I think it's a little underhand by all the clubs and Sky. Sky/Clubs could easily have announced the switch to Thurs/Fri games quite some time ago. Again people will have bought season tickets assuming the pattern of live games would be the same as last year.

It's the price we pay for having the Sky money. The year after I expect a lot of Wednesday games as they've lost the Champions league coverage so they'll have to fill the slots with something!

I paid for my season tickets a few weeks ago (me,my son and grandson) and mentioned my dissapointment about last years fixtures with all the missed matches on evenings for my son and grandson, as my Grandson fell asleep when we took him to the first one last year.The club were sympathetic, but just made excuses.
I mentioned the fact that we were buying the tickets blind , before the fixtures were announced and would the club think about discounts,like I think Huddersfield proposed. Surprisingly the club official seemed hesitant to consider this , but said that she would mention it to the management.
I'm not expecting any announcements.

That's exactly what we should want. Go into the play offs battle hardened. If we are in the top 4 (highly likely), then we're likely to play at least one of those three teams again, at least once. It's much better preparation to have already played them than London, Castleford, Bradford...

I have no doubt that players will be rested/rotated prior to the play-offs but it's a shame this will have to happen against other top sides. Coaches and players do tend to value a rest rather than being "battle hardened". Few sides can play full-on and at their best for six or seven consecutive weeks. Thankfully the last few fixtures are tough for all the top teams ... thus adding to the excitement. This will be deliberate. Sky will be pleased.

The fixture list doesn't really affect me. My kids aren't interested in going to games, and I'm self employed so can easily ensure that I finish early or start late the following morning if necessary.

As we have improved and as Sky have continued to move games around it has become more and more likely that we will have 'awkward' fixtures. This is the price we pay for Sky's money and our success.

It is unfortunate (or deliberate?) that the fixtures are announced shortly after the deadline for renewing season ticket seats. Any season ticket deadlines should be after the fixture list is released and not before.