Re: RD1 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:09 am  

lampyboy wrote:

Yep it's your away game that you play at home. Crazy

Agreed. That's why Last season and this season are basically just training runs.
Why can't this game be at Belle Vue?

Re: RD1 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:51 am  

Because Sky are showing every game so it makes ‘sense’ to have them all played at a ground that can accommodate all the fixtures.

Re: RD1 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:02 pm  

christopher wrote:

Because Sky are showing every game so it makes ‘sense’ to have them all played at a ground that can accommodate all the fixtures.

Quite, which in turn means season ticket holders can see the coverage provided by Sky.
It was known the first two rounds would be played in one location, and at two of the grounds covid-secured last year for multiple games to be played on them. If Wakefield didn't want to go to the cost or difficulty of making Belle Vue one of these then they can't complain when someone else did. Leeds, in turn, play a home game at St Helens the following week.

Re: RD1 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:07 pm  

The Ghost of '99 wrote:

Quite, which in turn means season ticket holders can see the coverage provided by Sky.
It was known the first two rounds would be played in one location, and at two of the grounds covid-secured last year for multiple games to be played on them. If Wakefield didn't want to go to the cost or difficulty of making Belle Vue one of these then they can't complain when someone else did. Leeds, in turn, play a home game at St Helens the following week.

And if all the games weren’t being shown on sky people would just moan about that instead.

We have to accept that the first part of the season isn’t going to be a ‘normal’ one and crack on.

Re: RD1 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:21 pm  

Shabino wrote:

Agreed. That's why Last season and this season are basically just training runs.
Why can't this game be at Belle Vue?

I think the players and coaching staff would disagree about "just training runs".

Re: RD1 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:02 pm  

Anyone know if there's a fantasy super league being done anywhere this time around....? The official superleague one is still saying coming 2021 but I thought it'd of been up and running by now..

Re: RD1 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Wed Mar 17, 2021 3:10 pm  

The Ghost of '99 wrote:

Did Wakefield make their stadium available to host one of the opening two rounds of games?

Does that actually matter in terms of Wakefield being the "home" side here.
With no fixtures having been played and a blank canvas for the fixture planners and Leeds hosting round 1, why on earth should this be anything other than a Leeds home fixture.
Had it been rearranged at short notice etc, then, it is what it is but, the decision to have the game as a Trinity "home" fixture is a little odd.

Re: RD1 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Wed Mar 17, 2021 3:50 pm  

Shabino wrote:

Agreed. That's why Last season and this season are basically just training runs.
Why can't this game be at Belle Vue?

I'm guessing wakeys ground staff may well be still furloughed along with other clubs whose grounds are still closed. Has to be a cost cutter to share in the absence of crowds

Re: RD1 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:55 pm  

Clearwing wrote:

I'm guessing wakeys ground staff may well be still furloughed along with other clubs whose grounds are still closed. Has to be a cost cutter to share in the absence of crowds

Fair point.

Re: RD1 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:34 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Does that actually matter in terms of Wakefield being the "home" side here.
With no fixtures having been played and a blank canvas for the fixture planners and Leeds hosting round 1, why on earth should this be anything other than a Leeds home fixture.
Had it been rearranged at short notice etc, then, it is what it is but, the decision to have the game as a Trinity "home" fixture is a little odd.

One thing they definitely aren't going to do is penalise the teams who have gone to the trouble of making their stadia available by enforcing games there to count as home games leaving clubs who haven't done that to have more of their home games later, potentially with crowds.