Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Tue May 01, 2012 8:17 pm  

League and Union, different game, different skills, different things to admire.
What I cannot understand is why people who obviously can't stand union waste their time watching a game,then post about how boring it is.
I personally do not like football, so I rarely watch it. Why don't the union haters do the same. 1895 was a very long time ago!

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Tue May 01, 2012 9:12 pm  

Alda wrote:

League and Union, different game, different skills, different things to admire.
What I cannot understand is why people who obviously can't stand union waste their time watching a game,then post about how boring it is.
I personally do not like football, so I rarely watch it. Why don't the union haters do the same. 1895 was a very long time ago!

How dare you come on here with your common sense and reason!
Baffling, isn't it? It's the same with the posters who drive every post into a criticism of rugby league. If you want to deride, condemn or praise rugby league, this really isn't the board to do it on.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Tue May 01, 2012 9:22 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

How dare you come on here with your common sense and reason!
Baffling, isn't it? It's the same with the posters who drive every post into a criticism of rugby league. If you want to deride, condemn or praise rugby league, this really isn't the board to do it on.

Correct......except the amount of advice the IRB get on this forum with regard to making their game "more attractive" would point to a lot of posters not understanding what this thread is for.
Catalancs, I repsond to the posts of others.....I don't start the "debates"....that I save for TFC

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Tue May 01, 2012 9:40 pm  

Quite...
Why on earth are Sky not showing Wasps v Falcons? Northampton v Worcester? Really!

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Tue May 01, 2012 10:05 pm  

I thought they were showing both

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Tue May 01, 2012 10:06 pm  

I heard Wasps v Falcons was on ESPN.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Tue May 01, 2012 10:44 pm  

Wasps vs Newcastle is on ESPN Classic.

This is my post on the Sale forum on the matter.

I never begrudge bigger teams getting games on the tele. It's common sense. Channels want viewing figures so show the most successful and well supported teams. That's fine with me. However it gets to a stage where you have to ask yourself just why they show certain teams so much. Northampton, Bath and Worcester are 3 teams who haven't been great on the field for a few seasons. Ok, perhaps not Northampton but they're not having the season they would have wanted.

Apparently Northampton have been on the tele 28 times this season, home and away, different channels, different competitions.

Out of the fixtures on the last day this is in my opinion probably the 5th most enticing game. Sale vs Harlequins - Sale pretty much guaranteed Heineken Cup but Bath winning could change that. Harlequins need to win to guarantee top spot and perhaps need a bonus point win as Leicester doing the same could mean they finish top instead of them. Leicester vs Bath - Leicester need to win and hope Quins don't better them to cement top spot. Bath need a bonus point win and for us to get nothing against Quins to get 6th spot. Saracens vs Exeter - Saracens are still playing for 1st or 2nd and hoping on other results, Exeter need to better Northampton's result.

Yet they have gone for Northampton and Worcester. Which given Worcester have nothing left to play for you would imagine Saints would go out and get a bonus point win. I appreciate Saints are playing for 4th, but with it being the last day they will be showing live bits from around the grounds, so surely one of the other 3 would have been better with us being kept up to date on that anyway. ESPN have Wasps and Newcastle which is spot on.

I just don't get it. Nothing against either team, love Franklins Gardens and imagine Sky would prefer a comfy seat than a crumbling stand at Vicarage Road.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Wed May 02, 2012 4:49 am  

Shark J wrote:

Wasps vs Newcastle is on ESPN Classic.



I just don't get it. Nothing against either team, love Franklins Gardens and imagine Sky would prefer a comfy seat than a crumbling stand at Vicarage Road.

you(re telling me that Vicarage Road is falling down ? what is the general condition of it nowadays ? I'd heard it had been revamped since the dark days of he 70s ?

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Wed May 02, 2012 3:00 pm  

It only has 3 stands now. One of the side stands got closed down due to health and safety. It's generally regarded as the worst ground in the league. They're meant to be moving to Copthall Stadium in Barnet but that remains to be seen. It's far too complex for me to be bothered reading about it on their forum. Lots of different planning stages and permission from important figures in London. It seems they were meant to be moving there for the start of next season, but with most clubs announcing season ticket details by now, I'm guessing they're having another season in Watford.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Wed May 02, 2012 5:02 pm  

blimey,would never have believed it !

Vicarage Road holds great memories for Norwich City fans as it was a headed goal by Dave Stringer from a corner that earned The Canaries the point they needed to get to the old first division 29th april 1972 - quite a momentus occasion for the travelling fans and a small club who had hit the big time.......happy days !

on a sadder note many may recall it was the same day that West Germany beat England 1 - 3 at Wembley in the Euros semi finals........boo hoo !