Sunday's attendance was 25,401. Total for Magic Weekend 2010 is 52,043 down 18% on last year's 63,144.

Last weekend's normal SL round attracted 67,818.

Can only be considered a failure. I suggest we play it at Old Trafford or Eastlands next year (if we must persist with it).

Definately agree Cardiff much better venue go back there, but Edinburgh again never,

to be honest its more what you make of it as a weekend (presuming your not on a day trip), Cardiff is better location wise but Edinburgh is a quality city.

Anyone wanting it played at a premier league venue is dreaming, sorry.

And £4 a pint is taking the pIss.

No crowds, no atmosphere, no easy way to get there and appearantly no pubs to have a meal with the family .............. hmmmmm...next year..........NO WAY!

Where is there a stadium in England with a roof? Balls to it lets use the MEN Arena

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where would you have it ?

newcastle, london, manchester, dublin, cardiff again ?
and would you have the derbys or just pick out of a draw random game?


your thoughts please.

MANCHESTER

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In my opinion the games should be as follows

St James Park at Newcastle would be a great venue.
A great stadium which would not look stupidly empty because it only holds 51k, plus the town of Newcastle is a great place to visit.
Manchester would not be good the City of Manchester stadium is about five miles out so getting 20,000 people from the centre of Manchester to the ground would be a problem.
London, no way keep that for the Challenge cup.
Dublin, would be a great venue but getting there would be a real pain.
Birmingham at Villa Park same problem as Manchester.
Cardiff, a lot of people like Cardiff but it doesn't do it for me.

So a trip to Newcastle would be my choice, it would have to be done on the Bank Holiday at the end of May so it would clash with the football.

personally id agree and go with newcastle, because its smaller and its not as far away as edinburgh and the whole reason for doing the 'magicweekend' is to expand rugby league and you can do that in newcastle i.e gateshead thunder.

IMO the games this year have been a disappointment...too many games have been one sided.
I also don't think the derbies should be taken on the road...they are best left where they really matter...at the home grounds....so how do you ensure a good tight game for proper entertainment?

The best way of achieving this is to match up teams with similar league positions..as this is usually the best indicator on how good a team is!

You can't leave it until the last minute to decide the fixture list...so why not decide the fixtures for the weekend based on the finishing league positions of the previous season?...its not an exact science but it is surely the best way of getting the most teams into a competitive match. You can't really account for how a team might improve over the course of the off season....and the start of a new season...but it should still generate some good close games.

It could then be marketed as the four pointer weekend or something like that!

So base on last years (2009) finishing positions the fixture this year would have been....

(1st) Leeds v (2nd) Saints..GOOD GAME

(3rd)Huddersfield v (4th) Hull KR...GOOD GAME

(5th)Wigan v (6th)Wakefield..mmmm not sure

(7th)Castleford v (8th)Catalan..not a bad game

(9th)Bradford v (10th)Warrington..GOOD GAME

(11th)Harlequins v (12th)Hull..GOOD GAME

(13th)Salford v (14th)Crusaders..not sure

As for the location...everyone seems to like Cardiff! (apart from FATBELLY! )

I can't see any football club in the country allowing their pitch to be used for seven rugby league matches in two days during the last few weeks of their season, so unless the RFL change the weekend then I can't see St James Park, Villa Park, Anfield or any other football stadia that I have heard mentioned being used. Dublin would suit me as I have family over there, but I think the costs and travel involved would put too many off. This would leave major rugby stadia in mainland UK, which as far as I am aware means Murrayfield, Cardiff or Twickenham. Murrayfield, IMO, hasn't worked as well as Cardiff (which was excellent) and I too think that London should be kept for the Challenge Cup Final. So it's Cardiff for me.

As regards the fixtures, then I still think SL should remain as 26 games (13 home and away) and use the 'Magic Weekend' to revitalise the Challenge Cup. Championship and amateur teams play until there are two remaining at which point the 14 SL clubs come into the draw. 16 teams, eight games, all played in Cardiff over a weekend, winner goes through, loser goes out of the cup. I appreciate that the 'lesser' clubs would have less chance of pitting themselves against SL opposition, but for the two clubs that make the 16 the reward is fantastic. Obvious issue is the Challenge Cup is BBC rather than Sky, but I'm sure the three concerned (RFL, BBC and Sky) could work something out.

I think Elland Road would be a good shout.

newcastle would be a great shout along with dublin but it will be a nightmare getting over there ,


matches

- saturday

- salford v crusaders
- harlequins v catalans
- wakefield v castleford
- leeds v saints

sunday
- huddersfield v bradford
- hull fc v hull kr
- wire v wigan

Newcastle or going back to Cardiff sounds good but definately not Edinburgh or Dublin (too expensive)

Newcastle sounds good