I'm tending to think now that it should have been staged in a bigger stadium. Having empty seats in a 13k stadium for a semi final looked, and was, bobbins. Maybe aiming higher and getting say 16-17k in a 25k stadium might actually have looked better somehow.

When you get to play your local rivals four times a season, it doesn't surprise me that they struggle to sell out. I'd imagine a lot of people gamble on not going to the semi so they have a bit more money in their pocket to pay for finals.

If 13000 people didnt want tickets yesterday why are an extra 3000 people going to buy them for a bigger stadium. Quite simple the demand wasnt there. tickets were available for those who wanted them. A half empty £25k stadium would look simply stupid (unless you do like Huddersfield do and try and leave the stand under the TV cameras as empty as possible to fill the rest).

I may be looking at this in a wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to simplistic point of view but whats the point of creating extra spaces when there's no demand.

I'm one of the first to slate the RFL when they screw it up but yesterday I actual think that the numbers at the game indicated they may have just got it bang-on

dictated by the BBC at the moment

Read my earlier posts mikej