: Sat May 02, 2009 11:44 pm  

Seemed to be a lot of empty spaces but doubtless the R.F.L. will talk it up as a total success.

: Sat May 02, 2009 11:55 pm  

Irish Wire wrote:

Seemed to be a lot of empty spaces but doubtless the R.F.L. will talk it up as a total success.

we'll fill em later

: Sun May 03, 2009 1:21 am  

the original stevo wrote:

no it's the swine flu to blame

note.

The Aporkalypse

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:10 am  

A ppor attendance - there should be at least 40000 a day - perhaps we should consider who is benefitting out of all of this

certainly not the teams - only the RFL benefit if they expand theie empire

Why should clubs have to travel another 180 miles to play a team in Scotland with little or no support

In spite of all the effort RL in London (professionally) hasnt taken off

Time to expand in RL country and keep it local

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:30 am  

I wonder if the RFL have considered playing these matches at a stadium which holds nearer 40k fans than 60K + it didn't look too go on tv when you saw all the empty seats.

With the smaller stadium you'd create a much better atmosphere all round and it'd look better on TV.

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:34 am  

Said on the SL website that the crowd was nearly 4,000 down on last years figure, but bizarely they claim the crowd had grown? http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=13928

Said on the SL website that the crowd was nearly 4,000 down on last years figure, but bizarely they claim the crowd had grown? http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=13928

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:38 am  

I can't honestly see how anything positive can come out of this 'Magic' nonsense.

Playing glorified exhibition matches in front of three quarter empty stadiums does absolutely nothing for the game's image, which is what this stunt is apparently all about.

The scary thing is that if Lindsay & co had their way back in the mid 90's, when they first dreamed of Super League, and all the foolish 'regional' sides, then this is how the game would have become like.....Matches played in empty, souless stadiums, with passionless crowds....

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:46 am  

Coops wrote:

I wonder if the RFL have considered playing these matches at a stadium which holds nearer 40k fans than 60K + it didn't look too go on tv when you saw all the empty seats.

With the smaller stadium you'd create a much better atmosphere all round and it'd look better on TV.

Only option I would have thought.

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:48 am  

why not just scrap it, play 26 games

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:54 am  

The ground looked empty on the telly. From a neutrals perspective not a good advert at all. I flicked the telly over and some Onion match at Twickers looked nearly full.