Whingers and whiners do my head in. Moaned for years the club isn't run on a proper business footing, now it is they are moaning again because we are not reducing prices. Simple choice really, if you are a real fan you will be there, if you don't want to pay £18 don't go, and work out for yourselves where you stand as a Salford fan. The cost of a ticket for sudden death entertainment is excellent value for money.

This is my point. There becomes a point where you're simply lowering the gate receipts rather than increasing the crowd. We had a cup game a few years go, I think it was against Warrington Wizards (but stand to be corrected) and the prices were heavily discounted (about a fiver), but barely a thousand turned up. I'd wager the ones who turned up would have still done so if that game was a tenner.




And that's what I think needs tackling. We (fans, clubs, RFL) need to promote the games as something the club has earned the right to play in (OK, that's tricky for the first round) and that are an exciting addition to the season, as opposed to being an added expense. If we have more fans that are interested in attending a mid-table mid-season league game than a knock out game against fairly evenly matched opposition then it's a concern. Coming back to your family of 4 example that would seemingly cost £36 admission - if the game appealed to them would they be that much more likely to turn up of it was £6 cheaper?

It’s difficult to say, £6 to me isn’t a lot but to others it could be. BUT in all fairness to even the most hard up supporters, £36 sounds like excellent value and I suppose it’s getting that message across. It’s not difficult to knock up a leaflet and get it sent out to all existing ST holders, especially those with multiple ST’s at any one address. Break it down, £9 each for a family of four or kids come free however works best but get the message out there. It took them long enough to even announce a date.

Challenge Cup attendances generally halve from the typical Super League attendance, I would imagine we are therefore looking at a crowd of 3k or worryingly even less.

Kids season ticket holders are free, so it would cost £36.
Granted, still a lot if you don't have it, but when I didn't have any spare money, I used to take the kids drinks in with me, in fact I still don't buy anything inside the stadium.

We're playing in the Ashes?