Re: Magic Weekend 2012 : Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:30 am  

Enicomb wrote:

Well moving it to Manchester should kill it. People will show up just to watch their team then sod off home, so lower crowds should be expected.

If you're going to do it, it has to be a weekend away.

People were doing that anyway, especially last year when it was in Feb. The stadia they chose were far too big for how far away they were for most fans. Putting it back to May in a 40k stadium closer to the heartlands should see a much fuller stadium. If this year doesnt work then the concept needs scrapping.

Re: Magic Weekend 2012 : Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:32 am  

Enicomb wrote:

Well moving it to Manchester should kill it. People will show up just to watch their team then sod off home, so lower crowds should be expected.

If you're going to do it, it has to be a weekend away.

Bang on. My missus wont want to hang around watching Castleford vs Wakefield if we are only 30 mins from home and 5 mins from Manchester city centre

They should stop messing the league fixtures up and take the clubs out of the equation imo. I would make it something to do with internationals and try and make our England team better because thats where the best scope for expansion is imo.

England academy vs Aussie academy (or whatever theyre called at that grade)

England Knights vs France

England vs Exiles

Make it "Proud to be English day" or something like that. People in England are getting rather vexed off with all the petty rules about no St georges flags and things like that in case it upsets our neighbours. Well you can be as English as you want on this day with no petty council rules.

Im sure some people could tweak it to make it even better too

Re: Magic Weekend 2012 : Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:35 am  

I was tempted last year but the cost of travelling/staying there etc in addition to the price of my season ticket was just too much.

If it was in Manchester then I'd definitely get a ticket. Stadium is only 15min drive from where I live.

Re: Magic Weekend 2012 : Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:44 pm  

If its in the northwest i just dont get the point at all.
Yes itll be easier to get to so theyll be able to say the crowds were bigger so it worked but that is really a pathetic argument.
we will have three games there one day, four the other day and at no point will it be full as fans whose teams aren't playing will have just gone back home. So all we will acheive is showing our game cant even fill city's ground when all the clubs are there!

I'd be the first to admit that the numpties at Red Hall never made any effort with it as a promotional vehicle for the game - even though they claimed that was the point of going to Cardiff and Edinburgh. In both of those places the locals didn't have a clue why we where there.

Personally, s someone who has attended all the Magic Weekends if its to be played in Manchester I'd rather them have a blank weekend or a nine a side tournament.

Re: Magic Weekend 2012 : Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:54 pm  

why not Wembley. easier travel, loads more accomodation,

Re: Magic Weekend 2012 : Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:56 pm  

Scabbycat wrote:

why not Wembley. easier travel, loads more accomodation,

Even bigger than the other 2 and just as far away. Can you imagine how rubbish less than 10k people watching Quins Cats on TV would look!?