: Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:15 am
Homer wrote:
1. Back your claim up with viewing figures by region.
2. Complete rubbish, they are heroes to nobody but specifically they are not nor do they appeal soley to "chavs"
3. You bang on about filling the stoop so what's wrong with "chavs" [which by the way is such a 2005 saying]
After a very successful 5 years providing services to the Premium Rate telephone industry I can catagorically state that 75% of my clients revenues were received from areas that are referred to as CD1's. This social group are more likely to enter competitions and vote in polls using Premium Rate telephone lines, as it is a perception that they aren't actually handing over "cash" to do so. CD1 is the predominant social group in Wakefield.
Secondly, we have seen the massive impact that George Sampson had at the Stoop. Dance days (we've had 2 this year) DO NOT WORK IN TW2! Maybe Diversity aren't "heroes" to anyone, but neither are they of interest to your average sports fan. They might go down well at half time at a Basketaball match....but if they were on at half time at the Stoop, I think the bar would have more people in it than the stand.
Thirdly, as much as I would love to see the stoop full for a RL game, I would not be targeting any particular "class" of people. But I will point out that Twickenham and Richmond where we are based is a predominantly AB area......or put another way, Middle class and therefore an Urban Street Dance Group would be less appealing to the domographic of the people who live within 5 miles of our stadium.
Yes, I bang on and on and on and on and guess what, since I started banging on in 2003 and being ignored (for the most part), the club have managed to add "0" fans to our average gates.
I have never said I have the solution, but I tell you what....those people who have been paid over the 6 odd years to provide a solution have failed and as such, I will continue to bang on.
Sunday 2 weeks will be my last Home Game and as I have posted elsewhere, 9,000+ is needed to just achieve parity with last year. Somehow, I can't see more than 3,750 and that will include a fair few from Cas (average 3,567). Last year we managed 2,112..........brilliant!
Without wanting to sound Like Rupe1 or Stormer and I would never desert my team, I will say the club have provided a perfect example of how to f^ck up another opportunity this season.
I pay to watch Rugby League.
