Why on earth would you not compare like for like fixtures. You put forward some silly examples of why you wouldn't compare fixtures. The weather is always variable, and therefore will even itself out over the course of a season. Therefore you can look at fixtures against each other so long as you don't take a 1 off fixture and try to draw conclusions from that and that alone.Exactly the same for important games, they will even themselves out over time, they are by definition outliers. they are still important but don't use them as the basis for any conclusions!

Using rounds is completely pointless. If Wigan, Saints, Leeds, Hull fc, Warrington + A.N.Other are at home you are going to get an artificially high number. just the same as if you compare games where Wigan play Wakey or Catalans at home. you will get low numbers.

Just like comparing last years good friday to this. Wigan and Hull fc playing at home contributed 17k more than last seasons good friday. you show a 12k difference in your numbers (with 1 extra game, broncos v catalans had 1,002 however). such a pointless comparison. absolutely nothing of note can be interpreted from these figures. It seems to me like pointless point scoring, as shown by your explanation.

Who gives a about these strange statistical battles! All I know is that there were 2 brilliant games played out in front of sellout crowds, and that's got to be good for our sport!

Took 3 RL virgins to the Saints game yesterday and they were all mesmerised by it!!!

So that we can see if crowds are either up or down after X amount of rounds. A bit like how pretty much all sports do it.

This year, crowds are well up after 8 rounds with no signs of any drop off. Whether you want to accept that, agree with that or want to stamp your feet saying the system's flawed is irrelevant.

Happy Easter

Yep!

Just think what the crowd would have been if the Leeds v Cas fixture would have been at Headingley?

Why do you always have to chime in Billy...............

Oh wait a minute. Sorry I saw someone posting about attendances and thought william eve was up to his usual tricks.

Round 9 like for like fixtures

Catalan v Widnes
2015 = 9588
2014 = 7000

Hull KR v Huddersfield
2015 = 7827
2014 = 8953

Leeds v Wakey
2015 = 17608
2014 = 13969

Salford v Wigan
2015 = 6561
2014 = 3706

Warrington v Cas
2015 = 8518
2014 = 8391

Saints v Hull FC
2015 = 11088
2014 = 13448

The Salford figure is surprising. Is that a turn around in home attendance or lots of over optimistic pies after a good friday win??

There were probably between 2,000 and 2,500 pies there so a definite increase on their numbers from last year. But interpolating the Salford numbers from that shows I would think an increase of somewhere between 800 and 1,500 on the home support. Combine that with the great following we took to Huddersfield and there is cause for a little cautious optimism.
Of course being 3rd in the table helps

I was wondering whether the performances where having an effect. Could be 2nd by next week.

I like how you don't see the fall you are setting yourself up for.

Feel free to point it out. I haven't got all day to plait fog with you though.

Here's all the round 8 / 9 & Easter figures, feel free to twist them in any way you like.

Total attendance for round 8 in 2015 (6 games) Easter Total

Overall Easter total 2015 133772 / 12 Like For Like

Easter pt1. 2015 Total 72,582 / 6 = 12,097
Easter pt.1 2014 Total 64,565 / 6 = 10,760

Easter pt2 2015 Total 61,190 / 6 = 10,198
Easter pt2 2014 Total 55, 467 / 6 = 9,245

It doesn't matter which way you choose to compare them it will still be an incorrect comparison so why bother? It's pointless and tells you absolutely nothing. The only figure which matters is the one at the end because all these bits and bobs you and others are picking and choosing to suit will be evened out.

Wherever people think they are 'gaining' this week will be lost another.