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| Thinking about the magic weekend's 'derby' format today and the number of damp squibs it leaves that aren't derbies at all, I don't see why these games cannot be made up of more competitive pairings. Leave the games be that are actually intense derbies and then re-jig the games that neutrals don't care about, e.g London v Cats, Hudds v Salford and possibly Wire v Widnes.
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| So Wire v Widnes isn't a derby? How long have you been watching RL?
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| Quote ="Teessidewire"So Wire v Widnes isn't a derby? How long have you been watching RL?'"
try reading what he put
'intense derby'
wire v widnes certainly wont be that!
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| Quote ="EL CAMO"Thinking about the magic weekend's 'derby' format today and the number of damp squibs it leaves that aren't derbies at all, I don't see why these games cannot be made up of more competitive pairings. Leave the games be that are actually intense derbies and then re-jig the games that neutrals don't care about, e.g London v Cats, Hudds v Salford and possibly Wire v Widnes.'"
I do agree that a better pair of games would have been Huddersfield-Catalan and London-Salford...but to be fair to the RFL London were tipped to challenge for the top8 when the fixtures were announced.
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| Leeds/Bradford is the airport.
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| Wouldn't mind seeing this one year:
Warrington vs Wigan
Leeds vs Hull FC
Huddersfield vs Bradford
Saints vs Catalans
London vs Salford
Widnes vs Castleford
Hull KR vs Wakefield
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| Quote ="number 6"try reading what he put
'intense derby'
wire v widnes certainly wont be that!'"
The Wigan v Saints games at Magic Weekends have often been some of the poorest and least intense games.
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| How about they select the fixtures on the Sunday night before.....1st v 2nd, 3rd v 4th etc......
London v Widnes
Wakey v Castleford
Salford v HKA
The Airport
St Helens v Hull
French v Hudds
Wire v Pies.
It's not like the fans and clubs don't know where the games will be played.......and I reckon the fixtures above would all be very competative......more so than London and Widnes shipping 50+ points each
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| Would never work what with people having to know the day that they play months in advance in some cases.
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| Quote ="EL CAMO"Would never work what with people having to know the day that they play months in advance in some cases.'"
WTF
OK.....if you are joking, I am laughing with you.....but if you're serious....I repeat, WTF
Working Saturdays/Sundays is more and more a fact of life in the UK, but would it really be a massive hardship to get a shift swapped?
Fair enough.....draw the games from the table after round 11...3 Weeks notice to get a shift changed......
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| I agree gutterfax. Would only be the same as the Challenge Cup draws.
If they are giving SL points for it then it has to be as even as possible imo.
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| Agree to a certain extent, I preferred the format they used a couple of years ago, on league places (maybe the previous season?)
Looking at the fixtures there will be 3 walkovers this weekend IMO.
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| We want a full staduim.
Have the fixtures to get that.
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| Quote ="Sheldon"We want a full staduim.
Have the fixtures to get that.'"
Agree....Catalans and Hudds are 1/10 respectively....Wire are 1/20
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| Quote ="gutterfax"Quote ="Sheldon"We want a full staduim.
Have the fixtures to get that.'"
Agree....Catalans and Hudds are 1/10 respectively....Wire are 1/20
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And we're only playing Saints
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| Quote ="gutterfax"How about they select the fixtures on the Sunday night before.....1st v 2nd, 3rd v 4th etc......
London v Widnes
Wakey v Castleford
Salford v HKA
The Airport
St Helens v Hull
French v Hudds
Wire v Pies.
It's not like the fans and clubs don't know where the games will be played.......and I reckon the fixtures above would all be very competative......more so than London and Widnes shipping 50+ points each'"
This but have it so that it's 1st v 2nd, 3rd v 4th etc. Should ensure a full house because every team will be up for a win but not guaranteed of it. As it stands this year it would have meant.
Pies v Wire
Hudds v Cats
Hull v Saints
Bulls v Leeds
Hull KR v Salford
Cas v Wakey
Cellar Dwellers v Cellar Dwellers
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| It would be good to name the fixtures around 4 weeks before the event actually started. Although we knew how the system works and I am looking forward to Saturday so much, its just another guarenteed 2 points for Warrington.
Id like to be paired with a team in the position around yourselves.
1 Vs 2
3 Vs 4
5 Vs 6
7 Vs 8
9 Vs 10
11 Vs 12
13 Vs 14
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| Is it reasonable that Wire get to bag a guaranteed extra 2 points off Widnes, just to prop up the increasingly clunky derby format?
I'd agree that if SL points are at stake, it should be 1v2, 3v4 etc etc.
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| I've always said teams should be drawn out of a hat. If they could make it so the teams get split into a Saturday and Sunday group by a preliminary draw, could you imagine the interest in a lottery the morning of Magic? It would be real WWE-like stuff. Even if that's unlikely, they could always draw it like the CC.
Otherwise, I think they should draw the games from rivalries, but not the traditional rivalry of the neighbours.
IE -
Wigan v Salford
Saints v Warrington
Leeds v Cas
Hull v Wakefield
Hull KR v Huddersfield
London v Catalan
I think they did something like this at Murrayfield?
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| 3 reserved seating concession tickets for sale if any one wants them a bit cheaper, bought them a while ago but can't go now!
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| Widnes have sold 1000 tickets. Thought we'd take a lot more but not surprising really the way we've been playing plus the opposition.
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