Re: Friday night Semi : Sat Aug 01, 2015 5:34 pm  

Couldn't help but think, surely Leeds will hammer either of these, but a deserved win for HKR. Kelly sure has his weaknesses in defence (remember how Wigan targetted him when they thrashed HKR), but there's nothing wrong with his excellent kicking game. Sio's try was a peach.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Friday night Semi : Sat Aug 01, 2015 7:43 pm  

meast wrote:

well done Hull kr, thoroughly deserved it, wire looked clueless at times reminded me of when we beat saints in 2009, although we had to wait a hell of a lot longer than they did.
2 good close-ish games,and good atmospheres that's how semi finals should be not the walkovers in front of a few thousands mildly interested spectators like we had a couple of years ago!

wonder how many tickets will be sold on ebay from the warrington area?

Probably none, since we've got a pre order system, that only kicks in if we win.



Now who looks foolish, HA!

Re: Friday night Semi : Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:48 pm  

The Devil's Advocate wrote:

Well done Hull K.R. really pleased for their fans a thoroughly deserved visit to Wembley.

Respect to Tony Smith, what a top bloke - although he should stop Briers coaching on the pitch.

I thought he was in the 17 !

Re: Friday night Semi : Sun Aug 02, 2015 7:02 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

hopefully the end of the ludicrous Friday night experiment for one what should be one of the showpiece games of the season.

1.3 million watched a great game on TV, 69% more than watched the Leeds semi final in 2014.

If your figures below are same again or similar.......

Andy Gilder wrote:

Almost 7 million people watched Eastenders on BBC1 last Friday at 8pm. 6 million watched Corrie at 8:30pm on ITV.

The biggest Friday night audience for any other channel was 1 million for Location, Location, Location on Channel 4.

.....would make it the 3rd most watched program in the country on Friday night behind the 2 soaps.

What a flipping disaster!

I blame the RFL etc.

Re: Friday night Semi : Sun Aug 02, 2015 8:56 pm  

meast wrote:

i do feel for leeds fans in a way, as with a semi final you want to enjoy the day, it's the occasion rather than just a match, and friday night takes that occasion away for me, i can understand the frustration.

however i don't really feel for leeds in terms of venue, as to my knowledge, they have usually had the benefit of not having far to travel, last year was the first time in 9 years that they had to travel outside of yorkshire for a semi final, Huddersfield on the other hand have only had 1 semi final in yorkshire in the same period, ironically the 2006 semi at odsal, where leeds fans were so cocksure of brushing away the challenge of these upstarts,their fans gave the semi final a miss and splashed out on final tickets instead

Matbe hudds would get more semis in Yorkshire if they got into as many semis as Leeds

Re: Friday night Semi : Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:07 pm  

I enjoyed the Friday night semi final, the only negative were the road works on the m62 on the way back

The more games on terrestrial TV the better. It would be good if they could get some league games on similar to the first deal the BBC signed for the football league a few years back. Where they got 10 live games.

Re: Friday night Semi : Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:10 pm  

rhinos21 wrote:

The more games on terrestrial TV the better.

Absolutely: say it long and say it loud. Probably did a lot more for the profile of the sport than Wigan choosing to play an odd game in Millwall.

Re: Friday night Semi : Mon Aug 03, 2015 8:32 pm  

Omar Little wrote:

Matbe hudds would get more semis in Yorkshire if they got into as many semis as Leeds

that's true

Re: Friday night Semi : Mon Aug 03, 2015 8:33 pm  

a live super league game on a saturday tea time on the BBC would be fantastic!