Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:19 am  

Lockyer4President! wrote:

I think it's only fair to shut down the NRL and have it go back to separate city comps

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:49 am  

You can make figures prove what you want - and as a now retired statistician I know what I'm talking about (for once!).

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:52 pm  

The Guardian suggests that the crowd at Broncos v Widnes is actually up 700 on last years, from 2100 to just over 2800. By a process of making stats fit an agenda no matter what, attendances are clearly up by 33%. After all, who needs context when you've got an axe to grind, Mr. Eve?

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:47 pm  

Urmston Wire wrote:

The Guardian suggests that the crowd at Broncos v Widnes is actually up 700 on last years, from 2100 to just over 2800. By a process of making stats fit an agenda no matter what, attendances are clearly up by 33%. After all, who needs context when you've got an axe to grind, Mr. Eve?

Don't tell Nigel Wood's many fans on here. On those figures they'll demand he's made leader for life.

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:06 pm  

Urmston Wire wrote:

The Guardian suggests that the crowd at Broncos v Widnes is actually up 700 on last years, from 2100 to just over 2800. By a process of making stats fit an agenda no matter what, attendances are clearly up by 33%. After all, who needs context when you've got an axe to grind, Mr. Eve?

outstanding effort from Widnes fans who numbered well 0ver 1,000........with the number of ST holders down at the stoop as well as the number of walk upcasuals.
3,235 is the average for a visit south by Widnes.......Sundays crowd was below average, no matter how you want to polish the turd

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:11 pm  

William Eve wrote:

That is a question you ought to be asking of Nigel Wood after last years announcement of record-breaking SL attendances after Round 1.

But you didn't.

And neither did any of the other sheep who reside on the Virtual Terrace.

I assume that you were at home, in front of the fire, avoiding the first of 27 rounds of meaningless fixtures ?

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:02 pm  

Maybe the drop in crowds is due to the rise in admission prices. Is it possible to get in a superleague ground for under £20 anymore? People are being asked to pay more for what they are increasingly seeing as meaningless games.

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:38 pm  

Talent Spotter wrote:

Maybe the drop in crowds is due to the rise in admission prices. Is it possible to get in a superleague ground for under £20 anymore? People are being asked to pay more for what they are increasingly seeing as meaningless games.

How about £ 15 for a reserve game thats ' meaningless ' ?

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:49 pm  

Talent Spotter wrote:

Maybe the drop in crowds is due to the rise in admission prices. Is it possible to get in a superleague ground for under £20 anymore? People are being asked to pay more for what they are increasingly seeing as meaningless games.

£20 walk up prices at London......that's a hike of 33% on the previous year.....seems like they've given up trying to attract new fans (given they're already saying they're moving at the end of the season anyway) and are instead looking to rape the existing ones that they don't care about anyway because they won't travel to loving Kent next year

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Sun Feb 10, 2013 5:27 pm  

Round 2 attendances in SL this year = 69809
Round 2 attendances in SL last year = 74948
% drop in attendances = 6.86%