Cup games on TV : Thu May 05, 2016 12:08 pm  

I see that we are not gonna be on TV this week, which is a shame given I cant make the game, but understandable given we have not been playing well.

What is not understandable is that we have been pushed out for Batley vs Catalan!
Probably the least interesting tie of the whole lot.
Sky just lining the pockets of their old mate John Kear?
Getting pretty sick of the coverage RL gets atm

Re: Cup games on TV : Thu May 05, 2016 12:17 pm  

Aye, its the second best tie of the round for me after Saints v Hull but nowt you can do. Would be surprised if the Batley/Catalans match isn't a procession, but obviously SKY see a potential upset.

Re: Cup games on TV : Thu May 05, 2016 12:20 pm  

LET BATLEY HAVE THEIR DAY IN THE SUN!

We've been on telly enough this year!

Re: Cup games on TV : Thu May 05, 2016 12:21 pm  

I think had the same exact fixture between us & Hudds at their ground not been on Sky the week before they might've gone for ours regardless of form.

Batley vs Catalans, 9 times out of 10 a 60 point hammering but if Catalans see it as a chance to rest several and get complacent then it could be a great call to have put it on Sky. Think Fev a few years back best Cas and then gave Wigan a scare in televised cup games.

Re: Cup games on TV : Thu May 05, 2016 1:55 pm  

Bang wrote:

LET BATLEY HAVE THEIR DAY IN THE SUN!

We've been on telly enough this year!

Quite right, i hope they can pull off the shock

Should put a few more on the gate at Huddersfield too.

Re: Cup games on TV : Thu May 05, 2016 2:27 pm  

Biff Tannen wrote:

Quite right, i hope they can pull off the shock

Should put a few more on the gate at Huddersfield too.

Well what would get more 'neutrals' watching, or just people who only watch RL occasionally?
A french team and a team they have never heard of, or 2 of the top 4 last year?

Rugby league coverage is already falling, boots n all has stopped, backchat moved off sky, fulltime down to half an hour and repeats of games down from nearly the full game to about 15 mins.
The only reason Sky would drop all these is because viewership is decreasing, and I can tell you now that I wont be watching batley get beaten by a catalan team in 3rd gear.

Maybe they will at least get more viewers on french tv...

Re: Cup games on TV : Thu May 05, 2016 2:38 pm  

Sky have dropped all those Sh-te shows cos they're paying astronomical amounts to show PL football.

Re: Cup games on TV : Thu May 05, 2016 2:57 pm  

Broadcasters will always look for the Cup upset if they can find it, with all sports.

Same reason Bradford City's League Cup game against Arsenal the other year was selected for TV. Same reason the Sky cameras were at Featherstone for Fev-Cas a few years ago.

The underdog narrative is a big one for broadcasters, and much easier to use to create interest than the same two teams from SL playing each other again. Of the Championship v SL ties in this round, then this looks to be the one likely to be closest so it was the obvious choice to televise IMO. Kudos to Sky for sticking with giving the Championship some exposure by featuring sides from it in both their games so far.

Re: Cup games on TV : Thu May 05, 2016 3:03 pm  

If our game hadn't clashed with the Batley one, I'd have gone to Mount Pleasant. It's a fun place to watch a game. You never know how the slope will affect things.

Re: Cup games on TV : Thu May 05, 2016 3:41 pm  

Bang wrote:

We've been on telly enough this year!

I beg to differ! Although, I'm 7600km away from Headingley...