Re: Northern Rail Cup Madness : Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:01 pm  

Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza wrote: Just noticed that the Northern Rail Cup Semi between Barrow and Featherstone has been chosen for the Thursday night game on 18/06 and the other Semi is at the weekend. Where did you get the info? On the RFL site it is Sunday 21 http://www.therfl.co.uk/~therflc/fixtur ... ague&id=91

Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza wrote: Just noticed that the Northern Rail Cup Semi between Barrow and Featherstone has been chosen for the Thursday night game on 18/06 and the other Semi is at the weekend. Where did you get the info? On the RFL site it is Sunday 21 http://www.therfl.co.uk/~therflc/fixtur ... ague&id=91

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:11 pm  

No different to us playing up at Whitehaven on a Thursday night with a week's notice t'other year.

Re: Northern Rail Cup Madness : Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:17 pm  

lpage wrote: Where did you get the info? On the RFL site it is Sunday 21 http://www.therfl.co.uk/~therflc/fixtur ... ague&id=91 http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12944,00.html

lpage wrote: Where did you get the info? On the RFL site it is Sunday 21 http://www.therfl.co.uk/~therflc/fixtur ... ague&id=91 http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12944,00.html

Re: Northern Rail Cup Madness : Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:17 pm  

lpage wrote: Where did you get the info? On the RFL site it is Sunday 21 http://www.therfl.co.uk/~therflc/fixtur ... ague&id=91 OK, found it on the Sky website.

lpage wrote: Where did you get the info? On the RFL site it is Sunday 21 http://www.therfl.co.uk/~therflc/fixtur ... ague&id=91 OK, found it on the Sky website.

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:32 pm  

To be honest, I'd say most Championship teams are on a level playing field. Dare I say until recently, Widnes were worse off! Now it appears as though the whole squad is training together. Fev's players will have to get holidays booked.

: Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:12 pm  

richardviking wrote:

To be honest, I'd say most Championship teams are on a level playing field. Dare I say until recently, Widnes were worse off! Now it appears as though the whole squad is training together. Fev's players will have to get holidays booked.

Yeah I've heard they've been hitting it off of late.

: Tue Jun 09, 2009 6:10 am  

richardviking wrote:

To be honest, I'd say most Championship teams are on a level playing field. Dare I say until recently, Widnes were worse off! Now it appears as though the whole squad is training together. Fev's players will have to get holidays booked.

How does having a multi-millionaire backer enabling you to sign 9 full time players put you at a disadvantage ?

: Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:09 am  

Sumbody wrote:

How does having a multi-millionaire backer enabling you to sign 9 full time players put you at a disadvantage ?

I think he was referring to Widnes's form rather than anything else.

: Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:52 am  

Pepe wrote:

I honestly cannot see what the problem is.

Doesn't give the supporters sufficient time to book time off work to get there. Some won't be able to take the time off work to get there, even if they could book it off. Gives them no consideration whatsoever.

And what about the players? Many of them will be due to work on both Thursday and Friday. Not really fair on them, is it?

And just because it's happened before, that doesn't make it right.

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: Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:54 am  

GT wrote:

Doesn't give the supporters sufficient time to book time off work to get there. Some won't be able to take the time off work to get there, even if they could book it off. Gives them no consideration whatsoever.

And what about the players? Many of them will be due to work on both Thursday and Friday. Not really fair on them, is it?

And just because it's happened before, that doesn't make it right.

You do recall that in the days when all clubs were semi pro, midweek games were a regular part of the fixtures don't you?