: Mon May 04, 2009 8:32 pm  

i thought it was awful, the stadium was too far out, the city was too big so there wasnt anywhere where there were more than 10 people and the scottish are miserable, i will be going next year to support my team but though it was a catastrophe, should without a doubt be back at cardiff

: Mon May 04, 2009 8:37 pm  

Cardiff for me, one thing that goes on a minus note for Cardiff is there are only 7,500 hotel rooms in Cardiff.

: Mon May 04, 2009 8:48 pm  

wire-til-i-die wrote:

i thought it was awful, the stadium was too far out, the city was too big so there wasnt anywhere where there were more than 10 people and the scottish are miserable, i will be going next year to support my team but though it was a catastrophe, should without a doubt be back at cardiff

lets play it in Lymm then?
Oh wait they don't have a 60k plus stadium.

How about Chicester?
We couldn't lose 60,000 people there. What you mean where would they go?

Barrow? Rugby League heartland.

Big Stadiums usually are situated near big cities. Usually how it goes. In cardiff, the fans were usually easily found in the pubs. This year they were around the stadium. Sounds like an improvement. Pints might not have been too decent however.

: Mon May 04, 2009 8:50 pm  

Oh and there's plenty of nice people in Scotland, know from experience.
Plenty of tools in Wigan, Castleford etc...

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:26 pm  

Edinburgh for me, had a great time.

Much better than Cardiff.

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:31 pm  

MrF wrote:

What pi$$es me off is the fact that these people complaining about empty stadiums are probably the ones who turn up for the weekend and can't be ar$ed watching the games unless their own team is playing. I think only the Wire fans contribute to any prolonged attendance on both days.

I suspect that there is no perfect venue, you just got to make the best of what there is on offer, there is something for everyone if you look hard enough.

When they are putting on a "big specticle" like this you really shouldn't have to "look hard" it should be laid on for the fans i applaud the effort at the stadium but round and about it was dire imo

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:36 pm  

the original stevo wrote:

When they are putting on a "big specticle" like this you really shouldn't have to "look hard" it should be laid on for the fans i applaud the effort at the stadium but round and about it was dire imo

What exactly are you looking for?

What do you want laying on? What else could the RFL have laid on apart from the Fanzone, live music, tag festival, Mascot Games, food and drink, and 7 live games of RL?

If you are going to Edinburgh and want things to do apart from the above, then you have to look yourself. You have access to the Internet, so it isn;t difficult to do a little research. In fact the RFL have been providing links to plenty of helpful sites for the past few months.

So, back to the original point, seriously, what were you looking for?

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:37 pm  

I agree with the majority on this one, Cardiff wins for me overall.

Murrayfield is a cracking stadium, I liked the fact you could wander in and out at will without hassle from stewards. Good set-up which ran very smoothly, apart from running out of draught lager during our game!! I think this was pretty much it for me though, and God alone knows what would have happened had it been raining.

I didn't see a single promotional poster for the event and the one Scottish person I spoke to all weekend didn't have a clue what was going on, so much for expanding the game (which is the whole point, if I'm not mistaken?)

In terms of apres-match, Cardiff is the clear winner. We seemed too spread out and the atmosphere was lost 2 minutes after we left the ground.

That said, we're all back there next year so at least we know what to expect! Hotel re-booked for next year.

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:42 pm  

Dave T wrote:

What exactly are you looking for?

What do you want laying on? What else could the RFL have laid on apart from the Fanzone, live music, tag festival, Mascot Games, food and drink, and 7 live games of RL?

If you are going to Edinburgh and want things to do apart from the above, then you have to look yourself. You have access to the Internet, so it isn;t difficult to do a little research. In fact the RFL have been providing links to plenty of helpful sites for the past few months.

So, back to the original point, seriously, what were you looking for?

in a nut shell the city was too big for the event it took away the family/carnival atmosphere that we had at cardiff which i thoroughly enjoyed ie the street performers walkin about the mascots mingling with supporters opposing supporters havin the crack with the banter all this was missing i don't blame the rfl i blame the local council i don't know for sure but i didn't for one see any kind of posters etc arond the city???

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:50 pm  

the original stevo wrote:

in a nut shell the city was too big for the event it took away the family/carnival atmosphere that we had at cardiff which i thoroughly enjoyed ie the street performers walkin about the mascots mingling with supporters opposing supporters havin the crack with the banter all this was missing i don't blame the rfl i blame the local council i don't know for sure but i didn't for one see any kind of posters etc arond the city???

But all that banter was happening in the stadium pretty much all day. The mascots were wandering around for a good few hours before the start of the event.

Cardiff was excellent, and there was a lot of banter in the streets just outside the stadium (within 50metres), however this now took place just inside the stadium grounds (within 50metres). I do however appreciate that not everybody would want to drink in a stadium due to limited drinks choice.

What posters are you looking for? If you are talking about promotion of the event, well that is a completely seperate point.