I agree with previous two posters. I pay to be entertained and the current position by the club is short sighted.

The cost of the card entry (instead of paper ticketing) comes at a cost also. I would imagine this system is seen as an investment for future seasons but the cost of the investment has to come from somewhere - unfortunately students and OAP's.

I agree that students should get a discount, however if you are under 65 you are not an OAP.

wow so you would rather of kept the black market going then at the cost of the honest fans that was willing to pay the going rate to watch a sporting game, and you say that they have alienated fans and that is the reason for the drop in attendance, the only ones the have alienated is the ones that can't get the cheap tickets or even jump the wall

A couple of hours entertainment, in warm comfortable surroundings for half the price? Sounds a good idea that!

I'm not talking about the students and OAP's, there's been cheaper tickets and even freebies been handed around like sweets for a long time with a scant disregard for the clubs future, that with the cheeky buggers that jump the walls,
you reap what you sew and now the hard line has been put in front there's mass hysteria and outrage that this is all unfair

what the club should do is with every admittance there should be ear plugs handed out just so you don't hear all the whining that goes on

The root cause of all this problem is that the product we're trying to sell is poor. Only when we get a reasonably successful side will the floaters be prepared to pay a fair price.

I'm sure everybody would agree about the freeloaders but as the discussion was about the concessions it makes your point irrelevent. As for the last part that was just yet another excuse for you to have yet another pop at anyone who has the temerity to not agree with something the club has done and was unnecessary.

What!

Whatever you think of Wakefield's standing within the League or the game the product on the field is fantastic. You're watching athletes playing at the highest level of domestic Rugby of either code, whether that's Salford, Widnes or whoever Vs Wakefield.

Let's not get blasé about the quality of the sporting competition we watch or confuse our annual struggles with poor entertainment. Even when we're getting well beaten the games are entertaining and are better than most sports we could be following.

I'm not sure, but I think the reason the cost was so high was because of the whole package and not simply the card itself. The souvenir boxes, the beanie hats, pens and free entry for a friend for one game will have taken the bulk of the cost I would have thought. I'm surprised the club haven't re-introduced the card though; I think they were much better than the old style ticket books.

It might surprise you to know that this is chairman Carter's second season in command and as far as I'm aware he stopped all that nonsense with the freebies at the beginning of last season, so why confuse the issue by bringing this into the debate(unless you know something the rest of us don't) when clearly the majority of the posts' on this thread is about the withdrawal of student concessions which according to your post you don't have a problem with, that being the case what is your point. As for your last remark I suppose if the fans' get fed up of listening to people like the students' whining at matches they'll stop going that's assuming there are any students' still attending to do any whining.

Yes i think we all agree on the stopping of the freebies its no longer an issue, if we take the concession age rise out of the equation what we are basically saying is we encoraged the kids to attend for say ten years or so then as soon as they finish being a junior they jump straight up to adult with a season ticket increase from £70 to £250, its a big jump and risks loosing many of the young supporters whom we have been encoraging to attend matches regularly. Maybe its just me but it just doesnt seem to make sense. Anyway it is what it is and we will see but thats the last i will say on the issue.