: Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:16 am  

salford4life wrote:

bless people still go on and on and on about are crowd we no it poop, but are opening game was on a valentines day on sky on a Saturday pretty much everyone was a salford fan. Attendance for quins well two big losses away not gonna get people threw the gate unless you paid for it already.

it obviously amuses saddos like willowred - still I suppose there's nothing else to do in Hull

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:00 am  

Leading up to the F decisions i'd have preferred to have had WIdnes in rather than yourselves but since you were chosen I think everyone should be rallying round to support you not put the boot in when things aren't going too well.
You need to do something about those crowds though. Is there any word on how the stadiums progressing? Haven't heard anything in ages! Last I heard you were having problems with some company going bust or something?

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:20 pm  

Do you think maybe Friday nights should be reserved for the Lancashire games? I know that a lot of West Yorkshire fans are put off by the M62 on a Friday night, as its generally a dogs breakfast and straight after work. It's a quick run on a Sunday.

As for pricing, £18 does seem too much, although I never get the feeling that the fans are being ripped off, as the smaller clubs like ours need all the money they can get. But I take the kids to the Huddersfield game because they get in for nothing, and the Galpharm will then see me part with cash for a burger or whatever.

Maybe the RFL could assist more, or is it just down to the clubs to take a gamble? Look at Huddersfield this year. The crowds are up because the prices are down.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:25 pm  

Dico wrote:

Leading up to the F decisions i'd have preferred to have had WIdnes in rather than yourselves but since you were chosen I think everyone should be rallying round to support you not put the boot in when things aren't going too well.
You need to do something about those crowds though. Is there any word on how the stadiums progressing? Haven't heard anything in ages! Last I heard you were having problems with some company going bust or something?

Red City Developments went into administration when a backer pulled out but apparently they were just restructuring the board. We're all fed up with it on here mate. There's been that many stumbling blocks prior to this recession that no one has high hopes at the minute. Latest was that it wasn't going to be the iconic stadium we were promised and the design had changed, which I think would be a shame given the location of the site. No point having a bog standard stadium that close to a heavily used commuter motorway as it'll probably have the same effect on potential fans that the Bescott in Walsall does on M6 commuters, i.e. none.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:48 pm  

RedRy wrote: Red City Developments went into administration when a backer pulled out but apparently they were just restructuring the board. Red City Developments is no more.

RedRy wrote: Red City Developments went into administration when a backer pulled out but apparently they were just restructuring the board. Red City Developments is no more.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:06 pm  

Slugger McBatt wrote:

Do you think maybe Friday nights should be reserved for the Lancashire games? I know that a lot of West Yorkshire fans are put off by the M62 on a Friday night, as its generally a dogs breakfast and straight after work. It's a quick run on a Sunday.

Friday nights, it seems, suits corporate sales and sponsors more. They can incorporate attendance into their working day/week, rather than breaking into their weekend. This leaning may have to be rethought if corporate sales and sponsorship is drastically reduced in 2010 (as a result of 2009’s economic situation).

However, no matter which way you go, there will always be people who can’t or won’t make Sundays, and people who can’t or won’t make Fridays too.

Slugger McBatt wrote:

Maybe the RFL could assist more, or is it just down to the clubs to take a gamble? Look at Huddersfield this year. The crowds are up because the prices are down.

I think the RFL could help on an advisory level. I doubt this will happen because there is no apparent problem, generally, (yet,) with admission pricing. I echo what’s already been said — prices are becoming too expensive in comparison to other sports sans football.

You cannot compare other sports with football because it is totally a different beast; but, even football is realising that it has overpriced their admissions. Football has also realised that a generation was priced out of the market and that this could pose an attendance problem in the future. As a result prices are coming down, and some RL clubs, including Salford, are now reaching parity with northern-based Premier League clubs.

If an event is a special one, where the demand outstrips capacity, you can charge a lot of money. Leeds Rhinos can afford to do this, to an extent. Most clubs cannot. Why? Because there aren’t many must see games in rugby league which outweights the lure of football.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:47 pm  

david caesar wrote:

it obviously amuses saddos like willowred - still I suppose there's nothing else to do in Hull

Apart from watch rugby infront of decent crowds

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:49 pm  

Slugger McBatt wrote:

Look at Huddersfield this year. The crowds are up because the prices are down.

There's your answer. The same for Bradford city/Sheff Weds in football as well.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:55 pm  

willowred wrote:

Apart from watch rugby infront of decent crowds

you really are a boring cretin aren't you mate ?

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:16 pm  

david caesar wrote:

you really are a boring cretin aren't you mate ?

well don't feed the troll then and he will slink off as they always do.