Magic weekend in New York would be magic, now you see it now you don't, Debbie Mcgeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I'm not necessarily asking 12 clubs to make an equal contribution, but at the same time I think that simply saying "the draw was bad" provides an easy excuse for clubs that consistently under-perform when it comes to ticket sales - not just at Magic Weekend, but across the league.

At what point do we say to these clubs that bumbling along on <6k averages and under-selling the sport with cheap tickets is damaging to the sport and that they need to work harder? I don't see any of these clubs doing anything particularly innovative.

Why is it always Leeds fans banging on about smaller clubs attendances/holding back the game like they are the blueprint how every sporting club should be run.... it’s so hypocritical from fans of a club who are against running an academy and attract the massive amount of around 20,000 out of nearly a million people despite being the most successful super league side and only having a very poor football club to compete with. I’d focus a little closer to home rather than looking at how the smaller clubs are trying to get interest.

So against running an academy that their's has been one of the most fruitful in this sport in the modern era? Seriously, stop embarassing yourself.

I'll be more than quick to call out Leeds' failing where I see them, but the fact remains that they have made much more progress than most. They also have challenges that other clubs don't have - they compete with a vibrant night-time economy and large parts of that one million population is much more transient than the population of most of RL land.

But the fact remains that all clubs, top-to-bottom, aren't attracting new audiences. It's time that was challenged, rather than resorting to petty "whataboutism", because it lets lazy clubs off the hook.

But hey, who am I to want to see this sport progress and the product for spectators become as good as it can be?

Yeah it’s harder attracting new fans in Leeds than it is in Leigh because you have ‘a vibrant nightlife’ to contend with

Cut the spin out, I doubt your a politician so don’t act like one

Presume you mean reserves, firstly what's that got to do with attendances and secondly given we're looking at being into or near double figures of injured players this week and longer as well as struggling most of this year then the chances of us having enough players to fulfill weekly reserve fixtures without cancelling numerous games is slin.

Continuously taking digs at smaller clubs who get a few thousand out of tens of thousands for not making enough effort..... offer nothing but feeble excuses when questioned about why you aren’t tapping into the 3 quarters of a million people who don’t go to watch your club.

Love Leeds fans on the VT

Average attendance to number of people in town/city and Leeds are near the bottom so their fans should never harp on about attendances

Regards

King James

Yeah, it’s not like Castleford have to compete with a place that’s a 3 quid 15 minute train ride away...... stop being a moron

The bottom line is that all clubs have to work harder, and I've never said some haven't. But some aren't working as hard as others.

These forums are full of moans about the lack of crowds, the falling participation, the crap sponsors and crap TV deals. Now we can do what we usually do and take the easy answer by blaming the RFL and hoping that Eddie Hearn will save us, or we can apportion blame with where it actually lies - with ALL of the clubs. My point however still stands, some clubs are more culpable than others.

Back to the usual snorefest over typed lines, I actually take it back you might be a politician. What makes you so smart that you know more than club owners whose interest it is in to make a business work ??? Maybe you should buy a RL club or start your own amateur club in an expansionist area and we can all watch as that club soars to the top of RL showing all others in the sport how it’s done ??? I can’t imagine thinking I’m so smart I have thought of thousands of ideas that club owners and marketing teams haven’t whose interest it is in to succeed.

Another spot on post by CTID.