You can't help but despair at threads like this.

I hate Wire as much as the next Wigan fan & I took great pleasure in them getting knocked out last night too. What I'm not going to do however is laugh at them for a poor attendance. When are fans going to understand that it's the game that suffers when stuff like this happens? 6k for a playoff is shocking (ours won't be much better) and all it does is drive down the amount of money coming into the sport. That in turn impacts all of us.

Tribalism is a good thing when it comes to stuff on the pitch, but it cripples us off of it too. Laughing at Wire in situations like this, or turning a blind eye to a ref F-up on one of biggest stages, because it happened to Saints doesn't do anyone any favours.

I dont see how its a problem. Add 10 quid to the season ticket price. If we get a home play off then the fans are happy if we dont then the club are happy. That is where the middle ground is. To be honest it is the only way to stop it from happening. I can't see how it's a major problem.

The culture of increasing prices for fans who pay at the gate is bad and needs to stop. It puts off many more fans than the extra cash it generates from the increase.

The argument will obviously be that the gate price is the normal price and season/advanced tickets are discounted but if the majority of people are paying the discounted price, that becomes your normal price.

If the attendance is anything other than appalling tonight I'll be very pleasantly surprised.

My old man struggled to get tickets in person for the fans forum. Only got them because I text him his client code. He’s a 72 year old bloke who only ever gets them in person, he hasn’t a clue what his code is. He’s crazy I know but he thought he could just turn up, hand over £15 for the three tickets he wanted and be on his way. Why would we want to make it that simple?!

Genius!

Why could this not work?

yes don't gloat yet with all the ticketing problems this week we might not beat that.

If they made the ticket prices 10 quid for adults and 5 for Concessions for this game tonight there would be 14,000 plus

My husband just said the same if it’s anymore than that it’d be a shock to be honest

Yep, I remember that period. We didn't know if we were coming or going.....the players must have received 'shell shock'.

Firstly, I was one of the 5k last night. Thursday nights are horrible for attendances, no kids due to school the next day, match on Sky etc, and games where season ticket holders have to pay for are usually poorly attended. This is the first year where we have had to pay for play off games.
But the main factor I feel is general apathy with the game, not just at our place where the rugby has been very poor for the last half of the season, but across the league. Just watching the televised games isn't as entertaining as it used to be.
Out of interest, what are they charging at your place for the game tonight. Last night, Wire were giving £5 off for season ticket holders. So for us in the south stand it was £17 for adults, £11 concessions. But non-season tickets holders aren't going to pay £22 for that. Seating prices will be even higher.

Felt good about our crowd tonight till it was announced as 9,200. If that’s right then we must’ve had less then 7,000 actually on the ground on a few occasions this year.

About what you'd expect for a play off game unfortunately but what an atmosphere, by a country mile the best all year.
Cracking effort from the Salford fans.