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.

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

[quote="faxcar":35ktdp6t]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?[/quote:35ktdp6t] 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.

[quote="Faxlore":2s6emjje]We have something to for. Avoid relegation![/quote:2s6emjje] WOW!

[quote="gizempo":v4o22nt7]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.[/quote:v4o22nt7] 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.

Young people should have free entry to every game. On exposure Social media seems to be the modern way to reach people other than the same old few who happen to drive the same old route past the Shay or by chance walk past a shop window. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and the Forums have been featuring the game for a few weeks since the draw and when your skint you have to balance costs vs return on advertising. At a time when the club is fighting for survival it’s a bit rich to be saying the club could do more when at the same time you’re deciding to stay away and do nothing apart from complain don’t you think?