Quote: Mrs Barista "You're right, it's very disappointing. There are maybe some points of mitigation, like you say Rovers fans avoiding the derby, ticketing awkwardness, the fact all our Super 8s games are on tv. However it's a concern that the lapsed fanbase has failed to respond to our best season in decades. Financially there will be welcome compensation for our success on the pitch but the acid test is season pass sales for 2017. I'd be getting the launch done asap.'"
Once people stop going it's really difficult to get them back. They find other things to do and with most of your games being on TV the incentive to save £20+ outweighs going, especially as a family will have forked out around £500 to go to Wembley.
I would have thought pass sales will be better next year. RL has lost a lot of interest of late (that might be in my head cos we've been rubbish) but there seems a lot of apathy generally in the game.
Worrying times for the game in general.