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| fridays,then i dont have to turn weekends down at work
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| Fridays are better for me but the away supporters and those who don't live in the area it can be a struggle to get to the ground in time. All those who have travelled to Wigan or other clubs on a friday night will know what i mean.
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| Quote ="hull_lad01"Only about 1% of the fan base (if that) post in here.
This forum isn't a true reflection of the whole fanbase.
I'm not saying I'm right or wrong I just want a fair reflection of the fanbase of the club not a snapshot.
I have an email from James Rule where I posed a question to him about a subject (not Friday/Sunday Games) and was advised in the email "We Asked 1 person"
That to me stinks and I hope will change with Adam here.
I once had respect for James, I have little following recent interactions with him, but I'll let the water settle and then I'll speak with him again. See if he's now asked 2 People LOL'"
I think you missed the point. Gates have actually gone up since the move to Friday nights. Nothing to do with the opinion on here.
I very much doubt just ONE person was asked about their preference by the club
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| Quote ="hullbg"Fridays are better for me but the away supporters and those who don't live in the area it can be a struggle to get to the ground in time. All those who have travelled to Wigan or other clubs on a friday night will know what i mean.'"
Not sure the away support is affected too much by the match day for us to be honest.
Leeds and Wigan will always bring a fair few and Rovers will alway bring the same support. Away support from Catalans, Harlequins and Crusaders will not be affected. The rest is fairly negligible. How many fewer will, say, Salford bring on a Friday than a Sunday?
If we are aiming to be a top 3 club then a fair proportion of our home games will be on Sky so I say stick to Fridays and reduce the chances of games being moved anyway.
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| I prefer Fridays personally.
However, the best strategy for RL in general would have no fixtures that clash with the games on SKY.
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| Quote ="hull_lad01"Please Please Please...........
You'll get more fans in
You'll sell more pies and pints man
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SMC take the profit from the muck they sell.
Or ... or....are you suggesting Adam and Assam are in some sort of complicated deal together???
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| I much prefer Friday night matches, then it frees your weekend up
Although I don't mind the odd Saturday night game
I agree with some of the others who have posted on here saying that attendances on a Friday night have increased, because they have
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| Friday for me !!
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| Hour and a half travel to all home games for me, initially was not happy but now used to it and overnight in Hull on the pop for most homes games
So Keep the games on Friday for me
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| can't bring myself to make a rebecca black joke, fridays for me
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| Fridays for me.
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| Quote ="hull_lad01"Only about 1% of the fan base (if that) post in here.
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It ain't talking about the opinions of the forum posters, I'm talking about the attendance figure increase since moving to Friday rugby despite been in a recession and with poor forum on the field.
We moved to exclusively Friday night games for the 2009 season and saw an average increase of 1,104 fans, the year after a further 345. The year before we lost on average 385 from the year before, we had gained 1,569 before that but we were also in a Grand Final in 2006. Personally, I don't think it is a huge leap to draw a clear line between those figures and move to Fridays - not least since we were not exactly playing show piece RL at the time.
This year attendances have dropped a shocking 1,798 on average apparently (according to SLStats.org), but personally I think that is due to people have less money and the Rugby League we've been playing been frankly dull over a long period of time.
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| Quote ="Bal"This year attendances have dropped a shocking 1,798 on average apparently (according to SLStats.org), but personally I think that is due to people have less money and the Rugby League we've been playing been frankly dull over a long period of time.'"
I don't think the very poor form and performances at the start of the season helped the attendances.
In any event we didn't have any Friday home games between April 22 (Rovers) and July 8 (Salford).
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| Sunday rugby is b*llocks, why people keep banging on about it I don't know. Atmosphere is worse and work the next day, hope they never bring them back. Shame Cas and Bratfut have changed to Sundays as those nights always used to be good crack.
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| Quote ="Scott Brown"Sunday rugby is b*llocks, why people keep banging on about it I don't know. Atmosphere is worse and work the next day, hope they never bring them back. Shame Cas and Bratfut have changed to Sundays as those nights always used to be good crack.'"
It was never b@llocks back in the day when rugby was played every sunday at the boulevard and teams were intimidated to come to hull!! Love the kc personally but the atmosphere is sh!ite compered to them days mate!!
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| Quote ="Freddy Lee"It was never b@llocks back in the day when rugby was played every sunday at the boulevard and teams were intimidated to come to hull!! Love the kc personally but the atmosphere is sh!ite compered to them days mate!!'"
