Re: Saints on Friday : Tue Aug 15, 2017 12:32 pm  

Mild mannered Janitor wrote:

If Leeds had won the Semi final, they could quite easily have claimed the same thing as the fixtures were released before the semi.

Rank poor decision on scheduling

Quite right and they would have been fully entitled to complain. When the idiots set this date it was 100% certain that a side on short turn around from Wembley would be involved.

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Re: Saints on Friday : Tue Aug 15, 2017 12:37 pm  

Erik the not red wrote:

Mild mannered Janitor wrote:

If Leeds had won the Semi final, they could quite easily have claimed the same thing as the fixtures were released before the semi.

Rank poor decision on scheduling

Quite right and they would have been fully entitled to complain. When the idiots set this date it was 100% certain that a side on short turn around from Wembley would be involved.

Can't believe neither club complained/protested or asked for the fixture to be moved to the Saturday at least

Re: Saints on Friday : Tue Aug 15, 2017 12:55 pm  

The challenge cup means nothing to Sky so they won't be of a mind to help anyone.

Re: Saints on Friday : Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:08 pm  

Hessle Roader wrote:

The challenge cup means nothing to Sky so they won't be of a mind to help anyone.

Why would it have helped us or Leeds in the CC to move the game?

Re: Saints on Friday : Tue Aug 15, 2017 7:36 pm  

PCollinson1990 wrote:

Why would it have helped us or Leeds in the CC to move the game?

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I'm referring to the match after the cup final. They could have moved that back to give us or Leeds an extra day or two.

Re: Saints on Friday : Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:54 pm  

Hessle Roader wrote:

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I'm referring to the match after the cup final. They could have moved that back to give us or Leeds an extra day or two.

Again, how would that help Sky? They are a business and pay for the privilege, he who pays the piper. Should make no difference, we've proven we have the depth in the squad. Leeds could complain they've not had a game for 12 days when they play us...?

Re: Saints on Friday : Wed Aug 16, 2017 5:38 am  

PCollinson1990 wrote:

Again, how would that help Sky? They are a business and pay for the privilege, he who pays the piper. Should make no difference, we've proven we have the depth in the squad. Leeds could complain they've not had a game for 12 days when they play us...?

I'm not talking about helping Sky. The point that I and others are making is that either Hull or Leeds would be at a disadvantage playing on the Thursday straight after a high pressure cup final.

Re: Saints on Friday : Wed Aug 16, 2017 5:40 am  

Hessle Roader wrote:

I'm not talking about helping Sky. The point that I and others are making is that either Hull or Leeds would be at a disadvantage playing on the Thursday straight after a high pressure cup final.

But neither side is, no point moaning about it anyway, what a wonderful season we're having if that's all there is to Moab about.

Re: Saints on Friday : Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:12 am  

Hessle Roader wrote:

The challenge cup means nothing to Sky so they won't be of a mind to help anyone.

You do know that Sky show some CC games?

Re: Saints on Friday : Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:18 am  

PCollinson1990 wrote:

Again, how would that help Sky? They are a business and pay for the privilege, he who pays the piper. Should make no difference, we've proven we have the depth in the squad. Leeds could complain they've not had a game for 12 days when they play us...?

Not sure if you are just winding folk up or cannot see the wood from the trees.

Sky choose the games they want to show. Why would they want to showcase a game which has the potential to be a walk over as one team will have been giving their all in a cup final 5 days before whilst the other was guaranteed a significant amount of recovery and preparation time. Hardly the prospect of a great sporting spectacle.

If they really wanted to screen the Leeds v Hull game, they could easily have made it the Friday evening or even Saturday afternoon game.