St Helens Wolf wrote:
The rankings in the link are based on change vs. previous season. The numbers emphasise just how much the previous year's performance impacts upon the next season's attendance. Saints were up in 2024, I expect that they'll suffer a big drop off in 2025 based on both finishing position and their new style of rugby.
This, has Smiffy said already fans are fickle. If the team is not winning or performing fans stop going. I saw it at the back end of the Smith era fans around me were disappearing and not coming back.
Now I personally don’t have a problem with that, you pay you choose. I have always said people will go if the team is doing well it’s the nature of sport is why I have always hated the gimmicks to get fans in, build a winning culture and they will come. Sorry for field of Dreams reference was not intended. Yes there are the people that go to games come what may and that is good as the club needs them but income wise for a professional sports club you need the winning culture.
There will be some that dislike that and I get that argument. Remember 2009 Wembley most the town went to that final but there were people asking where are they week in week out we were a mid table team back then. Leeds, Saints and Wigan get bigger crowds because they are the successful teams. We need to get on a successful run not gimmicks. Gimmicks are fine as a reward for loyalty I don’t know.
