Just wondered if there was going to be an increase in the home crowd turning out for Saturdays visit of Hull FC. especially after the very good performance and victory at Hudds and especially after Dr K`s rallying call for more fans to turn out. He is right, there was a good turn out for the last game at the Willows and against Wakey, dont get me wrong the Willows was more than `just a game` it was the last game at our beloved Willows and Wakey was all about the hype and expectations....can we just for try and make another effort...there are some new and exciting players on show and i`m not so keen on them Hull fans outshouting us etc. So come on and lets make an effort.

I have a feeling there will be a decent crowd.

I disagree I think we'll do well to attract 4k. Marketing has dropped right off since start of season, what about fans that don't go on twitter it Facebook. Apart from Marwan and Vickers on twitter I don't see much promotional work. Although I'm happy to be correct though!

Sorry to say it but I think the crowd will be pretty low again. I agree the marketing has dropped off since the start of the season, I think this is mostly due to the fact that we've not been playing well for most of it so the idea of "same old Salford" crept in and the fans that were enticed for the Wakey game didn't bother again.

A run of decent home and away performances till the end of the season and I think we can build up to an exciting 2015 where more fans will turn up.

On the marketing front - I think its pretty ridiculous that they have only just this week put up a sign near the stadium advertising the next game, surely that would've been one of the first things to do!

My son's primary school has been leafleted (every pupil took a flyer advertising the game home) and they had MCB and another player (he wasn't sure which one) at his assembly the other day

I've also seen flyers on a couple of pubs. Lots of internet activity. Much is aimed at people who aren't currently fans so I guess we don't see a lot of it

Saturday attendances are usually shocking. I can't see past 3.5-4k I'm afraid

Nothing to play for....wait till next season.

I don't agree as regards nothing to play for. Good performances attract a crowd, it's no good waiting for next year..I also agree that the marketing has dropped off etc and on perusing other boards in particular hull FCC s for there game against wires they had an offer on for £5 entrance fee. They are only 2 places above us and they managed to attract of 12000 so let's make an effort and let's have some promotional offers on in order to attract a larger audience.

Don't agree with reduced offers or freebies, slap in the face for season ticket holders.
Perhaps offers for schoolchildren taking their mums and dads

Still maintain no child under the age of 14 should pay too watch any RL game, as long as they attend with an adult.

I know it's a cliche but they are the future, get them involved with the club when it's future is starting to look rosy and hopefully sucssess on the field is just about too start and they will be fans for life. Also there are players kids will love, someone like Junior Sa'u and his ability to steamroller people, Tasi and his massive (occasionally mis timed) hits and then the speedsters like Locke and MCB.

A bigger slap in the face is for those season ticket holders to look at half empty stands and realise that the money they pay isn't anywhere near enough to sustain the level of rugby they want. So, how do you attract potential new season ticket holders? You have to give them a reason to attend, and reduced prices for newbies is one way of doing it.

Good idea re the children trying to entice parents etc but we need to get them involved and attending in the first instance. I also agree that I don't want to see 100,s of kids just jumping about and not taking any interest in the game, so what about organised school trips via the high schools, accompanied by parents. I also don't want the freebies and I understand entirely re season ticket holders being upset and we do not want to devalue the product. It is a very fine balance but doing nothing will only see empty seats until we are consistently winning and giving hope to the faithful that turn up week in week out. I know the location and road works in and around the area also contribute to our problems but if we don't do something and I suppose payback dr k,s investment then I can see him getting really pee,d off as he is not a patient man. Harris appears to be getting his own team together and time will tell. What we lacked early in the season was pace and watching the Hudds game we seem to have got that and something to shout for at long last. I

I think the club are doing the right thing in terms of crowds.

We've given away thousands of tickets in the past and all it has done is cheapen the product we've got to offer and cost the club money. Better to have 5k fans paying full price then 10k getting in for next to nothing. The stands may look fuller and it may make us feel better but if its not increasing the revenue we bring in what's the point? Cheap/free tickets generally just end up in the hands of people who would come anyway.

I also think this push for more marketing is a bit of red herring as well. We've currently got the biggest "personality" in the sport as chairman. He's in every newspaper and on every programme. People know we exist, where and when we play, they are just choosing not to come because we are not very good. At the start of the year they turned up because there was the chance we might end up being good but that quickly fizzled away and consequently the crowds dropped. It's a really simple idea, win more games of rugby league than you lose and crowds will increase.

If we were playing Real Madrid tomorrow at short notice the ground would be full, it's not a lack of awareness that's killing us it's a poor product. If next season goes as we hope then crowds will increase (as they have this year).

I've seen a couple of other clubs selling tickets on groupon 2 for 1s etc. Is this a worthwhile avenue? Even if you don't sell massive amounts how many people get the emails? It gets the name out there. And now (touch wood) the team seem to have gelled the future's starting to look bright so we should be able to hopefully keep a few people interested. I remember a few seasons ago the club doing something similar on some random groupon style site that I'd never even heard of and you had to properly search on there for the Salford tickets. Might it be worth investing in a front page groupon ad/ticket sales or is groupon not as big as it once was?

Here s me harping on about offers etc, just been for my tickets and free child ticket for every paying adult so me and my son a going..the girl selling the tickets had forgotten about the offer until I told her what tickets I required..all I'm saying is that if there is something on offer then let's tell people and publish it more on the website/Manchester evening news etc. I agree with most of the comments and no it is difficult to please everyone but the bottom line is, keep winning and the fans will come and watch...Simple.