When i read - Wigan have 'secured' a ticket discount it suggests that the price structure is up to the club but reading on the thread it appears its an RFL event? Either way it needs to be addressed, probably the structure of the playoffs (which will obviously change) and then the marketing. I agree there wasn't enough time for the club to get behind this fixture with advertising and that surely stops with the governing body.

Interesting reading on the stats of our crowds, our average attendance now appears to be on the slide and the least said about the Thursday night games the better, not ideal for people rushing around after work!!



I think our next playoff game will attract a bigger crowd for sure regardless of who our opponents are...

Given that last night wasn't the "knock-out" that Waney was trying to pretend it was, I do think that Hudds turned up (barely) knowing that they would have another chance to progress & maybe even hoping to get a favourable bounce & then an easy game on the back of the club-call.

I suspect a lot of supporters took the same stance & stayed away. But you've got to figure in the extra cost, people on shifts, travel (I'm often in London on Thursdays), school night, early start on a Friday. I'm not surprised at the numbers at all & just because I was there (to borrow a set of rants from another thread) doesn't make me any better a fan than anyone else. I missed the Leeds game because I wrecked my back - does that make me a poor fan because I wasn't there (gutted by the way)?

Next year's format may well address some of the issues, although I suspect it might be the 2016 season before results can be measured.

However, it's interesting to contrast the RFL's approach to the play-offs with that of the NRL ([urlhttp://www.nrl.com/transport-plans-for-saturdays-semi-final/tabid/10874/newsid/81959/default.aspx?cid=NRL-HP-Featured[/url). If Red Hall just gave us the cost of a return to OT on the tram it'd be something.