applauding a common sense posting, it's good to hear that perspective hasn't gone completely out of the window



DH owns the keys to that budget. If he chooses not to release it, then the club goes down with him, but at what point does that become the GM's fault? As HKB points out, he needs to earn DH's trust. I think you're expressing your angst at the wrong person. Someone who's been in charge for 2 months or 10+ years?



Btw - I suspect the break even for any benefactors at the club is an attendance of circa 10k depending on ticket price. It's prob not going to happen in our lifetime, but we can hope. There have been plenty of incidences of sub 2k audiences in the past 15 years and the club has survived....

Which are mostly focussed on Corporate and sponsorship rather than ' bums on seats ' type marketing

But unfortunatley you dont , you need to spend 10 K and you will get back 1 K , so most then stop and say " Its not working "

So what you have to do is spend 10 K every match and then 3/4 years down the line it starts to pay off

But that type of long term thinking doesn't exist in the world of RL

South West Trains pays an annual fee of £119m for its franchise, instead of receiving subsidies, and I doubt they get much of it from rural Dorset. How much are we all paying to subsidise the Northern Rail Cup?

Agree, trouble is short term results are also a major driver for the majority of supporters as noted on most threads on the VT.

The RFL are also guilty of the short term fix , thats why they concentrate on the sponsorship/corporate angle

Getting fans in is hard work , who likes working hard ?

I know our crowds are not very good, buts let’s put it in perspective! There were only 4,721 at Wakefield tonight. Two heartlands clubs only 55 miles apart!

Perhaps it’s not just our club but the product, or the perception of the product on offer!