Perhaps - but could well be a major factor amoung the lengendary "missing 5000" fans we hear so much about? I also think if you look at the settlements the council is going to receive in the next few years there will be a lot more jobs to go at our biggest local employer.

It's certainly not getting any better is it? It's a fact that discretionary spending is getting harder to find these days.

I notice you put "legendary" and the phrase 'missing 5000 fans' in quotes!! I guess we both know you can't put prices up by 100% and expect to keep the same numbers of season ticket sales. Added in with the club counting all ST holders as present when, in fact, last season many of them had bought tickets when only ever intending to attend three or four times, the "missing 5k", or at least a good few of them, become a bit more visible. Have to say the C 8k we've been announcing this year doesn't [ilook[/i all that much different from the 10 to 11k we were announcing last season.

At the end of the day though, the biggest boost would undoubtedly be on field performances, that would trump everything else, imo.

Unless of course you are a Newcastle supporter - they seem to turn up despite their clubs on field performance?

But I think if we can get 2 points from the Wakey game and have a sniff of the top 8 we might see a few more feet through the gates for the closing matches

Agreed.

The Wigan fans turned up as well in adversity [I know they've not had [ithat[/i much actual adversity] but when it really looked like they would be relegated they still turned out and shouted their team home. For some reason many of ours just take their collective bats home don't come back until things [eventually] get better, or a few moan of course, a team made up of Bulls' fans could, without assistance from any other club, do moaning duties for England.