Catalans again. : Sun Feb 02, 2025 2:07 pm  

In case anyone missed it, we are just six days away from our Challenge Cup tie against the french SL side at The Shay. The lack of publicity for the match is shocking. Unless you're on Facebook you probably wouldn't know there was a game on at all. Even the billboards at the ground are advertising the next home as against Barrow on February 23rd. The club really need to address this as we are going backwards in so many aspects and just hoping people turn up isn't going to succeed. Here's hoping!

Re: Catalans again. : Sun Feb 02, 2025 5:50 pm  

Full price as well and with the game on YouTube its not really encouraging people to get through the turnstyles. Just have to hope we don't pick up any injuries in this one and hopefully with the pitch now destroyed it might bring Catalans down to our level a bit.

Re: Catalans again. : Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:43 pm  

The pitch to be fair didnt look that bad against Thatto but i am guessing football will have been played on it since. I think we lost 40-4 to them last year so i would hope we could be a bit more competitive this time but it is hard to see anything other than a big win for them. We really just need a bit of luck to come through it unscaved.

Re: Catalans again. : Tue Feb 04, 2025 12:48 am  

Am not expecting anything less than a 60 point beating

Re: Catalans again. : Wed Feb 05, 2025 9:05 pm  

The Panthers Facebook post “ CALLING ALL RUGBY LEAGUE FANS - WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!” sounds more like another plea for help rather than just trying to get more through the gate to me.

Re: Catalans again. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 8:17 am  

The build up to this game has been shocking and like faxcar says, it feels like panic stations at this point. Sponsorship packages not sold, presuming pre match sales are abysmal with no discount, do people even know there is a game on? What are the club doing to get people through the gates apart from this begging post?

Re: Catalans again. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 8:44 am  

I attend all home games but I have considered not going. £25 to watch us lose to SL team who will bring no support, we won’t have many supporters. No atmosphere. I struggle to see what the attraction of this game is. Also SL have killed off the excitement on the Challenge Cup. It just an ‘also have to play’ competition as they all focus on the grand final as the most important thing to win.

[Bullseye]

Re: Catalans again. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:03 am  

I can certainly empathise - seems you lot are now where we were a few years back. That cup draw is a stinker. If I were Eastmond I'd be worried about risking my threadbare squad in such a game. It's hardly the sort of match to get people enthused is it?

Re: Catalans again. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:15 am  

Not getting a match day sponsor sums up the whole sorry state of affairs. We're skint before the season starts ...... I'm guessing season ticket sales were poor?

I've said before that the club should have gone into administration and dropped down to League 1, otherwise they'll forever be chasing debt repayments. The Championship will be a basket case anyway this season with nothing to play for on the pitch because everything is decided off it, and the irony of being in League 1 is that there's promotion to play for!

Re: Catalans again. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:36 am  

Tony Fax wrote:

Not getting a match day sponsor sums up the whole sorry state of affairs. We're skint before the season starts ...... I'm guessing season ticket sales were poor?

I've said before that the club should have gone into administration and dropped down to League 1, otherwise they'll forever be chasing debt repayments. The Championship will be a basket case anyway this season with nothing to play for on the pitch because everything is decided off it, and the irony of being in League 1 is that there's promotion to play for!

We have something to for. Avoid relegation!