www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/20 ... gby-league

www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/20 ... gby-league

Why does it matter , he didn't go , so is it about how it was actually there , or how it was perceived to be via the TV ?

As I asked on another thread , what is the purpose of MM ?

For the fans, I certainly enjoyed mixing with different clubs' fans and enjoying a beer with them. Also clubs like us who aren't realistically going to challenge to play in that type of stadia in a cup game or in the league within the next 5/10 years. Atmosphere was good inside the ground if you sat with the respective fans of the clubs.

Really enjoyed it and probably best ever weekend of rugby I've had.

So does it matter what some southern jour no thinks ?

Nah

The bloke who presents the Radio Leeds breakfast show is southern-based?!

The RFL get roughly £1m from MM. Arguement over if you ask me, next year they invest some of that money and sales go up and more people go to the event.

I loved seeing every team play, and rather than every time I turn the telly on soccer being on, it was nice to see the greatest game on non stop.

Can someone please change the thread title so it actually says 'Biased' instead of 'BAISED'??

A fair number of journos don't like MM, and they write articles before saying that it'll be a flop, and then articles afterwards about how they were right. I'd be more surprised if a journo wrote beforehand of his scepticism and afterwards of his enthusiasm, or vice versa.

If it makes money, and 30,000 - 40,000 people have a good time, then it works for me. I really enjoyed the Saints v Wigan and Bradford v Leeds games, and various bits of other games too. If people don't like it, thhey don't have to go, but as long as tends of thousands of us do, then why not ?

So from 500k to £1,000,000 RFL funding for it now, again though how do we know this? (not denying just like to see) as if so could change a lot of views on effectiveness of MM!

I remember someone saying that Cardiff Council paid 500k to host the event and whatever the sales/sponsorship money revenue totals out at, i'd say a million seems fairly accurate.

Kelner is a Salford fan (though god knows when he last went to a game). Being a miserable sod goes with the territory

Are you sure? I thought he was Swinton.

I can't disagree with that blog - apart from the middle 6 or so paragraphs of waffle.

Swinton fan. You should have a look at his brother Simon's excellent book 'To Jerusalem and back'. He's a journalist, you know, like you...

I prefer "baised", especially in French

The idea of MM is a great one, The timing of it this year on the other hand is idiotic IMHO.

Swinton, Salford... some Mancunian outpost

do you like to do the baising or being baised.

I think the location, rather than the timing, is what should be questioned. If you're gonna have it as a curtain raiser for the season, why not have it in the heartlands? There's plenty of big stadia across the M62, and closer to home would possibly mean more ticket sales, fuller grounds and therefore less of these armchair journos going "there's no atmosphere, it's crap"

No there are NOT.

Do not ever mention this again.

Which Football team would allow SEVEN games in two days in an uncovered stadium



Which Northern tourist board would give £500k to the RFL.

It will not happen forget it.

Not with closed roofs there aren't.

I prefer making threads with more than 2 hours sleep all weekend and then sitting in a car fror 5 hours on the way home from Cardiff

So we agree the 500k figure is plucked from nowhere?
Sponsorship is an interesting one... Why isn't the MM a sponsored event?

E.g. The IPA Millenium Magic Weekend (brings in more cash!).

I seem to remember the RFL saying the Welsh Tourist board paid £2m for the first MM, but I wouldn't know where to find that link. Probs isn't sponsored because Cardiff Council pay for it.

You can ask Man Utd to allow 7 RL games on their pitch in 2 days in feburary if you want.
I can imagine the answer though and if I posted it on here I would get banned.

And then ask Manchester Utd to give us half a million quid for the privilage. That's the problem, there's only one or two places that can actually host the event and Cardiff is the best I think.