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.

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?

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.

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?

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!