just checked the live sky games listing and the wire have had two games switched to monday nights? catalan home,( should have been sun 8th july) now-mon 9th july,k-o-8pm,and saints away,( should have been fri 3rd august, 8pm k-0)now- mon 6th august-k-0 8pm

, not yet sure about having games on a mon night,with work etc

Personally not to keen on the idea (with working all day and working the next day as well). Annoying for people (season ticket holders) who cant make it thanks to the "out of the blue" announcement when it was made. Lets face it, its purley so that Sky dont have to do major rejigging of their schedules once "Monday Night Football" has finished.

Why all the negativety? Surely we should give it a go & see how it works out. Lets face it RL needs as much exposure as it can get & if having games on a Monday helps then why not?

I know people will bleat on about travelling etc, but lets face it football fans have been doing it for years & over much greater distances

Quite like the idea of monday night games, far more appealing than the aptmosphere-less saturday tea-time games.

But, as mentioned above, this is down to sky not having any wendyball, no wendyball euro 2012 and no olympics. Basically, they will be struggling for viewers and commercial sponsors. Once the Euros and Olympics have finished and wendyball season starts again, SL will revert back to fri/ sat nights.

Quite frankly, when sporting organisations sell their soul to the devil, these things happen, irrespective of what fans or clubs think. Take sundays Chelsea/ Spurs game. The reason for the daft ko time was sky not having FA cup rights, but having the rights to show a live televised league game at 4pm on a sunday afternoon, thus forcing the FA to adhere to it.

becoming less value for money these season tickets of mine ! I dont take the kids to night games (my choice) but to have them on a 'school night' is rather thoughtless to say the least
Also
I assume you're refering to our national sport with this "wendyball" nonsense ?
Please stop ! It's embarrasing and makes you sound like a ***t

I think it's good, if there's three SL games on Sky during this period, it will be better for the sport.

I don't really see it as any different to a Friday night game, if you work weekdays it will be no harder to attend than the Friday games, whilst all it means is you shouldn't get too drunk as you're working the next day. Big deal.

Only one of those games is a school night, and it's in July, the week before they break up for six weeks. The teachers, not content with a pending month and a half off, tend to just wind down in the last two weeks. So all they'll be doing is watching DVDs on the Tuesday. So take your kids to the Catalans game, if they fall asleep in school the next day I doubt their teacher would notice.

What that man said. I struggle with Friday and Saturday night games due to work. But we do what we must when they arrive. AND, on the weeks we aren't on, I actually have something to watch!

ps the monday nights are instead of the saturday/sunday game not aswell as

Two questions for you:

a) why do people find it clever to call football "wendyball"?

b) why is providing a TV company some say in what they show and when in return for money without which the sport would die "selling their soul to the devil"? Shall we tell Sky to clear off and return the sport to a part-time semi-amateur status?

coz football is zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

,just a bunch of overpaid ,pampered posers, whos skill factor is zilch!

most games have like,2 shots on goal,none on target for ninety mins!!!

and only their bank balances are bigger than there egos

, also they spend more time clubbing and seeking publicty than they do training!

still each to there own i guess,,just my opinion

give me rugby anyday

a/ Call it puffball then. Played by tarts, watched by morons.
b/ Definately tell Sky to clear off, but I'd use stronger text. The sport would not die, lets not get theatrical. It was here before sky and will be after sky have ceased. you will find that outside of the overhyped SL, Rl is still parttime/ semi pro.

I think it is a great idea, they said on the forty20 podcast that Monday night 8pm is the third best TV slot for live sports. It will pull in a big audience as there is no wendyball for people to watch. Hopefully they will see what a great product Super League is and continue to watch, maybe even go along to a game.

As for the travelling aspect, this argument rubs my wick a bit. Championship clubs have had to travel across the Pennines on Thursday nights for years, likewise Super League fans travel across the motorway on Friday after work when the roads are at their busiest with people going away for the weekend. Most of the Monday games are local affairs, only takes 20 minutes for most of our fans to drive up the road to St Helens.

I think as RL fans we take a lot for granted, away games being one of them. Sky are showing here that they are serious about our sports, the games will be on SS1 and in 3D, which alone will pull in the viewers as people want to make the most of their expensive 3D telly/subscription. A few people won't be able to make it, but I am sure it will pretty much balance out with the people who wouldn't be able to go on a Saturday. Lets just enjoy the sport!

Them Catalans are going to have a mission on getting to work on Tuesday morning.

By the sounds of it, a bloke called Drogba has answered that question quite nicely for you this evening.

Surely they'll be able to come up on the coach and make it back in a day. I think there was a thread about this a while ago.

Should have seen Franck Ribery on Tuesday night. I'm amazed he is able to even kick a football without collapsing in a heap, the guy must have the lowest pain threshold in the history of mankind - either that or he's a cheat!

anyone seen that cheat,ashley young and his pathetic dive,,then theres characters such as ronaldo drogba nanni suarez,one reason why i give footy a miss..why not deduct clubs 5 points if there players keep diving thatll sort it out

a) Who is Wendy?
b) correct, i don't like the idea of a Monday night in St Helens but money talks ohhhhh money talks, dirty cash i need you ohhhhhhhhh

If he's not chucking himself off on webcam, he's chucking himself on the floor.

Never heard this after Briers faked those stitches against Wigan.

Although the thread seems to have lost its monday night content, I think you are combining your Ashley's? The Young one goes down easily (ooeeer missus) and the other one, Cole, is a web cam tool warrior.

Alas no: www.theoffside.com/leagues/engla ... thing.html The original story was in News of the World (the beacon of truth, I know) but for obvious reasons I can't post that link.

Alas no: www.theoffside.com/leagues/engla ... thing.html The original story was in News of the World (the beacon of truth, I know) but for obvious reasons I can't post that link.

Quote ="garyhulsefan"Alas no: www.theoffside.com/leagues/engla ... thing.html The original story was in News of the World (the beacon of truth, I know) but for obvious reasons I can't post that link.'" Quote ="Uncle Rico" Quote ="garyhulsefan"If he's not chucking himself off on webcam, he's chucking himself on the floor.'" Although the thread seems to have lost its monday night content, I think you are combining your Ashley's? The Young one goes down easily (ooeeer missus) and the other one, Cole, is a web cam tool warrior.'" www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5X_bVCGX1w Nice little video

Quote ="garyhulsefan"Alas no: www.theoffside.com/leagues/engla ... thing.html The original story was in News of the World (the beacon of truth, I know) but for obvious reasons I can't post that link.'" Quote ="Uncle Rico" Quote ="garyhulsefan"If he's not chucking himself off on webcam, he's chucking himself on the floor.'" Although the thread seems to have lost its monday night content, I think you are combining your Ashley's? The Young one goes down easily (ooeeer missus) and the other one, Cole, is a web cam tool warrior.'" www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5X_bVCGX1w Nice little video

Monday night is fine with me. I remember the days of pre super league and we use to play a few midweek games.