Better to sell out a 12,000er than complain about empty seats in a 20,000 + ground surely ??

after all the positivity on this thread this is much more like it - congrats sir, a fine return to the overall tone of the forum

2011 Wigan and St Helens could only muster just over 12700 for the semi final held at Warrington in what was effectively a local game for all concerned. IMHO biggest issue (especially for travelling fans) is the proximity of the final.....hedging your bets and saving you pennies ?

Will the majority watching on tv now the capacity. Or just see no gaps?

12000 in a 20000 would have less atmosphere.

This. Some of my friends aren't going to Langtree on Saturday purely because they couldn't then afford to go to Wembley in a fortnight if we get there (particularly those with kids). They have decided they would rather miss the semi and hopefully go to Wembley.

I thought this was talking about Leigh vs Featherstone on Friday at first!

It's a knock on effect of having too much too close to the end of the season. You have to pay for CC semi tickets with a potential final in mind, then right around the corner you could have 2 or 3 playoff games to pay for plus the Grand Final. It's another reason I think the CC should move back to May and the CC games should be more evenly spread throughout the season. Some of the biggest games of the season, such as CC semis and PO games, often end up as some of the most poorly attended.

Well done to Widnes and Cas fans, I think it'll be a cracking game!

I agree, it'd also give a better balance to the season so that teams would have to perform better at least at the mid-point of the season in order to win the Cup rather than just peaking at the end of the season.

Also not to forget. Cas have Catalans away in 5weeks. And will be traveling in massive numbers there but a semi, potential final and Catalans all in 5 weeks is a costly effort.

Either way. We've sold out the 7000 tickets we were given and have some missing out but rather a full house than empty.

I've seen more cases of people being upset that they weren't able to get tickets. A few extra thousand on that capacity and it would still have been sold out.

Maybe the Halliwell Jones or Keepmoat would have been better choices, they both hold around 15k.

Totally agree with this. I know quite a few who are missing the game due to not been able to get a ticket. Either HJ or Keepmoat would have been a lot better.

Knowing quite a few Johnny come latelies does not equate to thousands missing out.

Also this is retrospective.

Given the monsoon conditions today, the match at the LSV tonight and more rain forecast Sunday what state will the pitch be in by then?.

What is really annoying me is the timings of the semi finals...two weeks before the final...its crazy!.

Whoever decided that at Red Hall needs to give their head a shake...

Not really. When the stadium was announced it was worried that people would miss out on tickets and clearly that's the case. I don't see why you've got a problem with people saying that.