Lets hope its a good attendance

Lets hope so Lynda, but I think the " I told you they were rubbish" brigade and the PR knockers will use it as an excuse not to bother. We really need a good score, a ruthless performance and a loud North stand (with a bit of help from the west) to put us back on track.
Come On You Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeigh.

Lets hope ALL our home fixtures are good attendances!!

We started with a solid 1800plus for the first game - and as this is gonna be the minimum benchmark this season, lets hope last Sunday's 2nd half 'brain fart' does not put off anyone new we attracted to the Barrow match....or indeed any 'BOB's we were hoping to entice!

I'm confident - based on the evidence of the four performances prior to last Sunday - that this was little more than a blip, and we'll be back to winning ways this week. Two wins should see us safely out of the group, then concentrate on the league for a few weeks, before planning our assault on Wembley!!

The half empty view is we haven't beaten a championship side in competitive rugby yet.

or in the league come to that

Hunslet Hawks, should be over 3000 on !

Sundays are hit and miss for me due to family commitments and I won't be going to this one. Due to the team we are playing, it being a Sunday and the NRC, I think the att will be around the 1600 mark.

Wasn't it said we need 2,000 per game to break even ?

I presume this will be the average from the seasons games as we've no chance of 2,000 v Hunslet in the current climate.
Whilst I'm looking forward to the game (not least because it will be the last home game I see for some time !) I'm afraid the harsh realitys of financial life will hit clubs like ours this season, thats why the club is working twice as hard to get people in, we need everyone to back the club regardless of on field results this season.

It is hard for clubs though, the the news that Salford need 8,000 per game to break even makes me a little more pleased that those running our club are being more realistic with what to expect than maybe the guys at Salford are.

Thursdays and Fridays a bit of a wash out for me - at my advancing years night driving does not feature high on my list of priorities, so that means at least two of us are out and probably a couple more who travel from Clitheroe with me occasionally. (Saints fans)

1,800 average is the break even. 2,000 average will go some way towards paying our debts off.

A home draw in the CC against Widnes in the SL freebie round and then another home one against Wire in the next round would be good. That should boost the average.

After that I'm not to bothered but I wouldn't mind us playing the semi at Langtree Park.

Looking forward to Sunday , don't think the lads will need much encouragement to be fired up for this one , am sure they have been told and they know themselves that last Sunday not only did they let themselves down but also they let the fans that travelled to Sheffield down . I wasn't in that number last week , but am hoping to see the same high spirited Leigh team that have been unbeaten apart from last weeks blip .

Freebie round has been abolished, glow.

It wont be easy sunday,Hunslet have won 2 out of 2 and confidence will be high,its a must win game for Leigh.Should be a good game, i would hope we could get 2500 on.

Better still, beat Widnes and charge them for the privilege, as usual .

Scored a few points too so i agree we need to play well.
As for the att..i'd cream mi self if we got that v Hunslet

I would say we will get between 1600 and 1800

And even that would give us better average attendances than the two NR group games at home last year:

2011

Swinton 1,623
Sheffield 1,520

Average 1,571

2012

Barrow 1,860
Hunslet ????

To increase that average would be a significant achievement, given the supposed discontent over S/T prices.

we wont get 2k on sunday. Wont help the fact that Liverpool play Cardiff in the final

I'd hope we get another 1800 on Sunday to be fair though.

The lads deserve it.

Wendyball on TV MUST be an excuse to go to the Rugby

We had a thread on this a few weeks ago as to wether the game should be brought forward or not.
Personally speaking i'd have been happy if it had as that would given me a full day of sport

Sets a dangerous precedent though John as where do you draw the line? People will make their choice, although anyone who is missing the Leigh game to go to the pub to watch the Liverpool game is a bit of an odd one to me (I will say fair enough if they're going to Wembley).

Possibly Matt,but as Alan alluded to in an earlier post,with ST sales being down and if the whether is bad it could quite easily put off more than just Liverpool fans from coming to the game.

On another note was there not a bit of a surge for ST and/or TDC sales before the season kicked off?

Hear hear!

And that would give us an encouraging increase of about 250 per game, on this stage last season.