Re: Match Days : Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:35 pm  

davey41 wrote:

We don’t have a home fixture scheduled between 4th May and 24th June?
7 weeks without a home game is crazy.

Would you call 4th May - 24th of June 'the main part of summer'?

Re: Match Days : Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:40 pm  

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Steve0 wrote:

We play Warrington at home on 5th June, also two of those weekends are challenge cup weekends, (5th round and quarter finals) so we could in theory have two more home games...but then fans will moan they have to pay to attend as it's not included in their pass

isn't that the magic weekend fixture 5th june?

Re: Match Days : Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:43 pm  

number 6 wrote:

[list=][/list]isn't that the magic weekend fixture 5th june?

So it is, my bad! Best hope for two home cup games

Re: Match Days : Thu Nov 03, 2022 3:06 pm  

The reaction on social media to fixtures shows it's impossible to suit everyone, seeing people say 'I work Sundays so can't go' but then others work Friday nights.

Personally I'm disappointed so many away games are on a Thursday and Friday, love away game atmospheres but it's pretty much impossible for me to get anywhere further than Cas without taking time off.

Re: Match Days : Thu Nov 03, 2022 4:16 pm  

The Hollywood Frasier wrote:

Would you call 4th May - 24th of June 'the main part of summer'?

No! And I never said it was.

However, the weather is usually pretty decent in those months and to go 7 weeks without a home game must stretch the finances and is one of the biggest negatives of playing at the stadium in my book.

Re: Match Days : Thu Nov 03, 2022 4:18 pm  

Steve0 wrote:

We play Warrington at home on 5th June, also two of those weekends are challenge cup weekends, (5th round and quarter finals) so we could in theory have two more home games...but then fans will moan they have to pay to attend as it's not included in their pass

Will we be able to play at the stadium if drawn at home in the cup on those dates?

Re: Match Days : Thu Nov 03, 2022 4:50 pm  

davey41 wrote:

No! And I never said it was.

The person I initially replied to claimed they are cancelling their pass because we have no home fixtures in the main part of the summer, which is incorrect.

Re: Match Days : Thu Nov 03, 2022 7:45 pm  

The biggest mistake we made as a game was to let clubs vary our traditional game day as we did year's ago now clubs pick and choose. That let the genie out of the bottle and try as they may clubs will now always have an issue when they change back again to another day. In the old days (it what us told folks say) Rugby was invariably on a Sunday and everyone accepted that because they knew nothing different. But all that changed and now we are as well sadly totally a hostage to the TV and their schedules without which we would not survive as a game. the ideal scenario back at the start of Super League would have been TV games as scheduled with all other games on a Sunday (or Friday) but all on the same day.

Re: Match Days : Fri Nov 04, 2022 2:34 pm  

The Dentist Wilf wrote:

The biggest mistake we made as a game was to let clubs vary our traditional game day as we did year's ago now clubs pick and choose. That let the genie out of the bottle and try as they may clubs will now always have an issue when they change back again to another day. In the old days (it what us told folks say) Rugby was invariably on a Sunday and everyone accepted that because they knew nothing different. But all that changed and now we are as well sadly totally a hostage to the TV and their schedules without which we would not survive as a game. the ideal scenario back at the start of Super League would have been TV games as scheduled with all other games on a Sunday (or Friday) but all on the same day.

We also lost what was in my eyes a good Saturday teatime slot to Football and Football have started to muscle in on our Friday night slot too. Means that even in the heartlands the TVs in Pubs show Football not SL.