Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:38 pm  

Superbowl Scott wrote:

:thumb:

Seems the obvious solution doesn't it.

you know RLFans, sensible and obvious are ignored in favour of knee jerking and idiotic by some, even limited some of our own.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:22 pm  

It should be remembered that Football Clubs travel to all parts of Europe for mid week games.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:34 pm  

CHANNEL22 wrote:

It should be remembered that Football Clubs travel to all parts of Europe for mid week games.

it should also be remembered that football is nowhere near as physical as RL, and the players are multi-millionaires, and the clubs are paid a minimum of £80m a year, hardly comparable.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:37 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

were you the one in a drunken stupour with the sombrero and false moustache dancing on the table ?

Not on that occasion!

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:33 pm  

Standee wrote:

it should also be remembered that football is nowhere near as physical as RL, and the players are multi-millionaires, and the clubs are paid a minimum of £80m a year, hardly comparable.

I was thinking more about the fans. Not the jessies who play the game. Having said that the travelling has the same effect on a person whether they are being paid £10 or £10,000.

As I said in an earlier post, I would be absolutely fuming if I had travelled to France and the game was called off.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:46 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

It was. I can just about remember drinking sangria scooped from the bottom of an ice cream freezer at about 1am before trying to remember where we were staying in French for the taxi.

We stayed up all night as we were staying approx 40km away in Sete. Partied until 3am and loitered around the main square with other drunkards, eventually catching the train back to Sete at 6am. Shattered was the 'in-word' that day. Even thought the result wasn't in our favour and the poor timetable for transport effected us. I'd do it all again - But maybe drink a little less next time. 3litre plastic bottles of Sangria take effect after a while.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:51 am  

Locko's Luck wrote:

:lol:

We stayed up all night as we were staying approx 40km away in Sete. Partied until 3am and loitered around the main square with other drunkards, eventually catching the train back to Sete at 6am. Shattered was the 'in-word' that day. Even thought the result wasn't in our favour and the poor timetable for transport effected us. I'd do it all again - But maybe drink a little less next time. 3litre plastic bottles of Sangria take effect after a while.

so you didn't actually see much of the delights of Sete then ?

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:11 am  

sanjunien wrote:

so you didn't actually see much of the delights of Sete then ?

We visited Sete last year as we stayed in/near Montpellier for the game. Lovely place. Not quite as drunk as Beziers when I went either.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:38 pm  

It is going to be a disruption for people who wish to go to the game that work during midweek, unless they get the time off. As for a mid-week game in France for the players it would have the same effect if we played a midweek game against London or Saints for that matter. I don't see the problem other than 2 games in a week and a slight disruption for fans. The RFL should pull their fingers out and give us a date as soon as possible to ensure that fans can adjust and get time off work. Some fans are worrying too much. Its only France ffs. It's a few hours away not light years.

Re: Catalans Game to be rescheduled : Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:03 pm  

Standee wrote:

it should also be remembered that football is nowhere near as physical as RL, and the players are multi-millionaires, and the clubs are paid a minimum of £80m a year, hardly comparable.

what difference would it make if SL players were multi millionaires ?

would they play any differently ?