Easter Derbys : Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:59 pm  

5 out of the 6 clubs involved in close rival high impact derbys lost the second game of the easter spectacular. Is this just coincidence or does the intensity of the earlier game effect these teams more than teams in less pressured fixtures.

Re: Easter Derbys : Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:02 pm  

eddievan wrote:

5 out of the 6 clubs involved in close rival high impact derbys lost the second game of the easter spectacular. Is this just coincidence or does the intensity of the earlier game effect these teams more than teams in less pressured fixtures.

but we won

Re: Easter Derbys : Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:04 pm  

mutley cat wrote:

but we won

I thought you had a walk in the park against Cas who I read were $hite on the nite!

Re: Easter Derbys : Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:06 pm  

eddievan wrote:

I thought you had a walk in the park against Cas who I read were $hite on the nite!

i thought you was referring to the close rival element not the score line.

Re: Easter Derbys : Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:21 am  

eddievan wrote:

5 out of the 6 clubs involved in close rival high impact derbys lost the second game of the easter spectacular. Is this just coincidence or does the intensity of the earlier game effect these teams more than teams in less pressured fixtures.

If the RFL insist on playing two games over Easter it would make more sense to reverse Good Friday's fixtures on the Easter monday.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:23 am  

One of two things needs to happen.

1) Only play one game at easter and stop everyone moaning.

2) Keep it as it is, but ban all moaning from commentators and media about too many games at easter.

I'd like to ban it from fans too, but that's easier said than done.


It's getting monotonous now that every single year at Easter time, players, commentators, media and fans are talking about it being too hard to play 2 games in quick succession. Either sort it out, or get everyone to shut up about it.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:55 am  

DILLIGAF wrote:

One of two things needs to happen.

1) Only play one game at easter and stop everyone moaning.

2) Keep it as it is, but ban all moaning from commentators and media about too many games at easter.

I'd like to ban it from fans too, but that's easier said than done.


It's getting monotonous now that every single year at Easter time, players, commentators, media and fans are talking about it being too hard to play 2 games in quick succession. Either sort it out, or get everyone to shut up about it.

Needs to be 1 game over the weekend doesn't it?!

In seasons gone by we have played 28 games, we now play 27, therefore extendeding the seasin by a week should pose any problem.

Sky could still probably show the same amount a games too. I don't think playing on the Monday would be too much of an issue providing it was the only game of the weekens for the teams involved.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:13 pm  

Wigan Bull wrote:

Needs to be 1 game over the weekend doesn't it?!

In seasons gone by we have played 28 games, we now play 27, therefore extendeding the seasin by a week should pose any problem.

Sky could still probably show the same amount a games too. I don't think playing on the Monday would be too much of an issue providing it was the only game of the weekens for the teams involved.

In previous years they have even shown a gae on Sky on the Tuesday. Salford used to be faves for this fixture for some strange reason.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:22 pm  

rugbyreddog wrote:

In previous years they have even shown a gae on Sky on the Tuesday. Salford used to be faves for this fixture for some strange reason.

Not this year though.

Sky could still have the Thurs game, 2 on Friday and one on Monday without too much trouble. I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to arrange the fixtures before and after the easter weekend to accommodate this.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:22 pm  

Every club wants 2 games, so every club can have what is a bumper home gate.

The players who are whingeing about it, like Peacock, really should get a grip. It's not as if they have to do this every week. It's what the fans want (if feet=votes) and the players of all people should know how much the clubs desperately need to make the most of rare opportunities for extra cash injections.

Yes in an ideal world, players would get 7 days to recover for the next game. Newsflash Jamie - it's not an ideal world and never going to be. Or get your fellow players to all volunteer to take a pay cut equal to the club's financial loss etc., in return for the extra day off, in which case the clubs would presumably be happy?