But 1985 was 26 years ago
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| FOR ME WE KEEP FRIDAYS KEEPS WEEKEND FREE AND ONE THING THE SMALL SUNDAY CREW FORGET IS THAT IF WE CHANGED TO SUNDAYS AND MOST OTHER TEAMS PLAY FRIDAYS WE ONLY HAVE A FOUR DAY REST PERIOD WHERE OTHER STILL HAVE 6 NOT LOGICAL , PEOPLE WILL THEN MOAN THAT THE PLAYERS LOOK TIRED.
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| Quote ="Freddy Lee"It was never b@llocks back in the day when rugby was played every sunday at the boulevard and teams were intimidated to come to hull!! Love the kc personally but the atmosphere is sh!ite compered to them days mate!!'"
I think that's more to do with what's (not) happening on the pitch; I've been going for 30 years and I have found it harder and harder to get myself motivated to go to the game, never mind actually singing or chanting.
Fridays for me, it leaves the weekend free for me to do what I/we like.
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| Not bothered which day personaly.Would rather they bombed out this stupid reserved only East Stand idea.
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| Fridays for me . Leaves the rest of the weekend free .
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| Just to be consistent I will say the sooner game day is back to Sunday the better. Weekends are c rap when we have been beaten. I only have so much cash to spend so all this talk of it leaving the weekend free to be with family etc is b olloxs as rugby is my choice of leisure with the family as it was for my parents and I can't afford to take family to both every other week. It also does exclude kids from going in a lot of cases school night or not. I also feel Friday nights restrict the match day experience. If done correctly we could generate a great experience utilising the Park and the ground facilities similar to in Australia if we played at 3pm on a sunday. The day could build from mid morning onwards. The SMC would be pleased as additional sales would come in etc. There are massive opportunities which cannot be explored at 7pm on a Friday night.
The players rest argument is b olloxs. If you actually go through the fixtures there is enough variation in the playing dates to show this actually balances out. It was an argument used at the time of the change which does not stand up to scrutiny.
The away support is diminished on a Friday night and also it restricts the home support to a parochial crowd who are simply local at the exclusion of those who have flown the nest as it where.
I appreciate it doesn't work for all, but a mix would be far better as it was thus allowing everyone to be included. I do suspect though that it will stay the same as Jimmy will always fall back on his scientific survey.
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| friday is better for me. also i wouldn't chamge it back to sunday on the back of the opinion of someone who doesn't go when times are bad. if we do a survey the survey should take into account whether your a true fan or not
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| Fridays on the dreary cold miserable evenings......
Sundays when the weather perks up a bit.
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| Quote ="Graham Richards"Just to be consistent I will say the sooner game day is back to Sunday the better. Weekends are c rap when we have been beaten. I only have so much cash to spend so all this talk of it leaving the weekend free to be with family etc is b olloxs as rugby is my choice of leisure with the family as it was for my parents and I can't afford to take family to both every other week. It also does exclude kids from going in a lot of cases school night or not. I also feel Friday nights restrict the match day experience. If done correctly we could generate a great experience utilising the Park and the ground facilities similar to in Australia if we played at 3pm on a sunday. The day could build from mid morning onwards. The SMC would be pleased as additional sales would come in etc. There are massive opportunities which cannot be explored at 7pm on a Friday night.
The players rest argument is b olloxs. If you actually go through the fixtures there is enough variation in the playing dates to show this actually balances out. It was an argument used at the time of the change which does not stand up to scrutiny.
The away support is diminished on a Friday night and also it restricts the home support to a parochial crowd who are simply local at the exclusion of those who have flown the nest as it where.
I appreciate it doesn't work for all, but a mix would be far better as it was thus allowing everyone to be included. I do suspect though that it will stay the same as Jimmy will always fall back on his scientific survey.'"
How many people do you think will be up for getting to West Park at mid morning on a Sunday?
Summer era crowds on Sundays have generally speaking been below that of Friday games. People have far more things to do on a Sunday than, say, twenty years ago.
Personally I'd go anyway regardless of the day but I maintain that Fridays are more popular. The posts on here back that up as does the fact that Wigan and Leeds choose to play on Fridays and I imagine Saints will also do so next season.
I sympathise with people like yourself and Kosh who live away and cannot get to the KC on Fridays but I guess you cannot please everyone all the time.
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| Sunday please,
Chance of a bigger 'Away fan' attendance, creates more of a 'buzz'.
Always seemed to have a bit more atmosphere as well, or was that because the team were performing better then?
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