Re: Team to face Scotland : Tue Nov 01, 2016 5:41 pm  

graham out injured so id expect maybe scott taylor to come in as a direct replacement?

other than that cant see much else changing, maybe ratchford in for lomax at full back but sounds like bennett wants to keep changes to a minimum and get more game time for the big one against aussies week after

brierley fit to play for scotland after he took a knock v australia

how many tickets have been sold for this double header game?

Re: Team to face Scotland : Tue Nov 01, 2016 6:09 pm  

Sounds like Williams, Farrell, Ratchford and a couple of others will get some game time. Bennett says two or three spots are up for grabs, so I assume he means maybe centre, one half-back spot and one in the pack...

Re: Team to face Scotland : Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:25 am  

brearley84 wrote:

graham out injured so id expect maybe scott taylor to come in as a direct replacement?

other than that cant see much else changing, maybe ratchford in for lomax at full back but sounds like bennett wants to keep changes to a minimum and get more game time for the big one against aussies week after

brierley fit to play for scotland after he took a knock v australia

how many tickets have been sold for this double header game?

Bennett said in an interview that he wants everyone bar Ward (who he said is not fit) to get game time. At the same time he said he didn't want to make too many changes so I'm not sure what team we will see against Scotland.

Re: Team to face Scotland : Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:54 am  

brearley84 wrote:

graham out injured so id expect maybe scott taylor to come in as a direct replacement?

other than that cant see much else changing, maybe ratchford in for lomax at full back but sounds like bennett wants to keep changes to a minimum and get more game time for the big one against aussies week after

brierley fit to play for scotland after he took a knock v australia

how many tickets have been sold for this double header game?

they've been suspiciously quiet with updates even the cheap seats aren't sold out. Can't see many deciding to go to Coventry at last minute with booth games on TV either. Would love to be proved wrong but this experiment doesn't seem to have paid off.

On a more positive note large parts of Anfield are now sold out for the final, with only the new upper tier still to be put on sale.

Re: Team to face Scotland : Wed Nov 02, 2016 12:57 pm  

UllFC wrote:

they've been suspiciously quiet with updates even the cheap seats aren't sold out. Can't see many deciding to go to Coventry at last minute with booth games on TV either. Would love to be proved wrong but this experiment doesn't seem to have paid off.

On a more positive note large parts of Anfield are now sold out for the final, with only the new upper tier still to be put on sale.

might be lots of empty seats at the coventry ground then 32500 is the capacity for stadium

not the best idea to give it to coventry, maybe if they had magic weekend there next year but thats going to newcastle again

Re: Team to face Scotland : Wed Nov 02, 2016 1:09 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

might be lots of empty seats at the coventry ground then 32500 is the capacity for stadium

not the best idea to give it to coventry, maybe if they had magic weekend there next year but thats going to newcastle again

Got to question what marketing has been done, it was always going to be a struggle to get a football and RU local audiencd to give RL a try on bonfire night. And Coventry isnt the kind of city heartland fans are in a rush to spend a weekend in (and yeah, Hull isnt either!) unlike say Newcastle, London or Liverpool which have great nightlife.

Re: Team to face Scotland : Wed Nov 02, 2016 1:12 pm  

coventry maybe paid the most cash to the rfl stage it ! if it works like magic weekend does

Re: Team to face Scotland : Wed Nov 02, 2016 7:49 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

coventry maybe paid the most cash to the rfl stage it ! if it works like magic weekend does

Just looked at the ticket website again and you now can't select what block you want and tickets are on a 'best available' basis, maybe ticket sales have gone up suddenly...but the cynic in me thinks that sales are still flat and they are now allocating seats facing the cameras to make it look better. Not seen them do that for any other recent event.

Re: Team to face Scotland : Thu Nov 03, 2016 7:19 am  

brearley84 wrote:

might be lots of empty seats at the coventry ground then 32500 is the capacity for stadium

not the best idea to give it to coventry, maybe if they had magic weekend there next year but thats going to newcastle again

Magic weekend in Coventry!!!!!!!!!
Have you ever been to the place?
It's as dull as ditch water.
You've got to be a real sad person if you believe that a weekend in Coventry is a highlight in your entertainment calendar.

Re: Team to face Scotland : Thu Nov 03, 2016 8:21 am  

I went to the Ricoh for a Wigan Athletic game last year and whilst it's ok for a few hours, it wouldn't suit the Magic weekend in any way, shape or form. There isn't enough to do around the ground. There's a casino under the stadium which allows people in for a few drinks but besides that I didn't see a lot.

As for Coventry city centre, well there's not much happening there either! Struggled to find too many pubs/bars/restaurants and it wasn't a place you'd be too excited at spending a weekend in.