fixture is Wigan v Saints bearing in mind saints are at 'home' v Salford at Headingley what's the solution. The game needs to get going some will work on our favour some won't just get on with it.

The longer it goes without games in clubs own grounds the messier it gets trying to work home and away fixtures

Re: Leeds : Thu Feb 11, 2021 7:54 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

While I am surprised that we aren't playing Leeds first game, however you try and wrap this up Leeds will be the only club playing at home in this round and yet they are being classed as the away side ??
Remembering that fixtures have only just been released, why the hell aren't they classed as the home side for this fixture - it makes no sense.
As for the other 5 games, so what ? Leeds still get to play at home for their away fixture

REDWHITEANDBLUE wrote:

So what about the other 5 games you say! 5 of those teams will not be getting a home game, had we been playing anyone else what difference would it make?

OMG Wakey fans are so upset with lockdown that they won't even be happy to get the game going again as they are the home side but playing away,You couldn't make it up if you tried
Why don't Wakey put a bid in to host all of the early NEUTRAL games?
Although only having the capacity to supply one tank full of hot water for the showers per weekend would probably rule them out

These early games are only played on a piece of grass with no crowds, so what's the big fuss ?

Re: Leeds : Thu Feb 11, 2021 8:24 pm  

Northern Boys wrote:

OMG Wakey fans are so upset with lockdown that they won't even be happy to get the game going again as they are the home side but playing away,You couldn't make it up if you tried
Why don't Wakey put a bid in to host all of the early NEUTRAL games?
Although only having the capacity to supply one tank full of hot water for the showers per weekend would probably rule them out

These early games are only played on a piece of grass with no crowds, so what's the big fuss ?

So why do you feel the need to comment, what exactly has it got to do with you? Nothing that’s what.

You’ve come on here just to make snide comments. Stick to the lower leagues and leave SL to the clubs that play in it and the fans who watch it.

Grow up love, there’s still time.

Re: Leeds : Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:00 pm  

Northern Boys wrote:

These early games are only played on a piece of grass with no crowds, so what's the big fuss ?

That's easy to answer - at the end of the season someone is going to be relegated. That will most likely to be a team that has played more away games than anyone else.

Secondly, in this example, Wakey have lost a money-spinning home game, as have Leigh against Wigan - I completely understand that, with lockdown, this is a strange point. It's all "If's, but's & maybe's".

Ultimately, what we have is the best the RFL can come up with - and I'm content with it - but to suggest it doesn't affect the honesty of the league is head-in-the-sand talk.