Re: Magic Weekend / FA Cup Final Date? : Wed Apr 16, 2014 7:30 am  

The FA cup final should move to accomodate Hull FC v Hull KR

Re: Magic Weekend / FA Cup Final Date? : Wed Apr 16, 2014 7:34 am  

Easty wrote:

Could this have been planned any worse?

When did the Footie team last make it to the FA Cup final ?
I don't think we can blame anyone here, apart from staging the magic weekend on the same day as the FA Cup Final, of course.

Re: Magic Weekend / FA Cup Final Date? : Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:27 am  

I don't think we should organise our season around the FA Cup Final every year.

Re: Magic Weekend / FA Cup Final Date? : Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:01 am  

Wigg'n wrote:

TBH I think the CC Final and the Magic Weekend should swap dates. It'd mean the Magic Weekend has a lot more riding on it as it'll be nearer to the play-offs so more build-up and the CC Final was always better in April/May.

I like this idea, it also means all the big games aren't coming at the back end of the season. The earlier rounds of the cup could easily be re-arranged to fit with a May final, and getting rid of the long gaps between the 5R and QFs and QFs and SFs may actually generate a bit more interest in those games.

In an ideal situation I would like to see the CCF on the bank hol weekend at the end of May, and the Magic Weekend used as a 9's competition in a week off between the league splitting from 2 x 12 to 3 x 8 (probably around mid July time). They'll continue to persist with this format of an additional league game where the fixture list is pulled from nowhere until the concept is killed off completely, however.

Re: Magic Weekend / FA Cup Final Date? : Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:39 am  

This is just a section of RL fans moaning about nothing. It's not even in the top 10-15 soccer games of the season so we can't seriously plan to avoid it. And there's NO WAY we should move kick off times for a long planned weekend of fixtures because some sh**e soccer club from an RL city has made it to the final.

Re: Magic Weekend / FA Cup Final Date? : Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:16 pm  

LeedsDave wrote:

The FA cup final should move to accomodate Hull FC v Hull KR

the f a cup final should move to accomodate catalans v broncos
( presuming that game is on same day lol)

Re: Magic Weekend / FA Cup Final Date? : Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:52 pm  

WARRIORCRAIG wrote:

In an ideal situation I would like to see the CCF on the bank hol weekend at the end of May, and the Magic Weekend used as a 9's competition in a week off between the league splitting from 2 x 12 to 3 x 8 (probably around mid July time). They'll continue to persist with this format of an additional league game where the fixture list is pulled from nowhere until the concept is killed off completely, however.

Why is a league game worth 2 points killing off the concept whereas an inferior format of the game wouldn't?

Re: Magic Weekend / FA Cup Final Date? : Wed Apr 16, 2014 1:06 pm  

Him wrote:

Why is a league game worth 2 points killing off the concept whereas an inferior format of the game wouldn't?

Because it's an additional league fixture that leads to a mis-matched fixture list and each team playing one team once more than the others. A ridiculous situation now that relegation is back.

9's might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it is a quick format of the game that could be used to showcase the sport and would fit with the carnival atmosphere you get at MW. Providing there was a decent pot of prize money on offer I don't see why it couldn't work. An alternative would be to use MW after the leagues have split in to 3, so then it at least serves as one of those 7 games rather than an extra fixture on top of the weekly rounds.

Re: Magic Weekend / FA Cup Final Date? : Wed Apr 16, 2014 3:02 pm  

A whole tragic weekend of sitting through 7 meaningless regular season SL fixtures at just the one venue which is surrounded by sundry chavhole estates? No thank you. I'd rather watch paint dry or plait fog.

The dates correspond with my off-season anyhow (mid-May to mid-August) as I no longer participate in that bullshit concept otherwise known as "Summer Rugby" (or, more accurately, the Sky Sports soccer off-season, yours in desperation, schedule filler).

Bring on the Cricket, Tennis and the FIFA World Cup during the summer months. Oh, and the State of Origin series on Premier Sports. That'll do me nicely.

Re: Magic Weekend / FA Cup Final Date? : Wed Apr 16, 2014 4:29 pm  

William Eve wrote:

A whole tragic weekend of sitting through 7 meaningless regular season SL fixtures at just the one venue which is surrounded by sundry chavhole estates? No thank you. I'd rather watch paint dry or plait fog.

The dates correspond with my off-season anyhow (mid-May to mid-August) as I no longer participate in that bullshit concept otherwise known as "Summer Rugby" (or, more accurately, the Sky Sports soccer off-season, yours in desperation, schedule filler).

Bring on the Cricket, Tennis and the FIFA World Cup during the summer months. Oh, and the State of Origin series on Premier Sports. That'll do me nicely.

Your reverse psychology is working Mr Eve, I've just bought my Magic ticket