Re: THIS IS FOR BILLY EVE : Sat Feb 15, 2014 3:44 pm  

Starbug wrote:

An interesting point on sports attendance is on show at the moment, despite it being 2 Premiership clubs on show the Stadium Of Light is looking very sparce for a Cup match to be 2 matches from Wembly, Season Ticket only football fans as well it would seem

Exactly. People have been making out the drop in CC attendances is the fault of SL and the RFL but in reality domestic cup competitions don't hold the same appeal anymore.....not just in RL. Man City are playing Chelsea later, nobody is really fussed who wins.....nothing like when the two met in the league a few weeks back. Most of the build-up has centred around Mourinho's mind games over Pellegrini and others and how this would effect the title race. Not that arguably the 2 strongest teams in the country are clashing.

Re: THIS IS FOR BILLY EVE : Mon Feb 17, 2014 3:40 am  

ThePrinter wrote:

domestic cup competitions don't hold the same appeal anymore.....not just in RL. Man City are playing Chelsea later, nobody is really fussed who wins.

Oooops......47,013 seats filled out of 47,800. Not sure if your point still carries much weight when discussing Challenge Cup attendances........blast those 1.17% empty seats

Re: THIS IS FOR BILLY EVE : Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:25 am  

gutterfax wrote:

Oooops......47,013 seats filled out of 47,800. Not sure if your point still carries much weight when discussing Challenge Cup attendances........blast those 1.17% empty seats

Do read dear boy.

I said no one would be really fussed who won. Chelsea fans and probably their manager won't be bothered they're out. Have a Liverpool fan at work, even last week he said he hoped they'd lose so they can just concentrate on the league.

Re: THIS IS FOR BILLY EVE : Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:16 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

Do read dear boy.

condescending pr1ck....I can read just fine thanks.

ThePrinter wrote:

Exactly. People have been making out the drop in CC attendances is the fault of SL and the RFL but in reality domestic cup competitions don't hold the same appeal anymore.....not just in RL.

As I said, 47,013 in attendance at the game blows holes in your badly thought out sweeping and incorrect comments.....Water-cooler moments aside

Re: THIS IS FOR BILLY EVE : Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:36 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

Do read dear boy.

I said no one would be really fussed who won. Chelsea fans and probably their manager won't be bothered they're out. Have a Liverpool fan at work, even last week he said he hoped they'd lose so they can just concentrate on the league.

Oh yeah no one cared, they just held 47k people at gun-point and made them go to the game.

Re: THIS IS FOR BILLY EVE : Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:42 pm  

Tre Cool wrote:

they just held 47k people at gun-point.

you'll be giving Marwank ideas

Re: THIS IS FOR BILLY EVE : Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:24 pm  

BREAKING NEWS!!! RFL discovered to be talking bollox HERE about the record breaking, smashing all box office records figure of 353,000 viewers tuning into the Wigan V Huddersfield opening SL fixture on Sky Sports 1 on Friday 7th Feb. The actual viewing figure was 243,000 according to http://www.barb.co.uk which was beaten by Premier League Darts viewing figures of 284,000 the night before (Thu 6th Feb) Sky Sports 1 w/e 9 Feb 2014 000's 1 LIVE FORD SUPER SUNDAY - MATCH (SUN 1525) 1,910 2 LIVE FORD MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (MON 1900) 1,598 3 LIVE FORD SUPER SUNDAY - MATCH (SUN 1230) 1,133 4 FORD SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LIVE (SAT 1657) 697 5 FL72 LIVE - YEOVIL V LEEDS (SAT 1200) 374 6 GILLETTE SOCCER SATURDAY 09-10 (SAT 1500) 338 7 LIVE PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS/#PREMIER LEAGU (THU 1900 284 8 LIVE SUPER LEAGUE (FRI 1900) 243 9 REAL MADRID V AT MADRID-LIVE (WED 1855) 241 10 REAL SOCIEDAD V LEVANTE-LIVE (SUN 1830) 219 ...(*Source: barb.co.uk) They also told porkies about the viewing figures for the Aviva Premiership game on BT Sport 1 which registered 75,000 viewers according to BARB as opposed to the 65,200 claimed by the RFL. BT Sport 1 w/e 9 Feb 2014 000's 1 BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE (SAT 1200) 973 2 FA CUP (WED 1915) 127 3 AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY (FRI 1900) 75 4 FRENCH LIGUE 1 (SUN 1955) 51 5 AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY (SAT 1830) 45 6 AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY (SUN 1200) 44 7 NBA (SAT 1506) 40 8 SERIE A (MON 1943) 29 9 GOAL! BUNDESLIGA PREVIEW (THU 2059) 24 10 FRENCH LEAGUE CUP (TUE 1958) 20 ...(* Source: barb.co.uk) To summarise the RFL horseshit earlier this week..... 1. The 353,000 was actually 243,000 which was less than the 251,000 viewers who tuned into the Widnes V Wakey SL opener in 2012. 2. The alleged 38% increase in viewing figures on last season's SL opener was actually 29% (243K v 188K). 3. The alleged extra 288,000 viewers tuning into Super League on 7th Feb which was alleged to be 543% higher than the alleged viewers for the Union game on the much smaller BT Sport subscription base was actually an extra 168,000 which is 324% higher (243K v 75K). 4. I expect the RFL viewing comparison to BDO Darts on Eurosport (A desperate RFL or what? Well, they are hardly going to compare the figures with Premier League Darts for obvious reasons ) are garbage as well since according to BARB, Eurosport haven't reported any viewing figures for that week. 5. RFL Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics by plenty

