Of course. The thrust of the argument above though is that playing at Widnes is a planned move that has had unforseen negative consequences i.e. fans turning against the club.

In reality, crowds have slightly reduced as could have been reasonable expected. It would take a great deal to alienate fans - something like a Wimbledon/Milton Keynes 'move'.

Sorry, I know it's open - what I meant was that rather than allowing home fans into the away end, they should have dropped the price of the South Stand.

They did, but in a batch of three. So people could buy three adult tickets for £20 a ticket for the South Stand IF they bought tickets for all three games. In addition, juniors cost £11 for the North, West and South Stands for those same games - which includes Cas on Easter Monday. However, people reluctant to spend £6 extra to sit in the South Stand are unlikely to spend £60 up front on three matches, regardless of the junior discount. The problem is, how would Saints justify a price reduction to the season ticket holders in the South Stand who paid or are paying the full whack for sitting there? Saints made the mistake of differentiating in price between the South and North Stands but that was a fundamental error they cannot change so I should think that the South Stand is going to look empty for the rest of the season.

Mind you, it was fuller against HKR than against Wakey, which suggests to me that it was actually the presence of us on the TV which kept people away.

However, I do agree that really they should just close the West Stand completely until Wigan visit, and perhaps Leeds if they start to win matches again. Other than that, it is clear we are not going to get enough away fans to justify opening up a whole stand.

All true.

differentiating the price with no difference in the product, not many people are going to buy into that. The best they could hope for are some people who wanted a middle spec on the North side, but where late buying season tickets.
I've never really understood the difference in price for the same seat on the opposite side, it seams to make more sense to charge more for middle seats on south or north and less for edge seats. At least that way you are buying a better spec for more money and not just an intangable posh seat.

They need to bring back student tickets, a few of my student mates started to come saints with me last year but this year they are not willing to pay £20+ to watch saints at home but are happy to come to away games with me and pay between £12 and £15 for the student tickets