: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:25 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

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?

I take your point, however, the second game over easter is going to produce a mistake ridden, dour game more often than not.
Personally, I would prefer to see a better quality game the following week.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:16 pm  

Wigan Bull wrote:

I take your point, however, the second game over easter is going to produce a mistake ridden, dour game more often than not.

Disagree, this is just a bandwagon raised by player interests and jumped on gleefully by the media, and swallowed by some fans and coaches - especially those of teams that lose on the Monday or the following weekend.

I enjoyed the Catalans game. What was wrong with that? Are the players in that game somehow immune to this terrible burden of a second game?

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:31 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Disagree, this is just a bandwagon raised by player interests and jumped on gleefully by the media, and swallowed by some fans and coaches - especially those of teams that lose on the Monday or the following weekend.

I enjoyed the Catalans game. What was wrong with that? Are the players in that game somehow immune to this terrible burden of a second game?

But our game was a prime example of this wasn't it. I think the effects of Fridays game were clearly there to see.

Surely the players are in the best position to comment on how it effects them.

How many more fans do you think turned up to yesterdays games because it was on a bank holiday?