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Walt Mooney Fan Club - Do you know if RFL force derbies on days the clubs don't want? Or just maybe clubs request this. There is no point say W1gan wanting a Good Friday and Saints turn around and say they want Warrington.
Now I ask you did Leigh and Widnes together ask for a "common sense" fixture? Yes or no? I suspect you don't know, like me and most on here.
Did Leigh and the other 3 clubs contact each other to agree to move to a "common sense" fixture of Leigh/Widnes on Good Friday? Yes or no? Again I supsect you don't know, like me and most on here.
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| Quote: Leeeigh Leeeigh "Total sense - or "common sense" which I didn't see because I am lacking it appears. ![]()
Its common sense for a sport that is losing clubs and is struggling for finance at all levels.
You put the best fixtures on the best days to optimise support, I agree clubs should be asking the question but equally how hard is it for someone at the RFL to step in and say to the fixture planners that we need all our derby fixtures on these bank holidays to maximise exposure and revenue.
The only logical reason I can offer for all these attractive fixtures not appearing on Bank Holiday dates is that SKY will be showing them on Thursday evenings at a later date (Leigh v Widnes, Fax v Fev , etc, etc so have told the RFL not to put these all in one day.
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| Quote: Starbug "As I put earlier , do they [ RFL ] actually want Championship clubs to increase their attendances and their income streams ?
I seriously have my doubts , and I find myself questioning my sanity making such a seemingly ridiculous statement
But in all honesty it is the only conclusion I can reach , they do not want a Championship made up of clubs with support bases that can in any way challenge any club in the tier above
They want us to remain where we are and to struggle financially , they know that at the level we are at there will always be somebody willing to keep us ticking along , this allows them to bring through who they want in the future'"
Absolute rubbish. The very least we do is keep them clubs in SL on their toes. A club is coming down from SL, and more than likely Widnes will be replacing them. Having strong clubs outside SL ready to replace a SL club is a absolute must. |
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| Quote: JENKY "Its common sense for a sport that is losing clubs and is struggling for finance at all levels.
You put the best fixtures on the best days to optimise support, I agree clubs should be asking the question but equally how hard is it for someone at the RFL to step in and say to the fixture planners that we need all our derby fixtures on these bank holidays to maximise exposure and revenue.
The only logical reason I can offer for all these attractive fixtures not appearing on Bank Holiday dates is that SKY will be showing them on Thursday evenings at a later date (Leigh v Widnes, Fax v Fev , etc, etc so have told the RFL not to put these all in one day.'"
Thank you Jenky for some more "common sense" there. I didn't think of that to be honest  |
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Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done
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| Quote: Leeeigh Leeeigh "Absolute rubbish. The very least we do is keep them clubs in SL on their toes. A club is coming down from SL, and more than likely Widnes will be replacing them. Having strong clubs outside SL ready to replace a SL club is a absolute must.'"
Yes it is , best tell the RFL then , because they dont want it , it would seem , if it is because of the TV games , then the sooner the TV deal ends the better |
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| Quote: JENKY "Its common sense for a sport that is losing clubs and is struggling for finance at all levels.
You put the best fixtures on the best days to optimise support, I agree clubs should be asking the question but equally how hard is it for someone at the RFL to step in and say to the fixture planners that we need all our derby fixtures on these bank holidays to maximise exposure and revenue.
The only logical reason I can offer for all these attractive fixtures not appearing on Bank Holiday dates is that SKY will be showing them on Thursday evenings at a later date (Leigh v Widnes, Fax v Fev , etc, etc so have told the RFL not to put these all in one day.'"
how long is it since we had regular local derbies at easter?.
how long have the CC leagues been on sky?. |
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| Quote: Starbug "As I put earlier , do they [ RFL ] actually want Championship clubs to increase their attendances and their income streams ?
I seriously have my doubts , and I find myself questioning my sanity making such a seemingly ridiculous statement
But in all honesty it is the only conclusion I can reach , they do not want a Championship made up of clubs with support bases that can in any way challenge any club in the tier above
They want us to remain where we are and to struggle financially , they know that at the level we are at there will always be somebody willing to keep us ticking along , this allows them to bring through who they want in the future'"
You're just being paranoid Steve - why would a sport that allowed it's Chief Exec to tell bare-faced lies in a television interview do something so devious?? |
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| Someone has posted on here that we have Barrow, on Good Friday. I believe we are actually Barrow's 'local derby'!
There are other problems surrounding the Easter fixtures. For example, with eleven teams, two are going to miss out on an Easter fixture. (one on Friday, one on Monday) If those teams happen to have an away game as their sole Easter fixture, there will be no revenue from Easter gates for them. Let's hope we aren't playing a team on Monday, who has had a blank date on the Friday! Also, with Toulouse in the mix, someone will cop for a bad Easter if they are travelling over there, and playing a second game as well - as we found out last year!
As for the Widnes game, we were due to play there on a couple of consecutive Good Fridays, in recent seasons, but had to move to Thursday, for Sky.
All that said, I still think we could have requested/been given an Easter game with Widnes!  |
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| Quote: Walt Mooney Fan Club "You're just being paranoid Steve - why would a sport that allowed it's Chief Exec to tell bare-faced lies in a television interview do something so devious??'"
Still annoys me when I think of what was said at the end of that interview
A disgraceful showing by the man who is the head person in our game. |
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First six Championship fixtures are:-
Featherstone (H)
Barrow (A)
Widnes (H)
Halifax (A)
Barrow (H)
Featherstone (A)
Methinks we may not have a start like last season!! ( 8 wins & 1 draw from first 9)
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2015 - major missed opportunity, 2016 - stronger teams = harder task (no problem there then), 2017 - OMG What now!!!:953.jpg |
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| Nearer the top, or nearer the bottom after those? Over to you Tipster  |
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Any link to fixtures online?
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2015 - major missed opportunity, 2016 - stronger teams = harder task (no problem there then), 2017 - OMG What now!!!:953.jpg |
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Just about sums up the RFL attitude to the Championships, big song and dance about the SL fixtures with the RFL site carrying the fixtures on the day they come out. Championship fixtures on the day they come out? Not a chance, nothing on the RFL website. Yes they are in the rugby press this morning, not even sure how reliable they are as one of them has us playing us in the first NRC game???
RFL continue to show their disregard and how low we are viewed.
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probably not but at least we beat everyone of those teams at some point of last season comfortably with the exception of Barra. Pay back hopefully 
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Can't find them online but I've managed to get an email off the RFL with them.
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