Re: Challenge Cup Attendances - Round 4 : Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:50 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

Imagine if you were funny, it would be brilliant!

Your standing up on several occasions now for William is cute....makes you look like a 13 year One Direction fan but cute none the less.

Re: Challenge Cup Attendances - Round 4 : Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:51 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

Your standing up on several occasions now for William is cute....makes you look like a 13 year One Direction fan but cute none the less.

imagine if players had three legs and 4 arms....that would be brilliant.

Re: Challenge Cup Attendances - Round 4 : Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:55 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

imagine if players had three legs and 4 arms....that would be brilliant.

Imagine if you weren't a t**t

Re: Challenge Cup Attendances - Round 4 : Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:42 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

Imagine if you weren't a t**t

That would be brilliant! WoW!

Re: Challenge Cup Attendances - Round 4 : Sun Apr 06, 2014 9:49 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

:lol:
Er, no, it isn't. People either go to something they want to go to nowadays, or they don't. If they want to go they will pay a modest fee which is a fair description of all CC tickets. Making it free would not attract any significant extra numbers. If I just don't fancy an event, the I won't go, whether or not I have a free ticket.

Er, yes it is. The modern day season-ticketed fan of Sooper Dooper League and it's parent company (Sky) are more likely to attend games if there are hugely discounted tickets available or, even better, those tickets are provided gratis.

Mindful of falling CC attendances several seasons ago, the RFL and Sooper Dooper League clubs gave away free tickets for the 4th round CC fixtures to all season ticketed Sooper Dooper League club supporters. As a result, a 4th round televised fixture between Leeds and St Helens attracted an attendance of 17,689. I wonder how many will be in attendance for the Leeds V St Helens in the next round this season without all those freebies on offer?

Other 4th round attendance examples in 2009 included Hull FC V Salford which attracted 8,945, Hull KR V Crusaders 7,104, Barrow V Wigan 6,275 and Warrington V York 6,000. Even Catalans attracted over 6,450 for their cup tie at home to Bradford! Amazing what a load of free tickets can do for attendances.

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Can you explain your embarrassing use of that juvenile wording?

Given the juvenile moniker of 'Super' which has been applied to the game since 1996, it's astonishing that you felt the need to ask that question in the first place. Stupidity is clearly not lost on you.

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

More nonsense, I'm afraid. Anyone is allowed to go, you do not have to be a "season-ticketed fan of Sooper Dooper League". I happen to be what you would call a "season-ticketed fan of Sooper Dooper League" and I was not averse to coughing up the dosh to go, so your simplistic theory is immediately disproved.

What you do in isolation is irrelevant. Modern day season-ticketed fans of Sooper Dooper League clearly are averse to coughing up the dosh for one-off CC games. They won't cough up for Sooper Dooper League Play-Off games in healthy numbers either. Why else would the most important and significant games of the Sooper Dooper League season be so poorly attended in comparison to all those meaningless regular season fixtures between the same sides?

Re: Challenge Cup Attendances - Round 4 : Sun Apr 06, 2014 9:57 pm  

The Devil's Advocate wrote:

Any chance of reprising your role for the league fixtures, only since you were hounded out it looks to have been consigned to the bin.

I'd be more than happy to produce the attendance stats. However, that would depend upon my original thread being unlocked.

The Devil's Advocate wrote:

Maybe it will return if there’s a weekly increase, because recently there appears to be a bad news blackout.

Two poor SL attendance rounds in succession appear to have impacted upon JonB95's enthusiasm for the task at hand. What a pity.

Re: Challenge Cup Attendances - Round 4 : Sun Apr 06, 2014 10:39 pm  

William Eve wrote:

I'd be more than happy to produce the attendance stats. However, that would depend upon my original thread being unlocked.

I can’t help you on that one I’m afraid, I don’t wield the power.

William Eve wrote:

Two poor SL attendance rounds in succession appear to have impacted upon JonB95's enthusiasm for the task at hand. What a pity.

Whatever the reasons I find it a bit sad.

This time last year the thread was up to 83 pages, now it’s down at 29, at least the “Rose Tinted Brigade” now finally rules the roost .

Re: Challenge Cup Attendances - Round 4 : Sun Apr 06, 2014 10:39 pm  

William Eve wrote:

What you do in isolation is irrelevant. Modern day season-ticketed fans of Sooper Dooper League clearly are averse to coughing up the dosh for one-off CC games. They won't cough up for Sooper Dooper League Play-Off games in healthy numbers either...

Another load of hypocritical tripe from someone who's referred to the Challenge Cup as the Mickey Mouse cup for the last 10 years, hasn't been to a "Sooper Dooper League" game in 3 years (unless someone bagged him a free ticket), streams Sky matches illegally online and only subscribes to Premier Sports because he "got it cheap".

Re: Challenge Cup Attendances - Round 4 : Sun Apr 06, 2014 10:47 pm  

William Eve wrote:

Er, yes it is. The modern day season-ticketed fan of Sooper Dooper League and it's parent company (Sky) are more likely to attend games if there are hugely discounted tickets available or, even better, those tickets are provided gratis.

Your post was about CC attendances. You lose the plot so quickly these days.

Mindful of falling CC attendances several seasons ago, the RFL and Sooper Dooper League clubs gave away free tickets for the 4th round CC fixtures to all season ticketed Sooper Dooper League club supporters. As a result,

...they demonstrated that this didn't work, like I say. Which is why they binned it.

Given the juvenile moniker of 'Super'

It is actually from the Latin, William. Pity you didn't attend a decent school, then you might have known.

What you do in isolation is irrelevant.

Why's that then? I can only presume because it doesn't suit your "argument" (with due apologies to that word)

Modern day season-ticketed fans of Sooper Dooper League ...

Grow up ffs

Re: Challenge Cup Attendances - Round 4 : Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:02 pm  

The Devil's Advocate wrote:

I can’t help you on that one I’m afraid, I don’t wield the power.

Whatever the reasons I find it a bit sad.

It is what it is... a small-minded insecure sport run by small-minded insecure people and supported in the main by small-minded insecure supporters who don't welcome facts unless they portray the sport (or, more importantly, their club) in the most positive and favourable light. Reporting facts always succeeds in flushing out reactionaries like FA and Co

The Devil's Advocate wrote:

This time last year the thread was up to 83 pages, now it’s down at 29, at least the “Rose Tinted Brigade” now finally rules the roost .

They believe ignorance is bliss.