But the RFL or even RLWC2021 were not responsible for doing the television set up so it was a shambles due to either the BBC or Newcastle United although as my son said when we were rushing to get there past the smashes on the A1 'look on the bright side Dad, we'll miss the 'entertainment'.Blackpool_Pie wrote: ↑Sun Oct 16, 2022 6:15 am The 'technical issue' just about sums our sport up. We had a chance to really put something special on before a big big games in front of a lot of fans in the stadium and no doubt a lot of neutrals on TV. What happens? Nothing. Awkward smiles, commentators struggling to fill the silence. A crowd bemused and somewhat muted during the game (wether that's down to this incident or not it was still a poor atmosphere) and a very bizarre, embarrassing episode. It always seems to be one step forward and two steps back. Like we are still an amateur sport trying to make our way in the world
The most appalling thing for me, and I don't understand how a Premiership football club backed with mega billions of Saudi oil, can get away with a BIG screen for replays which had a 23inch!! screen, why has no-one who has been to Magic weekend told us about that before.
It wasn't just RL that had technical problems either, the match at Elland Road against Arsenal was stopped after just a minute and did not resume for another 40 minutes until the VAR system computer could be shut down and rebooted.
Thought Wire fans must have been splitting blood when seeing how good a game Williams had, presumably he did not win MOTM because he did not speak with an aussie accent for the BBC post match interview.
OK, perhaps I am just being paranoid.