Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Sun May 27, 2012 11:16 pm  

The attendance for the whole weekend was announced at 63k I think.

It looked well on TV, with the exception of the Catalans game.

Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Mon May 28, 2012 8:56 am  

Sunday with four games seemed to luck a lot better attended than the saturday (unsurprisingly), but there wasn't much in it according to the stats:
Saturday 30,763
Sunday 32,953
Still down i would imagine if those games were played at the normal venues, do the clubs get a cut, or do the RFL pocket it all?

Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Mon May 28, 2012 9:41 am  

hull jackal wrote:

thought the best side lost!! chase still magic and orr was inspiring....unlucky

I did actually think the best side lost out of a very poor contest. There were some 'skills' on show from some players that would have got you dropped on a Saturday afternoon at Panthers/Walton/Lock Lane - let alone at that level.

Cas managed 16 minutes of joined up play out of the 80, where we put ourselves in a position to end sets effectively and if we had found 5 more minutes could have won, but that would have papered over the cracks of an average team performance, we didn't care for each other and the shirts enough to defend well and win.

Williams was poor, but barely had time to learn everyones names, so we see how we go. I still think this side if they got together and decided they were going ot have a dig for each are capable of winning half our remaining games.

Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Mon May 28, 2012 11:01 am  

It was always going to be close with having two poor sides playing each other.

Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Mon May 28, 2012 9:57 pm  

kinleycat wrote:

Sunday with four games seemed to luck a lot better attended than the saturday (unsurprisingly), but there wasn't much in it according to the stats:
Saturday 30,763
Sunday 32,953
Still down i would imagine if those games were played at the normal venues, do the clubs get a cut, or do the RFL pocket it all?

Over 5th & 6th April this season:

Wakey v Cas: 9786
Wire v Widnes: 12042
FC v KR: 18979
Total: 40807 (against 30763)

London v Catalans: 1829
Hudds v Salford: 6988
Bulls v Rhinos: 20851
Saints v Goons: 17980
Total: 47648 (against 32953)

On raw attendances then it would have been better to have played the games at respective clubs home grounds, although there will probably be savings to be made by bringing everything together. Same ground staff, same entertainment, same stewards, etc, etc...

In terms of putting more bums on seats though, Magic's evidently failing. However they hype it up, fans preferences seem to be pretty clear based on the numbers.

Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Tue May 29, 2012 8:04 am  

Disco wrote:

Over 5th & 6th April this season:
Good work Disco!!
Wakey v Cas: 9786
Wire v Widnes: 12042
FC v KR: 18979
Total: 40807 (against 30763)

London v Catalans: 1829
Hudds v Salford: 6988
Bulls v Rhinos: 20851
Saints v Goons: 17980
Total: 47648 (against 32953)

On raw attendances then it would have been better to have played the games at respective clubs home grounds, although there will probably be savings to be made by bringing everything together. Same ground staff, same entertainment, same stewards, etc, etc...

In terms of putting more bums on seats though, Magic's evidently failing. However they hype it up, fans preferences seem to be pretty clear based on the numbers.

Good work Disco!!
Do the clubs get a share or as this is technically not a home game for any of the clubs, is the money trousered by the RFL?

Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Tue May 29, 2012 1:08 pm  

A great venue, but it's about time the RFL put a stop to this experiment, it's a real showing up when we can't get much more than 60,000 for the 14 Superleague teams taking part.
Playing in a half full stadium surely can't be a good advert for rugby league, on what's supposed to be a showpiece event, when yawnion is getting as many if not more than that for a one off league game at Wembley.
Superleague coaches and players keep telling us they play too many games, so here's one they can take out of the calendar straight away, unless they can actually start to fill the host stadium.

Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Tue May 29, 2012 1:31 pm  

danny boy1 wrote:

A great venue, but it's about time the RFL put a stop to this experiment, it's a real showing up when we can't get much more than 60,000 for the 14 Superleague teams taking part.
Playing in a half full stadium surely can't be a good advert for rugby league, on what's supposed to be a showpiece event, when yawnion is getting as many if not more than that for a one off league game at Wembley.
Superleague coaches and players keep telling us they play too many games, so here's one they can take out of the calendar straight away, unless they can actually start to fill the host stadium.

Maybe it should be played somewhere like the Reebok or Elland Road where the stadium would look full?

Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Thu May 31, 2012 9:50 am  

mdean wrote:

I did actually think the best side lost out of a very poor contest. There were some 'skills' on show from some players that would have got you dropped on a Saturday afternoon at Panthers/Walton/Lock Lane - let alone at that level.

Cas managed 16 minutes of joined up play out of the 80, where we put ourselves in a position to end sets effectively and if we had found 5 more minutes could have won, but that would have papered over the cracks of an average team performance, we didn't care for each other and the shirts enough to defend well and win.

Williams was poor, but barely had time to learn everyones names, so we see how we go. I still think this side if they got together and decided they were going ot have a dig for each are capable of winning half our remaining games.

Funny I thought we battered you but kept continually letting you back in - would have been a travesty if we had lost. Boy you're a poor side and I know I watch one.