Why are we playing the cup game on Friday night : Sun May 14, 2023 10:31 am  

Surely it is much easier for the away support if they don't have to rush home from work and brave the madness that is the M62 on a Friday evening?

Re: Why are we playing the cup game on Friday night : Sun May 14, 2023 10:39 am  

Don't we play Catalan away on the following Friday? So I suppose it's all about the 'short turn around' for this game if we played the cup game on Sunday.

Re: Why are we playing the cup game on Friday night : Sun May 14, 2023 10:47 am  

phe13 wrote:

Don't we play Catalan away on the following Friday? So I suppose it's all about the 'short turn around' for this game if we played the cup game on Sunday.

What will an extra 2 days do for our preparation? What will Pep Applegarth do to maximise the advantage?

Playing on a Sunday and maximising convenience for the fans is not high on the list of priorities I don’t think.

Re: Why are we playing the cup game on Friday night : Sun May 14, 2023 10:49 am  

I think it’s because Carter has a long weekend booked and needs to be off straight after the match!

Re: Why are we playing the cup game on Friday night : Sun May 14, 2023 10:53 am  

I’m fed up of Friday night games.

We used to absolutely love Sunday afternoon games.

- no pressure on travelling home or away.
- generally warmer and brighter summer rugby through day
- can make plans both before and after. (Used to have a few beers or food).
- could take the kids (next generation of fans). Can’t take my 6 year old as she gets tired come 9-9:30pm. How’s this helping bring the next gen of fans?

There’s the other benefits for clubs of not using the energy for lights etc on a night.

I honestly can’t fathom why we’ve moved away from Sunday games last few years. Its a hugely negative move and whenever I see any social media posts about it the majority seem to agree.

It seems to be the decision from up top. If it were a club decision I’d be moving games back to weekends.

Re: Why are we playing the cup game on Friday night : Sun May 14, 2023 11:03 am  

Trojan Horse wrote:

I honestly can’t fathom why we’ve moved away from Sunday games last few years.

Sky money. They need the weekend slots for ad revenue and Premier League so RL will always be second fiddle.

Re: Why are we playing the cup game on Friday night : Sun May 14, 2023 11:07 am  

BackSeatCoach wrote:

Sky money. They need the weekend slots for ad revenue and Premier League so RL will always be second fiddle.

But didn’t we just used to play our games on Sunday but if on sky Fri/Thurs (only 2/3 games a season for us).

Why have we now moved all games this season to Friday? (I think we only have one Sunday game all season). If it’s a club decision I can’t say I’m in agreement with it

Re: Why are we playing the cup game on Friday night : Sun May 14, 2023 11:59 am  

The sky game should be the only one on Friday night then there is no competion.. Sky viewing figures would be better hence a better sky deal. Clubs would not be competing with TV so bigger crowds. Or is just to please sponsors?

Re: Why are we playing the cup game on Friday night : Sun May 14, 2023 12:28 pm  

Trojan Horse wrote:

I’m fed up of Friday night games.

We used to absolutely love Sunday afternoon games.

- no pressure on travelling home or away.
- generally warmer and brighter summer rugby through day
- can make plans both before and after. (Used to have a few beers or food).
- could take the kids (next generation of fans). Can’t take my 6 year old as she gets tired come 9-9:30pm. How’s this helping bring the next gen of fans?

There’s the other benefits for clubs of not using the energy for lights etc on a night.

I honestly can’t fathom why we’ve moved away from Sunday games last few years. Its a hugely negative move and whenever I see any social media posts about it the majority seem to agree.

It seems to be the decision from up top. If it were a club decision I’d be moving games back to weekends.

I have a 5 year old and 2 year old. Like you say it’s really difficult to get to some of these games isn’t it.

Re: Why are we playing the cup game on Friday night : Sun May 14, 2023 1:33 pm  

It's for corporate. It's easier to sell Friday night games, incorporate them as a work's do or to entertain clients etc.