I think it was respectable.
Im sorry, I just dont see the argument against.

i think i had 8!!!
give me some arguments for??
but please give then some economic and or financial basis or some benefit to the loyal fans!

I like the idea of MM, i haven't gone this year, but have been to Cardiff both times, it allows fans to have a fun day out and watch teams play eachother that we would never normally be able to watch live, without playing against your own team. 30k, oh well.

Go watch moronball.

Your braincell may just about cope with that!

total garbage
1 how much did murrayfield cost?
2 how much was actually paid to attend today, i mean paid with money, not freebies.
3 did this make it a profit or loss for the clubs?
4. ooh 1/3 full rugby union stadium, oh boy that makes us look good doesnt it? especially when we had 6 teams loyal fans in there!
5. it does not actually expand anything, no scottish team could get 8k minimum sl franchise amount, as no welsh team has. cumbria maybe, scotland no!

merely dealing in economics and cash, it does not work ful stop.

thats not a debate its an insult!
i never watch moron ball, but i have a degree in economics and i work as an accountant!
i just dont see ther logic in mm, financially or in terms of strategic growth for our product and if you do tell me why.

magic weekend my ars e its f*cking

good result today though lads

I like the weekend but I strongly disagree with moving it to Scotland.

wembley anyone????

Nah, too big.

Twickenham would be more likely.

ok my personal fav is newcastle, and is play a weekend of challenge cup games there, say the last 16 over 2 days.

reasons
1.near enough to cumbrian heartland,a nd would include all rl not just sl
2.real expansion possibilities
3. would be real top day out for all rl fans!

thoughts?

and finally


whats everyones estimate of sundays attendance?

Just been watching the BBC 9Pm news

... amazingly the Munster /Leinster RU Game gets coverage

(excuse me if I'm wrong but neither are , as far as I'm aware, neither are in Great Britain but the republic )

but the Murryfield weekend gets sod all...

Somethings wrong somewhere ....................



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but as eddie said "it has brought in 10million to the local economy"

what about our local economies???????? in a f ing recession,were spending all our cash in scotland

exactly, welcome to the real world!

whers that from?
lets say 50, ooo travelling fans over weekend ohh hes right if they all spenny

As I've said on another thread, the point of of MM is to expand the game. But the RFL only seems to market the game to exsisting fans. I'm not saying they shouldn't but given that we're only getting about 30k a day each year that's not going to fill the stadiums that are being picked for these events.

I went last year and had a great time in cardif. However, I don't think I saw anyone inside the stadium from cardif who wasnt serving food or drink (not that I actually went round and asked each person individually where they were from)

Now, this to me seems wrong. We KNOW we're not going to fill the stadium so why not get a few key players from each club and send them into local schools. It's no different from what most clubs do already. A school assembly in 2 parts. First part about fitness and healthy living etc etc and the 2nd part about RL and the MM weekend. And at the end you hand out a junior ticket which requires a full price adult. So you get local people going to the game, so that's a boost on the gate and additional revinue from food & drink and other concession stands. And if you get these people interested in the game then that's a boost which at the end of the day is the whole point of the weekend right?

wheres that from?
lets say 40, ooo travelling fans over weekend ohh hes right if they all spend 250 each!
well it all makes sense now, clubs are 10 million better off!!

oh no there not are they cos they get sod all

Tomorrow attendance I reckon 35,000.

Cumbrian heartland - you are having a laugh is this the heartland that cannot get 5k spectators over three home games!!!

Cumbrian heartland - you are having a laugh is this the heartland that cannot get 5k spectators over three home games!!!

ok so its generally accepted that 10 million quid was spend this weeknd!

the sums are easy 40 000 people spending 250 quid each

thats ten million quid spent on our game! from loyal supporters.

anyone think we could have redirected this cash better?

30k spectators for three games is 10k a game not bad in my view it will be the biggest crowd Salford, Harlequins & Wakey will attract this year

I've always thought the game should try to expand gradually from its geographic core. So, I'd be looking at an MM wweekend at places like Old Trafford; Hillsborough; Liverpool; with say 30,000 free tickets to locals in each city. The current thing does nothing to expand the game and goes to remote areas which are unlikely to be able to produce a sustainable team / competition. If the game can't convince people to watch it in those culturally similar areas to its "heartland"then, if we are being realistic rather than optimistic fantasists, it'll never establish itself meaningfully anywhere in the country.

Lot of sense in this post.