ATEOTD we can scoot over this as much as we want BUT simply IMO Hudds support yesterday was pathetic!

Cheap tickets, 2nd vs 3rd and a reasonable KO time on a Saturday means they should have brought twice as many as they did.

The big one this year, IMO of course, was wasted on Hudds. Hull KR & Leeds would have been a better options at getting a potential 22k crowd. I even think Cas would have brought more on a Wed night.

It will be a sad day when the North stand is closed at home against Leeds.

Looking at the e-ticketing its looking a pretty healthy crowd for the Weeds game..

Ill go for 17,500 with the lone 500 from the once great Weeds club...BBooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I think people are missing the point with the home v away attendances for "Big Ones". Increasing away support helps a bit, of course, but it's the increase in home support that is crucial, not just for that one game, but hopefully for future games. The away supporters are only here once a year (in League games), but if just a percentage of the "extra" home support turns up more often, that will have a massive effect.

Sure, Hudds support increased by 700 or so, but home support was up by around 5,000 on last year, and hopefully a good proportion of them will be encouraged to come more often, and maybe even buy a season ticket, or bring more friends along. That has to be the main aim of the "Big One" concept.

That's exactly what Lenagan said at the fans forum. Great if the away support increases but first and foremost it's a marketing tactic to increase home support firstly for that game and secondly hopefully to get an increase in regular attendance. Well part one accomplished by something like 5k, part two will become apparent in the future.
Well done to the marketing team