So what have we learnt from this fabulous thread???

That SL is on the slide because the overall number is down from previous years?
That Bradford & Salford contribute to around 70,000 less between them, a figure which would've seen the '09, '10 & '11 totals beaten I think this is a pretty loose suggestion.


That Leeds being the team that took the regular season least seriously and highlighted that you should only turn up to the games that matter were at the heart of the problem?
Erm, Leeds crowds are up.

Leeds are only up because they won the GF?
Erm, Wakefield crowds are up.

The ''whipping boy rabble clubs" who don't have the threat of relegation will see crowds decrease due to lack of P/R to keep it exciting?
Erm, Widnes crowds are up.

That London is poorly run?
Yes, would this be any different under a different format, unlikely.

That Hudds don't attract the crowds of other top 4 teams?
Shocking! Didn't know this in years gone past. I bet if we had only a top 5 playoff system then they would've been pulling in 10,000 a week, guaranteed!

That if prices are cheaper than normal more people will buy?
WHAT?!?!?!?! I AM SHOCKED, maybe shops and stuff should have sales and offers and catch onto this ground breaking idea. Maybe shops could do this just after the Xmas period???

Seriously though, as a Leeds fan I have repeatedly heard people say stuff like:

'result doesn't matter anyway, we'll still win the Grand final'.

Headingley is still a decent night out and people attend to have a few beers and watch a game. But the excitement of winning or losing a close game is kind of ruined because the 8 team playoff system makes it too easy to win from 5th or 4th or 3rd.

I always walk away thinking 'that was fun but the result doesn't really matter'.

158 pages of sweet f.a. just to emphasise that SL was better with a top 5 play off.
Time to move on, especially as it's all about to change.

Happy to concede with games to go. If you check you will see the donation 'From RLB' St. Gemma's JustGiving page.

You going to match it then?

Interesting you should say that. I was going to wait until the end of the regular season to provide a final regular season ladder by number of posts of those who find this SL attendance thread extremely irritating, tedious and distasteful to the image of the game. Yet they cannot prevent themselves from contributing sweet f.a. to it themselves, if only to emphasise they are extremely irritated and find it tedious and distasteful. Perhaps it's time for them to move on?

Congratulations on your current Top 4 placement, despite the fact you were never going to compete with the consistent week in week out commitment of the impressive Smokey for the LLS. His only genuine challenger was The Printer until a mid-season collapse saw him lose all motivation in his quest to discredit the weekly SL attendance figures this season.

A huge thanks to Speccy for his entertainment value. His outbursts were so amusing that he felt compelled to create his very own thread calling for several bans and the removal of moderators/admins!

Wasn't this game last year Wigan's 'Big one' game so you are never going to get the same attendance the year after especially a week after Wembley with an under 19 team

Damn, must try harder to get wound up by pointless threads... looking forward to next seasons attendance thread already!

Im going to have to go some to win it from 7th.....though i suppose my regular season mediocrity doesn't warrant any reward anyway.