The irony of that coming from Mr Stayaway himself







Was MM your first game of the season?

I assume after that comment you will be attending the Wakefield game? My train is booked

Yawn, is that the best you can do? An ad hominem attack, lame.



Not at all mate, I'll make sure I check in with you the next time though, I'd hate to think you missed me

Lame because it shows you up and reveals your total hypocrisy?





No need to check in (although not seen you this season, having been to all but 2 of our fixtures) just interesting how you get all high and mighty when you decide to actually watch the team you claim to support after swerving the majority of the fixture list yourself

What hipocracy? I'm not the one who has judged an event without attending it







I'm not the one getting high and mighty, it is you doing the foot stomping on this event mate.

You bleating about armchair supporters






Only one person stomping their feet any time a bad word is said about MM

Where have I done this? I understand you don't want to go to an event, fair enough but to have such an opinion on it without experiencing it? But hey, knock yourself out, if all you are bothered about is the number of games we've both seen this season you ain't worth the effort.

So I assume by that logic you can't have an opinion on the set up and concept of any event if you haven't been?

How can you assume that? Your opinions weren't on the concept, you were judging the ale, weather and food quality with even being in the same country



But hey you keep having you willy measuring competition over the number of games you've seen, you'll get your superfan medal one day

Again, nothing I posted was inaccurate, and I have posted plenty about the concept of it on this thread, but feel free to keep playing the "you weren't there so you don't know" card, if you do, you ain't worth the effort.



No need to cry because you can't be bothered to watch your club anymore

Really? and you have first hand knowledge of this? no didn't think so.
Have you replied to my post taking your third had reports to task? No.

But hey it is easy to whinge an moan isn't it, you are world expert in it.



Yawn. Your pathetic attempts to turn this into a debate of how many games we get to is laughable. You are just showing your insecurities, I don't care how many games i get to, it doesn't make me any less a fan than you.

I asked you to point out the inaccuracies in my third hand reports. You actually succeeded in confirming them. Nice one. Enjoy the half empty stadium and drinking £3.50 beer all day? Cool.



Yes I am very insecure indeed

I've been beside myself since I missed the magificent event in Edinburgh. I haven't known where to turn so I took my agressions out on you.

Maybe next time re-consider your attempts at using an "armchair" dig as being the best way forward, you'll make less of a fool of yourself

Gents have I missed something here

Actually this seems to be a thread about who is rather than who has the biggest knob

Haggis bags at 10 paces??

I wouldn't be suprised if The Magic Weekend stays for a few more years yet as Phil Clarke suggested it should in Boots n All last night.

Where next after that??

Well if the Dragons/Wire match goes well at The Olympic Stadium, Barcalona in June and any repeat fixtures occur, Catalunya may get to have a go of the Magic Weekend next.

I wonder who would be complaining to going to one of Spain's great cities (other than the players) for what would be a great weekend????

Loved Edinburgh and had a great few days seeing the sights in and out of pubs!



As for Murrayfield itself, wasn't that impressed with the facilities and didn't think there was much atmosphere at any of the games.

I think we were very lucky with the weather and I wonder how successful it would have been if we had two days of torrential rain. Very little cover outside of the seating area and thought the catering could have been so much better.

Not sure whether we would go again. Cardiff much better from our perspective.

(and Kate didn't make us an Edinburgh Castle cake)

as good an argument as I've heard for not going to watch the Broncos/Quins.

If you dont like to the concept of MM (and yes, we get it!) then great. Really!

I think people are inferring their own criteria for the raison d'etre of the MM weekend - it isn't to spread the word or evangalise about the sport, nor is to pave the way for future expansion...they have only ever been mentioned by people like us a bonus, but not a reason.

Cardiff had a 2 year agreement with an option for another year, as does Edinburgh. It'll be there next year and if it's there for the 3rd...well, thats down to how well the Scots support and promote it. Completely consistent with the rationale for taking it away from Cardiff. It's not about supporting SL franchises and Celtic now having one has nowt to do with it.

There aren't enough blue ribbon events in the game and this concept has no chance of devaluing anything else we have in our calendar. We need MORE of these events not less.

Personally, if it was a choice, I'd plump for a weekend away, enjoying the craic and watching 7 games rather than spending a single afternoon watching 1 game on an industrial estate in North London. I believe - and this is just my opinion - that MM is the best social event on our calendar, in the sense it's also the only one we have in our calendar! No other sport has this concept and most couldn't even support it. Lets shout about it! The CC gets a 1/10 page somewhere on a Sunday edition of a rag, if we're lucky. On the other hand the Sunday Times had a full page on this event. That sort of coverage doesn't detract from the CC. How can it? IN fact it may even support it!

I went up there and saw 5 out of 7 games. I wish I could have seen all 7 but flight timings prevented that. I went to Cardiff last year only for the one day and left half way through the Saints v Wigan hammering (once agin travel timetables!) and didn't stay overnight so my two experiences aren't really comparable but it's fair to say I absolutely enjoyed it in Edinburgh. The party I was with are planning next years already and our number has already swollen from 3 to 4! (ok, from small acorns..)

The whole idea of the concept is so you can dip in and out so people shouldn't expect to see sell-out crowds each time. Its not the nature of it - its not a GF or a CC - ITS NOT THE NATURE OF IT. No point comparing them all the time. RU gets the HK 7's or a Barbarians (without hurting their suporters or competitions) for a jolly up for their supporters and the competition is still serious - why shouldn't we have one event like this? Soccer has the charity shield as a jolly up for their supporters and I dareasy their are heaps of other examples (though of course quite different so a direct comparison is difficult) of other sports....why shouldn't we have this in our calendar? I afraid that just because some people dont like it, doesn't mean it's a bad idea.

those who don't like it - don't go. Those who like it - go. It's simple. My bet is this will stay in the calendar and I would be disappointed if it didn't. It's great fun, good exposure for the game in the press and takes place in a virgin area. I believe it has better atmosphere than a CC or GF - not in the stadium necessarily but we are comparing 7 games, 2 days and (at least)one night versus an afternoon, 1 game and maybe a night tacked on to the end of it.

But for me, the main positive about this whoe thing, is that the game gets paid for it. As the mans say - Show Me The Money!!

for those who haven't been - go. you might find yourself liking it! If you like watching RL you cant go wrong! Of course, if you dont want to go that is fine, it's your choice. But don't expect others to follow your choice, especially when they've been and decided they like it......

I like it.
I'll be back next year, all being well.
And I'd only go to a CC Final or GF if we're in it, so the last time I went to Wembley was '99.

Heh, I must admit, you've got me there

Couldn't agree with you more

What do i win ,

the wooden spoon?

obviously the magic weekend is so important to the SL set up, the web site has not been updated since the event, and thats 2 weeks!! strange approach