Ever the optimist 10.981 nice afternoon and cheap beer

Att: 8763
and the winner is...

Disappointed we didn't get 9 000

Do I win owt?

It would be a nice consolation - I had a cheeky fiver on Big Frankie to score the first try, at 33-1; he bloody well nearly did it too - I nearly had a stroke when he went for the line in the first few minutes.

Mariano? he class is that kid. if i had seen those odds i would have backed myself.

He is indeed - he's probably one of our best signings for this season; was clearly kept out of the HKR first team due to their ethnic cleansing policy, and is loving getting regular game time.

Shame we didn't break 9000 but still a good crowd IMO.

Excellent crowd, pity it didn't quite reach 9k. Thanks to the Leeds followers for making the trip, brought a great following.

Wakey folk are notoriously fickle. I see it as some won't come because they are just seeing the results (ie mainly losses), whereas those of us who go to the home games are seeing a steady improvement week on week and a team putting a good shift in and showing some pride in wearing the shirt.

Todays performance was miles better than the one against Salford and had we been able to play like we did today against Salford we would have won that game.

If we sign a few players and beat some of the sides around us quins, crusaders, catalans then I think we might see an increase in the gates.

Someone may have already posted but did anyone notice we had the 2nd highest attendance this week. Only the big game between Warriors and Wolves got a bigger attendance. I know we were playing leeds and they have a good following but to me this says even in hard times there are more Wakefield fans willing to put their hands in their pockets and get behind the team and even though Belle Vue aint as pretty as some of the other teams stadiums. And it also shows for all the bagging off it gets the Rhino's supports can't really mind that much if still coming in numbers.

I know i posted a negative on another topic but feel this deserves some credit.

A few stay aways that i know turned out for this game, and in fairness enjoyed the afternoon at sun soaked BV, i think a little interest is returning but it will take time.

Good turn out from Leeds.

I brough 4 people, 3 from scarboro all of whom had a good day

I think a few were put off because they found out Jakey wasn't coming.

Gates are down at all clubs, are they not?

Mr Glover has to fight more than just the apathy of the Wakefield public this season, he's also got to take on the fact that, thanks to Nick and Dave, people are feeling skint, fear becoming skint or actually are skint.

I think our financial predicament is mainly down to Gordon, but that is for a different site.

Conveniently ignoring the fact that the economy was starting to recover when the ConDems conned their way into power?

Meet me in Cats Bar any time for a continuation of this particular discussion!

I happen to agree but lets not go too off topic eh?

Remember that the Rhino's attendance at the weekend was in fact 1,020 less than the same game in the previous season.

And despite the Club almost giving tickets away, the average attendances this season over last year are only up about 4%.

So from the licence application point of view, the Club are not doing much gains on attendances, whereas the income will be certainly down.

It was a clash which did send us to the top of the table with a far superior squad to the one we have this year. But lets not look for positives eh?

The attendance for the game V Leeds was pretty decent all in all.

Plus if you Judge us against other teams attendances we are actually moving in the right direction. With all that has gone on at Belle vue over the last six months this is a massive plus in my eyes.

Alot of sides are struggling to maintain their average, a 4% rise in my opinion would actually show a stable and steady increase under new ownership with what is considered to be the weakest side in superleague to some!

Did you join just to tell us that. Thanks.

"Theboyem"Did you join just to tell us that. Thanks.

Ouch! But hey, we've all got to start somewhere and the point is valid.

Problem with attendances is that the 'neighbours' are improving on average comparing games better that the Wildcats !!

Yes but have all the other teams gone through what we have the last six months.?

NO!!!

Have they had a board that doesn't know what it's doing for god knows how many years..?

NO !!!

Looking at what Glover has done in the short time he's been in charge he's doing a good job so far.

Part of your point is valid but still judgemental in the sense that we are a new company now and still picking up pieces of what the old board left.

SUPERCAT WROTE: Yes but have all the other teams gone through what we have the last six months.?

NO!!!

Well actually Crusaders, Quins, and even Cas (Gareth Thomas et. al./ Glasshoughton etc..)could say they have been through some hard times !! But I fully accept the first two won't give two hoots about attendances or whatever as far as a licence is concerned !!

Have they had a board that doesn't know what it's doing for god knows how many years..?

NO !!!

I seem to recall a few comments on this site regarding the competencies of RW and the Board at Cas !!

Looking at what Glover has done in the short time he's been in charge he's doing a good job so far.

Part of your point is valid but still judgemental in the sense that we are a new company now and still picking up pieces of what the old board left

AGREE entirely. The guy's got passion and commitment, but lets be realistic. There's a similarity here to the situation Widnes were in at the last application farce. Even though Widnes had been taken over by a very astute businessman and were back on a sound financial footing, the RFL then used the reason of the Club going into administration and the debris of the previous management, to achieve their own goals - IE getting Crusaders in for Sky TV. Totally wrong in my opinion by the way. So the problem for the Club's in this area is - what agenda do the RFL really have and will they want to show any compassion / understanding for teams that despite their history, are suffering against an unfortunate and pretty unique economic climate. I wonder how the RFL will stand the argument of now having too many teams in a particular area with the success of Widnes? We were told we were cluttered in this area with Wakey And Cas !!