Quote ="hokeydokey"fans from both sides of the City have always said this is a RL city and they are right,so why do the Clubs need to spend thousand on advertising?Do we think thousands of people have not heard of either side and there are thousands waiting to be converted? I would like to bet that Rovers will have spent more in adverts then they have taken in raised pass sales,to be fair to Pearson his back us or we fail had a far better effect than any advertising did. A winning side will be bring fans in nothing else. Even a failed x factor singer will demand a decent wad of money and IMO they will probably lose more than they will gain.Both Clubs have lost passholders since city got back in the top flight and that as had a lot to do with it along with mediocre seasons or should be poor.Rovers may well get a record but like last season will not bring fans back,Rovers despite the spinwere down in two thirds of home games last season compared to the previous season only the freebies and discounted tickets made it look better'"
If we follow this model the game will die. A winning side will bring in fans who already have watched RL and theres no doubt that will help but it wont entice kids to go, both clubs need to up there game to get kids in and then keep them interested. Last year we had a real push for our opening game (similar to this year) but then did next to sod all after that, the prematch was rubbish (unless in the new stand) and then add on the rubbish game that inevitably followed it put off hardened fans never mind new ones.
Hull used to be the kings of spin in the run up to games, yes it was annoying and easy to mock when it went pear shaped but it does seem a case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater
