The Railwayman wrote:Hopefully they will address, for me, the elephant in the room..... the yawing gaps between rounds and then a short break between semi and final leaving very little time for casuals to organise and in many cases club fans to get themselves organised properly. The most noticeable example being when we played Catalans and Les Cats fans having huge difficulties arranging flights / transport / hotels at such short notice..... contributing to the disappointing turnout. Overall, I think the Challenge cup has lost it's magic and needs some kind of revamp. The pretty much total lack of promotion for the 1885 cup final was also appalling.
I think most of the dates RL gets for competitions are governed by outside forces such as the availability of the stadium & tv schedules. Be better at Old Trafford when the football season has finished.
