Where were the wire fans tonight,only 5600 odd in the ground now if you take the 600 off the attendance that leaves 5000,where are all these wonderful fans of there's that they are always going on about,they reckon that they have the best marketing department well not on tonight's performance you ain't we get twice as many as that

They've won 11 out of the last 14 games in SL Clarke or Carney said.
It's a Thursday night game with work and school tomorrow and it was live on SKY tv.
Maybe those are some of the reasons fans didn't turn up.

Tell you what, I'd wait for tomorrow's crowd before starting a thread like this.

The crowds in the playoffs were a disaster waiting to happen with the potential need to pay for tickets 3-4 weeks running. Add Thursday to the mix and you get what you saw tonight.

Wonder how people paid for 9 games in 17 days 30 years ago?
Playing something like saturday, Tuesday, Friday, Monday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

I wasn't there. Can't make Thursday games because of childcare. On the weekend I could have sorted something.

There are two games this week, they should have both been on the weekend.

Anyway, hope you win the GF to shut Saints up.

It'll be followed up by a poor crowd at our place tomorrow no doubt and it’s a real worry for the game as a whole.

Our reserve side used to get more fans watching than that

Went to every one. Loved it! Couldnt afford every game had to 'do a borrow' off my dad at the time... Haha. Happy Days!!

Black eye for the sport; focus shouldn't just be on Wire. An important playoff game with a poor crowd at one of the biggest clubs in the English game clearly highlights a problem which must be resolved.
If things don't improve then the powers that be are failing the game through the current implemented structure.

We can poke fun at Wire for this; but personally it makes me sad. I wanna see our game thrive; not this.

Ours won’t be much higher tonight 8000 max, it’s a sport problem not a club problem.

People in glass houses and all that.........

I never missed a game back then ....

After reading the ticket office thread our attendance could well be lower than Warrington’s.

And my post wasn't aimed at anyone in particular - It just pointed out that late 80's/Early 90's people found the time, found the money to attend Cup Semi Finals & Finals along with regular season games.

Believe it or not the crowds up until last year and this (Not sure what average is currently for this year) weren't too dissimilar to those of the "Glory Years".

Yet any cup match/Semi final etc. back then didn't see the drop off we see now for play offs/Semi finals.

Even as little as 15 years ago we regularly had play off attendances between 10k at it's lowest up to 20k at it's highest and games against Wakefield/Hull/Cas attracted 10-15k

Something has happened and with the rise in Season Ticket/Membership culture it seems to be proving more difficult to get people to "Walk up" for Semi Finals & Finals
I don't buy into the Cheaper ticket argument as 20/30 years ago we didn't reduce tickets or offer any more incentive than we get now (Less in fact).

I also can't understand how people follow with season tickets all year and then don't want to go to what are in effect Qtr & Semi finals

Anyway - Said it before - We as fans have a part to play
Good to hear people on RL Backchat saying what I've kind of been saying for a couple of years & that were our own worst enemy at times.
Talking the game down, criticising everything etc.

FWIW I do agree that the game may not quite have the same amount of or standards/stars of a few years back.
But on the other hand the amount of "Good" teams on top of the traditional big 4/5 (London/Salford/Cas & Wakey of the last couple of years/Hull with CC wins etc.) has increased and I have thoroughly enjoyed this season and watched & had interest in more games overall this year than the last 5/6/7 so to me they have improved things in a short period of time.

If Everyone sits back and complains nothing will improve, we have to be part of the solution.
Get behind the game, get behind the club, talk positively when we can with as much Gusto & enthusiasm as some people do when the slightest thing is wrong then we can promote the game, enthuse others etc.
Because if We don't do it (And the clubs I agree) then who will?

And as I always say we'll all get what we deserve if the game keeps diminishing.