Personally, id say if you go into admin in the close season, you start with the same deduction. Simple and fair

why? That would be against the AUP wouldn't it Mr Moderator? Getting past the swear filter is a "no no" and you are full ing aware of what I am saying anyway

You’re correct, it would have been a pretty low key off season without the Bradford shenanigans.

I’ve had the Wakey stuff for what seems like forever & being a London fan is equally dire, so, it’s brought a bit of a respite to be fair.

To be honest, the only thing I’m looking forwards to in SL is Williams’s attendance table. Same old, same old.

At least the NRL starts soon, without it I could easily walk away from the game I’ve supported for forty five years.

You're Welcome, tho you know its all an RFL plot to keep attention away from London, right?


Honourable mentions should also be given to the Wakefield" RFL Conspiracy" Letter and the interview(s) given by the eregious Dr from Salford for which he got fined 3k



Gawd I love this game...tho I'll be happier when were talking about stuff thats happened on-field rather than off.

Not really as it's not yet in the rule book it would only apply going forward.
Bradford would still be a circus.

Unless you are saying apply it retrospectively but that would mean pretty much relegating nearly everyone. We'd end up with about thirty clubs in the championship and about three in Superleague.

Sky wouldn't go for that I don't reckon

Time travel?

A plot to keep attention away from London? I think you'll find London's owners have had that one going for years.

Move along...nothing to see here

The SL attendance thread for 2014 was locked within the hour after I'd posted it last Friday, so I've taken that message on-board and decided not to bother. There are way too many insecure fans of heavily discounted Super League on this forum who were clearly traumatised by last season's attendance thread and the 10.4% nosedive. Like a religious sect, they cannot handle the truth. One particular individual was so traumatised by last season's attendance thread, he contributed 300+ of his own posts to it and now claims to have blocked me




The NRL is also my choice of TV viewing. I won't be watching much more SL as my Sky subscription ends soon. I won't miss it. There isn't a single player at any SL club who even remotely approaches star quality.

I would persevere if I were you Billy. Was there an explanation for the locking of the 2014 thread? Which "moderator" was it that decided to accede to the wishes of the paranoid minority on here?
In case you change your mind...
London Broncos are offering £30 family tickets (2 adults/2 kids) to the first 2 games at the Hive....which would normally cost £49 if you were watching Barnet FC and I believe if purchased individually, would set you back £65, so between a 40% and 55% discounted offer straight away.

Is that for real, moderators have banned discussing attendances? What the?

What if attendances go UP this year? Can there be a thread then?

If there's some particular sensitivity (why?) about the heated nature of those threads, could there not at least be a comment free factual weekly update?

Besides, last years thread was very successful, got a lot a people interested and talking. And if it bores you, and/or you think the contributors are idiots, it is NOT compulsory to read it.

No of course not! Do you sink ziz is nazi chernany mein kinder?

It gets locked when the abuse and vitriol to sense ratio renders it impossible to continue. That's the same for any thread surely.

Isn't that the Broncos club motto?

As far as I can tell the OP put up attendance numbers. There were a few comments along the lines of 'pathetic'. I'd assume that was pretty minor on the scale of abuse and vitriol, but if it's not acceptable, then why not just warn those posters to keep their comments respectful rather than lock a thread about attendances? Attendances are pretty important, and certainly worthy of discussion, but you can pretty much guarantee that if anyone posts anything (especially if the figures are negative, though to a lesser extent you'll get the same if they're positive) the thread will provoke heated responses. Surely better to deal with those rather than the topic itself, otherwise there'll be no way to discuss attendances. As I say, if the mere existence of a discussion annoys people, they don't have to read it.

We need an attendance thread.

I'm just not sure i can get through the season without listening to the excuses for why attendances are down'or UP, as the case may be.

Its probably down to Nigel Woods suits, whichever way they go.

I don’t think you should chuck in the towel, I’m interested to see how things go this year.

The country is supposed to be on the up, and there are number of teams who “in theory” should be posting higher attendances.

