galliant wrote:
A near 14% drop is pretty severe, do you have the stats for the previous rounds William?
I do have the stats Galliant but I won't be sharing them on here, despite all the fun to be had witnessing all the Moonies freaking out and frothing at the mouth over the pitiful attendance figures and then attempting to either pour scorn on them as an inaccurate portrayal or just simply attempt to shoot the messenger
Evidence last season also indicated that a certain Moonie publication was using my attendance figures and passing them off as their own in their published articles. The numbers they published and the timing and method of their publication was just way too much of a coincidence. They can do their own donkey work this season.
Suffice to say, the attendance figures thus far this season are hugely disappointing. Bear in mind that attendance figures during the first few weeks are always over-inflated due to excitement associated early doors with the new season. Attendances then stagnate and dip markedly during the summer months. The mere fact they are already down compared to last season is not good news.
It is always easy to tell how attendance figures are shaping up even without seeing any figures. If the figures are good, the Moonies will scream loudly about them, like they always do in Round 1. Then they go really quiet and STFU completely about attendances during the months of June, July and August when the figures are really crap.
On a related topic, I've noted there's been no mention of Sky viewing figures.
I wonder why?
A quick perusal of the viewing figures over at the BARB website explains why.
In comparison to last years Sky viewing figures (which incidentally were very poor and well down on previous seasons), this season they are even worse.
Currently 33% down on last season up to the beginning of March thus far.
None of that will rate a mention on the RFL website or in any of the Moonie RL websites or publications.
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