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41046_1381848617.jpg Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF 70-200mm F/4 L USM, Canon EF 50mm f1/8, Sigma10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC HSM and that's how i roll
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| turn it into a Seven's tournament and add NL1 (or whatever they are called now), market it better than they did the Magic weekend and put a have nice little winning bonus of say £20k which would make it worthwhile for the lower clubs to attend (if they won) would probably get higher ticket sales with more clubs involved and with the games being shorter, you could rotate the players and use more youngsters throughout the day giving players a game but others a much needed rest
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| Quote: pie eater and proud of it "Not right now no, but come the week before its the same as ever.
They must be smashed.'"
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| Quote: [Gareth] ""Never did to be honest. The whole concept of MM is redundant imo'"
Agree - never attended a magic event and never will - always looks poor on television.
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54062_1294991734.gif RLFans finest:
[quote="Saint77777":3t42372l]Maguire was a black mark on RL in this country. Whilst coaches like Daniel Anderson and Brian McLennan won championships on the back of exciting Rugby league, Maguire set out to win at all costs, evident by the way Danny Maguire was seriously injured and laughed at on the floor by the wigan players as he writhed in agony. Then there has been the constant bending back of limbs, trying to seriously maim the opposition. Even Phil Clarke has jumped on the bandwagon with his disgusting comments about the Danny Maguire incident.
I think its fitting that the 2 fairest teams in the comp, who have been on the receiving end of Wigans tactics should contest the Grand Final and make it a proper family day out instead of the knuckle dragging, salivating neanderthals from Wigan, that would pour into manchester on grand final day.
I for one cant wait to mingle with the Leeds fans and have a beer with them, rather than having to watch my arms and legs, should wigan have got there.[/quote:3t42372l]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_54062.gif |
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| We have played them too much recently, so it's hard to get excited weeks before hand, however, when it gets to 48 hours before kick-off, I guarentee, butterflies and banter will kick in, and no-one will want to lose.
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39110_1363272058.jpg Dropkick Murphy..we actually saw and heard a mass of bouncing and scarf and flag waving to Dale Cavese that drowned out anything we could muster.. It stopped us singing our own celebratory songs, it died out seconds later when we accepted we couldn't be heard over the Wigan lot
Celebrations muted from us, job done from them. Most fans who slag them off are jealous their own club's support is nowhere near that good
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sally cinnamon..Why not discuss Wigan? It's a rugby league message board. Wigan are the most famous brand in rugby league
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Tre Cool..Saints fans are hopeless unless it's a cup final or grand final. Wigan fans are so much more loyal and passionate
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the flying biscuit..Wires havent been massively succesful over the years, but I've spoke to Brian Bevan And he spoke to me and i wouldnt swap that for Wigans History, ever
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Ande..on the TV i could only hear the Wigan fans with about 10 to go
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Saint94..Every team is in your feckin shadow, we all know
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| Quote: dany1979 "Agree - never attended a magic event and never will - always looks poor on television.'"
Only because people like you don't go.
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| I like the magic weekend never had a bad one even after we got battered by saints and i am looking forward to a day boozing with rugby fans in Manchester followed by some rugby at night.
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| Went to the mIllenium stadium and i quite enjoyed the whole day as the stadium and the area lends itself to rugby and you could go in and out of the stadium as and when you wanted.
However the games are come across as meaningless and for me thats the crux of it all.
Why not solve the whole stadium availability issue and play all 4 CC quarter final games there instead !
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| Quote: Pie minister "Why not solve the whole stadium availability issue and play all 4 CC quarter final games there instead !'"
Or all of the 5th round ties, so there's lots of varying teams there playing!
As Bilko said on Twitter, 10 matches in 2 seasons with another possible (likely) one or two against them in the playoffs. Way too much. But then the clubs did apparently vote for how the MM was to be structured and they preferred it to be a derby.
London v Catalans is an historic occasion after all.
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| Quote: "London v Catalans is an historic occasion after all'"
Its a Biggun !
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| Quote: Odem "Only because people like you don't go.'"
I don't think the only issue is people not going. You could sell 48,000 tickets for each day of MM this year and the games will still be played in front of banks of empty seats because fans will always pick and choose the games they wish to attend. Some can only make their own teams games and might have other plans for other parts of the day and some just aren't interested or don't have the attention span to take in a full day of back to back matches.
Add to that, the fact that it artificially skews the leagues standings (Warrington highly likely to be the main beneficiaries once again) and you are left with a flawed concept. The RL have been flogging this dead horse for five years now but the end result to the casual viewer is a game played out in front of a half full stadium at best. You only need 10% of the spectators from other teams matches not to bother watching any other game and the result is <50% of capacity for each game even if all tickets are sold (which they never are anyway).
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| Quote: Odem "Only because people like you don't go.'"
Please expand.
I choose my games carefully and use the money i have to attend the games that really matter, attending the CC game is where i will choose to spend my money.
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| I've been to Murrayfield and Cardiff. Thought both were poor. I don't rate the magic concept. It means we have to play Saints, AGAIN! Whilst Leeds play a poor Bradford side and Wire play a poor Widnes side. Get rid!!
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| The Magic weekend is a complete waste of both time and money in my opinion, additionally the method of using predominantly derby matches in an attempt to boost crowd & viewing figures has an effect on league positions.
For example, Wigan play Saints whilst Warrington get Widnes ... how is that fair?
Get rid, keep the league season to 1 home, 1 away against the other 13 teams.
That's as long as we're allowed to play at home of course
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| I must saw the RFL/Man City must be praised for advertising the Magic Weekend at last nights game which must have been saw by Millions of people in this country, i know we arnt going to sell out on that advert alone but tell people an event is on and they mite turn up.
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[quote="boz the warrior":1udbj28j]lee briers is a nice person whoooo luck at lee forming a scrum the wire bum banger[/quote:1udbj28j]
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| Quote: dany1979 "Please expand.
I choose my games carefully and use the money i have to attend the games that really matter, attending the CC game is where i will choose to spend my money.'"
ask him if he went to wembley last year? pot kettle black methinks!
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