BREAKING NEWS!!! RFL discovered to be talking bollox HERE about the record breaking, smashing all box office records figure of 353,000 viewers tuning into the Wigan V Huddersfield opening SL fixture on Sky Sports 1 on Friday 7th Feb. The actual viewing figure was 243,000 according to http://www.barb.co.uk which was beaten by Premier League Darts viewing figures of 284,000 the night before (Thu 6th Feb) Sky Sports 1 w/e 9 Feb 2014 000's 1 LIVE FORD SUPER SUNDAY - MATCH (SUN 1525) 1,910 2 LIVE FORD MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (MON 1900) 1,598 3 LIVE FORD SUPER SUNDAY - MATCH (SUN 1230) 1,133 4 FORD SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LIVE (SAT 1657) 697 5 FL72 LIVE - YEOVIL V LEEDS (SAT 1200) 374 6 GILLETTE SOCCER SATURDAY 09-10 (SAT 1500) 338 7 LIVE PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS/#PREMIER LEAGU (THU 1900 284 8 LIVE SUPER LEAGUE (FRI 1900) 243 9 REAL MADRID V AT MADRID-LIVE (WED 1855) 241 10 REAL SOCIEDAD V LEVANTE-LIVE (SUN 1830) 219 ...(*Source: barb.co.uk) They also told porkies about the viewing figures for the Aviva Premiership game on BT Sport 1 which registered 75,000 viewers according to BARB as opposed to the 65,200 claimed by the RFL. BT Sport 1 w/e 9 Feb 2014 000's 1 BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE (SAT 1200) 973 2 FA CUP (WED 1915) 127 3 AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY (FRI 1900) 75 4 FRENCH LIGUE 1 (SUN 1955) 51 5 AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY (SAT 1830) 45 6 AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY (SUN 1200) 44 7 NBA (SAT 1506) 40 8 SERIE A (MON 1943) 29 9 GOAL! BUNDESLIGA PREVIEW (THU 2059) 24 10 FRENCH LEAGUE CUP (TUE 1958) 20 ...(* Source: barb.co.uk) To summarise the RFL horseshit earlier this week..... 1. The 353,000 was actually 243,000 which was less than the 251,000 viewers who tuned into the Widnes V Wakey SL opener in 2012. 2. The alleged 38% increase in viewing figures on last season's SL opener was actually 29% (243K v 188K). 3. The alleged extra 288,000 viewers tuning into Super League on 7th Feb which was alleged to be 543% higher than the alleged viewers for the Union game on the much smaller BT Sport subscription base was actually an extra 168,000 which is 324% higher (243K v 75K). 4. I expect the RFL viewing comparison to BDO Darts on Eurosport (A desperate RFL or what? Well, they are hardly going to compare the figures with Premier League Darts for obvious reasons ) are garbage as well since according to BARB, Eurosport haven't reported any viewing figures for that week. 5. RFL Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics by plenty

Re: THIS IS FOR BILLY EVE : Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:30 pm  

This TV thread is going to sit uncomfortably with some as the season progresses methinx

Re: THIS IS FOR BILLY EVE : Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:53 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

This TV thread is going to sit uncomfortably with some as the season progresses methinx

Record breaking figures!

Box office records smashed!

RLWC legacy, blah, blah, blah...

Yet Widnes V Wakey in 2012 had more viewers tuning in than Wigan V Hudds in 2014.

"To record such a massive audience, one which dwarfs every other competing sports programme" according to Ralph Rimmer

Wigan V Hudds was only competing against an Aviva Premiership game on BT Sport and BDO Darts on Eurosport that night FFS

Re: THIS IS FOR BILLY EVE : Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:02 pm  

PHOENIX NIGHTS LEAGUE TABLE - Week 1
1. Premier League Darts 6/2/14 - 284,000
2. Wigan V Huddersfield 7/2/14 - 243,000