I think the Leeds fans are right. We are in the play-offs by a financial fluke and do not deserve to be there. The Leeds players will understand that when they run out to an empty Headingley (ignoring the full West Stand). The main battle for the Leeds players will be preserving their efforts for the trip to Perpignan six days later, and so if I was them, I would chill out Saturday and not expend too much effort during Saturday. They will sweep us aside in no time, and we all know that the true champions of Super League is the team that finishes fifth two years on the trot.

This game will be just like last week, with the masses from Wakefield looking accross the ground at empty terraces, where the home fans should be.
Lets hope that we see a few more Rhinos that the pitifull numbers that supported Salford.

Come on Trin !

I'm not going
It's on TV.

True supporter

It's a win-win for us, maybe you will go when it matters, if you're still able to??

A bit like Leeds fans have done for the last thirty years at Belle Vue. It's amazing where all the glory hunters have appeared from now the RFL have given Wakey a leg-up into the playoffs

So you are conceding that if Shedingley is half empty against us, then half of your support is based on hunting glory?
I agree with you by the way, true supporters turn up week in week out regardless of the opposition.

It's more to do with being bored of watching your team playing poorly against whipping boy SL rabble but just having to turn up to win. Most Leeds fans have endured this crap for 27 rounds simply because they had invested in a season ticket. Thankfully, today's game isn't covered by the season ticket so they don't feel obliged to turn up and waste their hard-earned on another meaningless fixture where the result is not in doubt.


True supporters of the game realise they are being sold short by SL and are becoming increasingly more inclined to demand value for money by being offered games against credible opposition in a meaningful game. Today's opposition does not satisfy any of that criteria in any way, shape or form. No offence intended.

Jesus Christ...
Where have all these Wake fans come from all of a sudden?
There's more of you commenting on this thread than there has been at BV for the past 5 years.

Let me guess this straight.
Your all saying ST holders who don't attend tonight's game are all glory hunters?
Ever thought there might be numerous reasons why I/many other people can't attend tonight's game?
Personally I'm skint. Don't get paid till next Friday, it's on TV so I'm staying at home.
Many other people are in the same boat!
Many people don't agree with the current play off system.
There's lots of reason why people can't attend tonight's game.

Heck...I'm a glory fan remember...boo hoo

I would say the average attendance more reflects your true supporters. In this respect Leeds have a damn good following averaging 15,000 despite 3 very,very, poor regular seasons. In tough financial times some fans just won't shell out for extra games after having paid for their season tickets, strange but true. This is Wakeys cup final and I'm not suprised there bringing a mob over, but week in week out Leeds have a good number of hardcore supporters that keep the club ticking over.

I disagree to a large degree as the economic climate has dictated that some sections of the public simply dont have the £££ to turn up week in week out.

Also the SL product is certainly not worth the £££ these days.

Wakey will never win SL as long as I have a hole in my .
They should merge with Cas and become a real threat to Featherstone.

They were great once though as their fans will remind you..........in the days of pot bellied props and turning up for training after a 12 hour shift.

Not certainly, I think £20 is reasonable for 2 hours of live sport, definitely better value and more entertainment than when I pay £34 to watch LUFC.

I think you (as many Leeds fans are) are just frustrated Bramley and Hunslet fans who jumped ship, but really have a romantic yearning to return.
This whole marching on together nonsense (embarrassing or what!!), it's just not in you really is it?
Stick to over land and sea and.....................erm, whatever Bramley used to sing!!!!

My apologies, I assumed all you big city types were all awash with cash!!!
No offence guv, it's nice to know we're all the same really!!!

Nope, I was born and brought up in LS6.

I'm frustrated with the meaningless SL product and the mediocre crap it continually serves up.

I mean... the 5th placed team being rewarded with a home play-off fixture against the whipping boy team which finished 9th? You couldn't make this sh[ii[/ite up.

I have a romantic yearning for the sport to return to it's meaningful roots with meaningful fixtures all counting for something, and where rewards are handed out for genuine hard earned success as opposed to finishing 5th or 9th

I paid £25 on average at Headingley plus the travel and also £34 at Elland Road plus travel.........neither were value for money in my opinion.

Agreed rugby league is IMO the better value but I frankly wasn't willing to pay the £££ to see a team put in half a shift in certain games which is simply down to fact that the 8 tier playoffs rewards mediocrity

Hmm I would suggest that with P+R out of the equation, the extended playoffs are to give the teams at the bottom something realistic to aim for and build towards. At the end of the day, we aren't gonna threaten Wire or Wigan but there's no other teams in the league who I'd say would be massive favourites when playing us. I can understand how having the extra playoff games might inconvenience those of you at the top, but surely you wouldn't begrudge us a crack at the big prize after all the crap we've had to deal with for the last 5 years or so?

The Hunslet song was we've swept the seas before boys.

We shall see about that

... and so we shall again.

Correct... it's the Hunslet anthem.

Not sure the Villagers at Bramley ever had one.

They had "We love rugby league" for a short while.

My cousin wrote it for them.

It was s[ihi[/it.

With the attendance for the Wakey game changing from 7.5k to 9.2K within the last 10 minutes of the game, where did the extra 2K come from.

Also, how many season tickets did we sell in 2012, as I have just received the renewal pack and the 2013 target is to reach 10K.