Vitriol? You'll have examples to back this up, I'm guessing.

I'm not "hating" Giants - I wish my team was as competetive as them!

It's very success that you state that makes Giants an attendance basket case - why won't the public of Huddersfield follow them???

And be clear, the thread is about the CC attendance (your league gates are vastly improved on the "old" days).

Listen, us, the fans that do go, have been asking ourselves that for years........we know the answers but its pointless listing them because people dont want the reasons, they just think that people will automatically come because of the team we now have, i wish it worked like that but it doesn't.

I think the main reason for the poor attendance was the footy play offs. What would worry me more if i was a Giants fan would be who is replacing Brown as head coach, promoting the assistant doesn't always work, ala Mcnamara at our club. If you get a poor coach or have a poor start your fans will come back to the Bulls in the droves.
P.s. I think I know the reason why some fans dislike you, they remember the couple of seasons ago when it seemed like you wanted to enter wrestlemania rather than play in super league.

You are <insert generic gangsta rapper name here> and I claim my fiddy cents.

That simply isnt true in the case of Wigan and Saints. Until recent times though Warrington have never been that well supported and Huddersfield are exceeding what Warrington did 12 years ago.

Huddersfield's attendances have risen dramatically though and they should be commended for how they have improved both on and off the field. When it comes to attendances I think they suffer from playing in such a big stadium, for the attendances they get, and their crowds always look fairly poor as a result. If they were getting 7,000-9,000 at say the Halliwell Jones they wouldnt get half as much criticism and would probably get more fans going with a better atmosphere etc. The JJB is a similar size and anything less than 13,000 seems empty to me and there is a severe lack of atmosphere.

The crowds have improved due to the number of kids that get in for next to nothing, we used to give most schools in the area free tickets in the hope the kids would then pester their parents to take them, paying full price.
Good marketing, but damn annoying if you happen to sit near a group of kids.

Not far off :

2000 :
Wigan 9,466, lowest 6,697
Saints 8,830 lowest 6,694
Wire 6,872 lowest 4,572

2012
Huddersfield 8,352 lowest 6,928

....like i said what was acceptable for those clubs back then is somehow deemed poor nowadays.
Plus thats without a major trophy win which both Saints and Wigan had at that time !

The league, attendance-wise, has grown massively on average since 2000 though - comparing Hudds now to teams 12 years ago isn't quite the point.

Personally speaking, I can give a couple of reasons why Huddersfield seem to irritateenjoy going to the Galpharm? If, like the DW, it had a decent number in each week, maybe it would feel more worthwhile. But it's just too big for the club and, even if Huddersfield are a competetive team, a game vs Hudds there just doesn't feel like a big game, and watching a game from there on TV is positively tedious for some reason - it just gives the impression that if no one locally gives a crap, then why should I?
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