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| Quote: Andy Gilder "You reckon?
What will Sky do differently to promote the game that they don't already do for Fridays and Saturdays?
It's not like they've overrun with other live sport to show on a Friday, but it doesn't lead to wall-to-wall previews and coverage of that night's live game.
Sky shifting a game to Monday is a step backwards in terms of their RL coverage IMO - it puts it on a par with other midweek fillers like greyhound racing and speedway.'"
Well it'll be advertised for the full weekend, and when the full weekend's fixtures are over it'll be the main focus of advertising.
Friday's advertising gets mixed in with the rest of the weekend's promos. After Sunday, there's nothing left to focus on except MNF.
I don't see how Mondays can put us on a par with small sports when it's when they put the Premier League on. It's a very pessimistic view IMO.
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| So far the concensus is
Great, so long as it isn't my club, a fair bit of hypocrisy on show here, the thing is , will it end up being the less glamourous clubs playing on Mondays? , or will we see local derbies and top team Lancs/Yorks matches?
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| Quote: Starbug "So far the concensus is
Great, so long as it isn't my club, a fair bit of hypocrisy on show here,'"
Who's said that?
Quote: Starbug "the thing is , will it end up being the less glamourous clubs playing on Mondays? , or will we see local derbies and top team Lancs/Yorks matches?'"
Local games would make sense for Mondays if travelling/attendances are an issue. Maybe not the biggest derbies, but games like Cas vs Hudds, Wakey vs Bradford, Salford vs Warrington, Wigan vs Widnes, etc. The Hull teams will just have to put up with whatever but it would make sense to make it Yorkshire clubs.
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| i love the idea, being a night shift worker getting a monday night off is much easier than a friday or saturday... bring it on!
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Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it!:9005.jpg |
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| Quote: Wellsy13 "Who's said that?
Local games would make sense for Mondays if travelling/attendances are an issue. Maybe not the biggest derbies, but games like Cas vs Hudds, Wakey vs Bradford, Salford vs Warrington, Wigan vs Widnes, etc. The Hull teams will just have to put up with whatever but it would make sense to make it Yorkshire clubs.'"
Not outright, but generally the opinion is " great for TV, but will kill attendances " , or " What about kids ? "
Maybe we'll get local games like we got, Barrow at Leigh, or Leigh at Sheffield, or just pick all the biggest matches like us and Widnes,Fax and Fev
Made up
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| I struggle with Friday games and Monday games are just impossible, i wish Wire's games were all played on a Sunday personally.
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| Would prefer Monday night to Saturday teatime, from a personal perspective. Might expose the game to a bigger audience.
My only concern is for those teams who have to back up the following Friday. 4 days break is as bad as easter.
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| Think it does show SKY (who have always publicised our game well) are going to really push RL this year. Saw a dedicated advert for it today, and we're two weeks away from the season.
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| Sky seem to have an attitude of the less that can actually make the game the better.
With Friday games the fans consensus is it should only be between local teams, but Sky will stick Hull v Saints or Wigan v London on and rub their hands.
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9005.jpg kcab sfrawdder
Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it!:9005.jpg |
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| Quote: Slugger McBatt "Would prefer Monday night to Saturday teatime, from a personal perspective. Might expose the game to a bigger audience.
My only concern is for those teams who have to back up the following Friday. 4 days break is as bad as easter.'"
Once again slugger us part timers do it all the time, sunday-thursday , then get up for work a few hours later, the interesting thing is ( no disrespect ) will it be the ' lesser ' clubs that get this slot?
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| Quote: Starbug "Once again slugger us part timers do it all the time, sunday-thursday , then get up for work a few hours later, the interesting thing is ( no disrespect ) will it be the ' lesser ' clubs that get this slot?'"
If it replaces the Saturday game, it will probably the less glamorous clubs.
Every team is different, I suppose, but it wouldn't affect Wakey too much if the following game is a home game, as we tend to play Sunday, and the same for Cas. Could be bad for Salford though, or Leeds, or Wigan, or Saints, who tend to play on Friday.
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| How long do we think this has been in the pipeline? Good timing of the announcement (or leak) from a club and sky point of view as most people have already bought their season tickets!
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| Quote: mistermoo "How long do we think this has been in the pipeline? Good timing of the announcement (or leak) from a club and sky point of view as most people have already bought their season tickets!'"
what difference does that make to anything ?
the reason MNF was brought in by SKY all those years ago (with the pre match firework displays and all) was because they saw monday evening as a 'dead' evening for the sportsfan in addition to being the day back at work after the weekend when most people are as miserable as sin with nothing but the working week to look forward to.
MNF was seen as an innovation and it certainly worked for me and obviously for SKY tv whose viewing figures were given a nice boost on an otherwise dead night for them.
As Jonny said,let's give it a try before we criticise it !
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| Quote: Starbug "Not outright, but generally the opinion is " great for TV, but will kill attendances " , or " What about kids ? "'"
Ah, so absolutely nothing like you originally said. You were just being a cynic again (surprise) and painting a bad picture for your own self gratification.
Quote: Starbug "Maybe we'll get local games like we got, Barrow at Leigh, or Leigh at Sheffield, or just pick all the biggest matches like us and Widnes,Fax and Fev
Made up
Baring in mind that you only have one TV slot, they'll usually pick the more attractive games to the viewer. We have two, so it's more workable. Doesn't mean they'll do it, but they're in a better position to.
Sometimes I think you'd be better off just watching the amateur game, personally.
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