I'd imagine their loss in numbers would be down to the capacity decrease in the south stand?

This argument has been nicely debunked in a thread on TotalRL, by our good friend Mat amongst others.

Nope, plenty of space elsewhere.

I'm always a little perplexed when folks start arguing and deriding the relative sizes of crowds in comparison to other teams.

Nothing, attendance wise is quite what it seems. There are generally two elements to any crowd. That is the HOME support and the AWAY support. If away fans do not travel, does that not also affect the gate as much as if home fans don't bother to turn up?

Sure, the West Bank terrace at Odsal has not been quite as full this season as in previous ones, but the traditional away end on Rooley Avenue has quite often seen tumbleweed blowing across it on occasions this year.

I reckon that the 5% or so drop in crowds at Odsal this year could be part due to a dramatic drop in away support as well as apathy from floaters who invariably saw the heavens open about an hour before KO and quite resonably changed their minds about turning up.

I don't think it's worrying so much as market led and in these lean times, unless you are clutching a season ticket, you are going to be choosy about how you get your entertainment on a weekend.

In that case.. point retracted.

It was interesting, speaking about Leeds, that they only pulled 11200 for their play off match last night

Bearing in mind that the KR end was impressively packed, my guess is that there were only about 8000 Leeds fans there - there seemed to be plenty of gaps in the stands and terraces easily viewable on Sky

Very disappointing crowd. Hull KR usually bring a decent amount as well. Wonder why clubs struggle to get the crowds in Cup/Play off matches? Maybe the Leeds supporters are extremely confident of making the GF and are saving their cash?

going by the attendance announced for the 'sellout' leeds-sts match then leeds have on average had space for 4000 more supporters so the southstand argument is just a smokescreen. The ground has only been a tad over 3/4s full on average

Quote: Bully_Boxer "Very disappointing crowd. Hull KR usually bring a decent amount as well. Wonder why clubs struggle to get the crowds in Cup/Play off matches? Maybe the Leeds supporters are extremely confident of making the GF and are saving their cash?'" you will find season ticket holders the most likey to miss going to play off matches, more so with teams like leeds, as they don't want to pay for the extra games, so wait for their team to make the GF when they have the first choice on tickets remember 2006, check the attendence for leeds v warrington, not that great, even with a huge following from warrington www.sportbox.tv/rugbyl/matchcent ... =2543&fs=1

Quote: Bully_Boxer "Very disappointing crowd. Hull KR usually bring a decent amount as well. Wonder why clubs struggle to get the crowds in Cup/Play off matches? Maybe the Leeds supporters are extremely confident of making the GF and are saving their cash?'" you will find season ticket holders the most likey to miss going to play off matches, more so with teams like leeds, as they don't want to pay for the extra games, so wait for their team to make the GF when they have the first choice on tickets remember 2006, check the attendence for leeds v warrington, not that great, even with a huge following from warrington www.sportbox.tv/rugbyl/matchcent ... =2543&fs=1

Really? The culmination of the season? The Semis are when games really matter. Are the missing Leeds fans all complete fekkwits?

6,157 at Saints tonight

Quote: Bullseye " forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?t=430902 i rest my case, happens at most clubs come play offs

Quote: Bullseye " forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?t=430902 i rest my case, happens at most clubs come play offs

Generally when people rest their case, they don't make a comment after that

Whatever case number 6 was referring to. Without clicking the link, I assume it's some form of proof about how every club has lower attendances in the playoffs.