Re: RD 5 | St Helens (H) : Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:46 am  

christopher wrote:

Slight exaggeration shabs

I'm sure if it was a semi final or it was at least a team we haven't just played (and lost t) it would be a bit different. I would also wager that similar fixtures in the CC in years gone by have had poor crowds.

Season Ticket holders should get a big discount on tickets IMO

Don’t get the logic. What difference does it make if we’ve played them recent? This is a knock out game and massive for our season, as not many trophies in our sport…..

Re: RD 5 | St Helens (H) : Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:47 am  

christopher wrote:

Are you going?

Wanted to and friend and I were planning, but wife already already had a night out in diary and I have the kids. Not that easy as a dad to young family…..juggling a lot of balls…..

Re: RD 5 | St Helens (H) : Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:55 am  

Shabino wrote:

Not that easy as a dad to young family…..juggling a lot of balls…..

Wow your kids are easily entertained, good old fashioned entertainment aswell - love it

Re: RD 5 | St Helens (H) : Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:59 am  

I think I'd have to ask who's balls is he juggling? (this thread is now expected to merge with the coffee table thread from the past...)

Re: RD 5 | St Helens (H) : Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:02 am  

christopher wrote:

Wow your kids are easily entertained, good old fashioned entertainment aswell - love it

Anything with no screen time …..

Re: RD 5 | St Helens (H) : Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:35 am  

Not sure why there is a bit of lack of enthusiasm from some towards tonights game apart from the cost of attending which is fair enough. We get to measure ourselves against one of the best 2 teams in the competition for the second week in a row with virtually a full strength team. It will be a great barometer of where we are as a club when you review the two games collectively. What have we learnt or built on from last week from a playing or coaching perspective. Win or go close and its a great building block for the rest of the year.
Lose convincingly and it looks like progress is limited. Maybe thats the source of apprehension. The Challenge Cup is our best chance of winning something this year and we should embrace it! Agree about the format though a Friday night in March five weeks into the season does not feel right

Re: RD 5 | St Helens (H) : Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:59 am  

Shabino wrote:

Don’t get the logic. What difference does it make if we’ve played them recent? This is a knock out game and massive for our season, as not many trophies in our sport…..

Logic doesn’t come into it when feelings are concerned unfortunately.

As you say Logically i should be excited about it, but that’s not how I feel.

Re: RD 5 | St Helens (H) : Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:01 pm  

Loiner at large wrote:

Not sure why there is a bit of lack of enthusiasm from some towards tonights game apart from the cost of attending which is fair enough. We get to measure ourselves against one of the best 2 teams in the competition for the second week in a row with virtually a full strength team. It will be a great barometer of where we are as a club when you review the two games collectively. What have we learnt or built on from last week from a playing or coaching perspective. Win or go close and its a great building block for the rest of the year.
Lose convincingly and it looks like progress is limited. Maybe thats the source of apprehension. The Challenge Cup is our best chance of winning something this year and we should embrace it! Agree about the format though a Friday night in March five weeks into the season does not feel right

I think Friday night is the totally wrong time for this fixture, i think Saturday afternoon live on BBC one might have given the fixture a different feel.

Re: RD 5 | St Helens (H) : Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:44 pm  

christopher wrote:

I think Friday night is the totally wrong time for this fixture, i think Saturday afternoon live on BBC one might have given the fixture a different feel.

I'm not going tonight. Hadn't anticipated a Friday night game and had already made plans. For what it's worth I think the challenge cup should start the season, as it did in the early days of SL. If this was the first game kicking off at 15:00 on a Saturday or a Sunday I think we'd get between 12 and 15K. Despite all that, it is a fascinating test of Smith's coaching chops. Massive series of games upcoming.

Re: RD 5 | St Helens (H) : Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:54 pm  

TV this week unfortunately. Won't finish work in time to get there.