Salford are the obvious one, but it’ll be interesting to see how London go in their new ground, Cas seem to be on the up & HKR have their new stand.

Put it this way, the outcome of the attendance figures are far more unpredictable than the outcome of the comp.

I liked Billy's attendance thread, as a Trinity supporter I can't say I was looking forward to this years mind, I can see
every game being down on last year.

Surely not. A return to promotion and relegation should surely see all attendances put 10-15% on, the only reason people don’t go apparently, is that they are bored with games that dont mean anything. Wakefield possibly being relegated should see loads more come attend their late season games.

Perhaps certain posters would like to put their money where their mouth is. Now franchising has gone we have an easy comparison. Surely their belief that franchising and the lack of relegation, nothing to play for blah blah blah=low attendances, means they are confident that 2014's return to P+R will see record attendances. It Surely would have to beat 2012's records, after all they were set during franchising. Perhaps another donation to St Gemmas hospice is on the cards?

Sorry old lad, I know its not in the rule book and I know that it would have caused my team to get relegated but, something like this should be put in place for the future, that is unless you want it to be applied retrospectively

You mizzed ze memo then?

Quote ="SmokeyTA"Surely not. A return to promotion and relegation should surely see all attendances put 10-15% on, the only reason people don’t go apparently, is that they are bored with games that dont mean anything. Wakefield possibly being relegated should see loads more come attend their late season games. Perhaps certain posters would like to put their money where their mouth is. Now franchising has gone we have an easy comparison. Surely their belief that franchising and the lack of relegation, nothing to play for blah blah blah=low attendances, means they are confident that 2014's return to P+R will see record attendances. It Surely would have to beat 2012's records, after all they were set during franchising. Perhaps another donation to St Gemmas hospice is on the cards?'" www.hullkr.co.uk/club/news/artic ... ne-reached =#FFFFFFThis is tongue in cheek before anyone starts.

Quote ="SmokeyTA"Surely not. A return to promotion and relegation should surely see all attendances put 10-15% on, the only reason people don’t go apparently, is that they are bored with games that dont mean anything. Wakefield possibly being relegated should see loads more come attend their late season games. Perhaps certain posters would like to put their money where their mouth is. Now franchising has gone we have an easy comparison. Surely their belief that franchising and the lack of relegation, nothing to play for blah blah blah=low attendances, means they are confident that 2014's return to P+R will see record attendances. It Surely would have to beat 2012's records, after all they were set during franchising. Perhaps another donation to St Gemmas hospice is on the cards?'" www.hullkr.co.uk/club/news/artic ... ne-reached =#FFFFFFThis is tongue in cheek before anyone starts.

With the obvious exception of KR and Salford, plus a small change at St Helens, I cant see too many others improving.
Wakefield & Bradford will drop and with Wakey's current crowd restrictions, this will probably mean an overall drop.
Having said that, this season could see the Giants crowds improve, there certainly seems to be a positive vibe around the place.
I don't think Billy Eve turning up at Headingley will be noticed, unless you're lucky enough to have him standing next to you (with his camera and calculator to hand

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I appreciate the support for another SL attendance thread this year. However, the moderation process has delivered it's verdict by locking it. I've been around these forums long enough to know when to take the hint.

No, the FulhamCrusaderBroncoQuinBroncos motto is
"Whatever you do, don't tell anyone"

I received a letter in the post today from the Leeds Rhinos offering me a fiver off the price of a ticket to their opening game of the SL season against Warrington. Their marketing department have obviously tuned into the RLWC ticket sales database. Their letter began with a message from Kevin Sinfield - "We hope you enjoyed watching the 2013 RLWC at Headingley Carnegie Stadium... biggest personalities... Sonny Bill Williams... etc... " prior to offering a discounted code for a discounted ticket followed by offers to become a gold/silver/bronze/flexi season ticket holder.

This is an interesting development because Leeds don't usually offer discounted tickets for one-off games. They haven't needed to with attendances remaining fairly solid over the last decade and ranging between 14k and 17k on average.