Re: Catalans again. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:36 pm  

Exactly !!

Re: Catalans again. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 4:01 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

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?

I honestly can't think of a worse draw we could have had but if you listen to people on TotalRL its a great draw that should attract a huge crowd.

Re: Catalans again. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 10:12 pm  

The whole idea of having Super League clubs come in at an earlier stage and make them play away was to give the lower opposition the home tie and give them a chance of getting some much needed funds in.

Unfortunately they forgot about Catalans having low away support and even more unfortunately we got them when it’s freezing in winter.

Re: Catalans again. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 10:48 pm  

faxcar wrote:

The whole idea of having Super League clubs come in at an earlier stage and make them play away was to give the lower opposition the home tie and give them a chance of getting some much needed funds in.

Unfortunately they forgot about Catalans having low away support and even more unfortunately we got them when it’s freezing in winter.

That is sheer bad luck. That said, the club have done next to nowt to promote the game. Not good enough!

Re: Catalans again. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:13 pm  

Hudd-Shay wrote:

That is sheer bad luck. That said, the club have done next to nowt to promote the game. Not good enough!

Promote the game to who?

Much of the games on it’s booty, no ones interested including the vast majority of people in Halifax and Calderdale, as an indicator there’s as many on here who won’t be going as will be and were long time die hard supporters so what does that tell us about the rest?

Re: Catalans again. : Fri Feb 07, 2025 8:20 am  

I would agree with both, the promotion of the game has been really, really bad but also interest from die hard fans looks to be really low as well. The problem is that the club has to find a way to bring new fans in, people who have either no, or little, interest in the game and to try and get them hooked. Pushing the club to the same people will always have the same results.

This is a game where kids should be in for free but instead the cheapest child ticket is £5 and its only this week freebies went out to community clubs but its only free entry if the person has a season ticket. Adult tickets were also sent out at £14 which I think is about right for this game anyway. The young adult pricing is ridiculous full stop and I think we have discussed it on here. Expecting 16-18 year olds to pay £16 to watch a game is totally unrealistic and its why the kids going to games will rarely turn in to adults that go to games.

Re: Catalans again. : Fri Feb 07, 2025 8:32 am  

I've argued all along that the attendance charge is way too high and the sport as a whole needs to address the issue.

Re: Catalans again. : Fri Feb 07, 2025 9:15 am  

faxcar wrote:

Promote the game to who?

Much of the games on it’s booty, no ones interested including the vast majority of people in Halifax and Calderdale, as an indicator there’s as many on here who won’t be going as will be and were long time die hard supporters so what does that tell us about the rest?

Totally agree, not sure what more the club can do. those that are interested in RL know this game is on, either come to watch or don't. Lower the price - but to what, you still need get the numbers right to make sure it will generate at least the same income, get it wrong and a bigger loss!

You've got to feel for the club, last year we had 4 home games in the cup and I bet all were loss making.

For getting a SL team, Catalan is the worse draw and we get them 2 years running. Had we got a Wigan, Leeds or HKR where you know there will be a fair amount of away support and atmosphere, that would encourage more fax fans to go - just as happened with Saints coming a few years ago when we got 4.7K there for the game.

Re: Catalans again. : Fri Feb 07, 2025 9:30 am  

Faxlore wrote:

We have something to for. Avoid relegation!

WOW!

Re: Catalans again. : Fri Feb 07, 2025 9:38 am  

gizempo wrote:

Totally agree, not sure what more the club can do. those that are interested in RL know this game is on, either come to watch or don't. Lower the price - but to what, you still need get the numbers right to make sure it will generate at least the same income, get it wrong and a bigger loss!

You've got to feel for the club, last year we had 4 home games in the cup and I bet all were loss making.

For getting a SL team, Catalan is the worse draw and we get them 2 years running. Had we got a Wigan, Leeds or HKR where you know there will be a fair amount of away support and atmosphere, that would encourage more fax fans to go - just as happened with Saints coming a few years ago when we got 4.7K there for the game.

What more can the club do? For starters how about advertising the game on the advertising boards at The Shay, a novel idea i know. Posters in pubs/clubs/shops. Hire the electric board on Market Street. Where there's a will there's a way.