Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:10 pm  

I still don't get why the Exiles weekend is off limits. McNamara probably sees a lot of the Hull clubs players anyway, quite what he'd miss if a couple (at most) of our players were unavailable, I'm not sure. From the Exiles point of view, don't think any of ours would be selected. The only reason to not play it that weekend would be if France get a game.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:12 pm  

Standee wrote:

(this is thread drift, apologies)

I have a good friend who runs a dairy/fromagerie on the French/Swiss border above Avoriaz and he bemoans the same thing.

the French are adept at trying to pick the winning side at the last minute, I particulalrly like googling "French Military Victories".........

yeah,they are very good at sitting on the fence until the moment arrives when they have to choose a side to go with

they have always been very cagey with committing their alleigance to one cause or another so it was amazing to see their determination to ban the burkha wit all the consequences it could provoke

I would imagine the 'French Military Victories' page is quite short .....

still a great place to be though and I wouldn't swap it for the world

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:14 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

yeah,they are very good at sitting on the fence until the moment arrives when they have to choose a side to go with

they have always been very cagey with committing their alleigance to one cause or another so it was amazing to see their determination to ban the burkha wit all the consequences it could provoke

I would imagine the 'French Military Victories' page is quite short .....

still a great place to be though and I wouldn't swap it for the world

it's a wonderful place, I'd move to Champagny in a heart beat, the UK is screwed (see The Sin Bin for details) alas I have 4 more years from July until I pack in work.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:18 pm  

number 6 wrote:

apart from daddy warbucks at warrington, i doubt many ther chairmen or boards at other teams would be willing to pay for a chartered flight

if we knew that the game was cancelled earlier, like many have said that some knew on tuesday the pitch was unfit for play, we could have cancelled our hotels without losing any money, flights we could have changed to a later date at a small cost, or risked losing the money on them

I was led to believe that an SL game couldn't be cancelled before 24 hours before the game ? so anyone arriving in Perpignan a couple of days or so beforehand haven't a leg to stand on - terefore the Hull game could only have ben called off after 1830 on the friday evening...

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:21 pm  

Standee wrote:

you can't change MOST flight dates, nor could you have probably cancelled hotels at short notice

as much as I sympathise, be realistic, the ash cloud a few years ago caused a lot more people to lose a lot more money.

and the RFL pay for teams flights, if they cant pay for chartered maybe they need to rethink Catalans involvement in the league, 300 FC fans t £100 each is £30k, I can charter a flight for 40 people for that from the UK to wherever I want in France (outside of the major hubs)

you can change flight details, a friend did as long as they didnt cancel, also hotels too, we booked with free cancellation upto 24 hours before check in, also know of others who did the same

thought i read somewhere the rfl subsidise clubs upto £3000 for their trips to france

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:21 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

I was led to believe that an SL game couldn't be cancelled before 24 hours before the game ? so anyone arriving in Perpignan a couple of days or so beforehand haven't a leg to stand on - terefore the Hull game could only have ben called off after 1830 on the friday evening...

yup, you're right

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:23 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

I was led to believe that an SL game couldn't be cancelled before 24 hours before the game ? so anyone arriving in Perpignan a couple of days or so beforehand haven't a leg to stand on - terefore the Hull game could only have ben called off after 1830 on the friday evening...

the rumours about the pitch not being fit were just that, but if they were true, we would've cancelled and cut our losses with the airfare and got our hotel money back and also saving £200 on spending money

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:25 pm  

Standee wrote:

it's a wonderful place, I'd move to Champagny in a heart beat, the UK is screwed (see The Sin Bin for details) alas I have 4 more years from July until I pack in work.

don't blame you mate,a beautiful part of the world - been a bit nippy lately though !!!

my mate lives not too far away and he reckons it went down to -20° ish some nights !

just under four years for me until I get my french pension - still in work so I should make it ok tho' you never know what's around the corner....


re- the Hull game

it was a one off - we had the same conditions for last seasons game against Saints with the icy wind but the pitch hadn't been watered - if it had the game would have been cancelled also along with the Wakey friendly a couple of weeks earlier.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:27 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

I still don't get why the Exiles weekend is off limits. McNamara probably sees a lot of the Hull clubs players anyway, quite what he'd miss if a couple (at most) of our players were unavailable, I'm not sure. From the Exiles point of view, don't think any of ours would be selected. The only reason to not play it that weekend would be if France get a game.

although it would mean missing the exiles game and possibly the knights match, i would rather we play this weekend than in early august due to not being able to have holidays! call me selfish but i've already beed done over once lol

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:29 pm  

number 6 wrote:

the rumours about the pitch not being fit were just that, but if they were true, we would've cancelled and cut our losses with the airfare and got our hotel money back and also saving £200 on spending money

there was a lot of cold weather around but nothing to stop games being played as most of the local LER games in the area (Pia & UTC etc) went ahead as normal

the damage was done by an incompetant groundsman,simple as that