Wire matc makes no sense! : Sat May 26, 2012 5:02 pm  

Wire play Salford last year ,widnes this, who the hell picks these non matches to represent our game to the wider audience? That game today spoiled what could have been a great event, let the crap sides play each other and the top teams clash
To make magic weekend a spectical and not a laughing stock'!!!!!!!

Re: Wire matc makes no sense! : Sat May 26, 2012 5:07 pm  

Wire played Huddersfield last year but always played Salford before that.

The whole magic concept makes a mockery of the league.

This season should have been Wigan v Wire, Hudds v Cats, etc etc.. ie the league standing in the week before the fixtures.

For one team to always get poor opposition is a total joke.

But this is rugby league after all

Re: Wire matc makes no sense! : Sat May 26, 2012 5:09 pm  

handrags wrote:

Wie play Salford last year ,widnes this, who the hell picks these non matches to represent our game to the wider audience? That game today spoiled what could have been a great event, let the crap sides play each other and the top teams clash
To make magic weekend a spectical and not a laughing stock'!!!!!!!

The tragic weekend concept needs looking at. It's unfair that warrington get to play bottom of the table sides and saints, Wigan, hull, hull fc, bulls and Leeds all have a tough scrap for 2 points.

The tragic weekend could be very good if the fixtures are matched up even.

Re: Wire matc makes no sense! : Sat May 26, 2012 5:17 pm  

St pete wrote:

The tragic weekend concept needs looking at. It's unfair that warrington get to play bottom of the table sides and saints, Wigan, hull, hull fc, bulls and Leeds all have a tough scrap for 2 points.

The tragic weekend could be very good if the fixtures are matched up even.

Scrapping is what I would say.

What other sport has teams playing each other odd amounts of games ?

Laughing stock.

Re: Wire matc makes no sense! : Sat May 26, 2012 5:54 pm  

The league table should have an asterix at the end of it because the fixtures are uneven.

Re: Wire matc makes no sense! : Sat May 26, 2012 6:51 pm  

pie eater and proud of it wrote:

Scrapping is what I would say.

What other sport has teams playing each other odd amounts of games ?

Laughing stock.

How about the NFL, MLB and the NRL to start?

Re: Wire matc makes no sense! : Sat May 26, 2012 8:30 pm  

Magic weekend should stay but should be the QF's of the Challenge Cup.

Re: Wire matc makes no sense! : Sat May 26, 2012 9:09 pm  

McClennan wrote:

How about the NFL, MLB and the NRL to start?

What an utter laughing stock those sports are, no wonder no one watches them.

Re: Wire matc makes no sense! : Sat May 26, 2012 9:19 pm  

McClennan wrote:

How about the NFL, MLB and the NRL to start?

So, Jonny Foreigner does it and we have to follow suit ?

Nope.

Re: Wire matc makes no sense! : Sat May 26, 2012 10:48 pm  

"Magic Weekend" is an embarassment and needs to be scrapped. There was a very slight justification that could be argued for it's existence when it was supposed to be "spreading the gospel of the game" in Edinburgh or Cardiff (although I fail to see how given that Challenge Cup finals there have never exactly ignited the game's popularity in those areas), but to have it a couple of miles down the road from the Grand Final just completely blows any argument for having it into shreds. The fact that no more than a few thousand fans could be a**ed to travel 20 or 30 miles to see any of it today says that they all share that opinion too.