How many times has the KC had a big attendance and weve been rubbish? Its been happening for years - the club hypes a big game up and we fail to turn up. We put in a good performance today and some of the fans who only attend occasionally (because of this same issue) feel that they cant miss the next one - we play poorly and those same fans think same old same old and give it a miss for a while again. Im one of those fans - Its cost me £74 entry today (South 2 x adults & 3 x juniors) plus food, drinks, getting there and back id say thats £150 - we've had a nice day apart from the 80 mins of rugby which cost us half what we spent. Will i be rushing out to buy tickets for the next home game? - I doubt it tbh. There seemed to be lots of very dissapointed fans around us too who were saying they were sick of it - too many false dawns, big crowds and let downs

Another hand-wringing thread.

ffs bit over the top,but guess you pays your money blah blah blah,

Hope you haven't sold your armchair

I think Seb raises a valid point, we are never going to progress as a club unless we grow crowds and we can't grow crowds beyond the 10/11k core support if we keep letting down the people who dont attend regularly when we lure then in with a ticket offer and/or hype.

Its quite baffling because the team had no issue performing at Wembley, the CC semi or recent Magic Weeeknds in 'big' fixtures and the atmosphere at the KCOM has been quiet but not hostile towards the players.

how many did leeds bring? 1500? granted they had free coach travel (was this subsidised by the rfl as both clubs were working to market the game iirc), looked a good size following

Looked about that many and made it a better atmosphere, hope the clubs work together again to market games as they may need to if Rovers and Bradford dont sort themselves out.

The KC just isnt a home for us and the atmosphere is far from intimidating for opposition players. We actually play better away from home when the core supporters lift the team.

Without a doubt. We've been a mid table team, last year apart, for many years, with mid tier resources and decent attendances, yet there's a prevalent attitude of entitlement in some sections of our fanbase. Based on what I'm not sure. As a fan away games are more enjoyable, so can only imagine not dissimilar for players. Fans more vocal and supportive away from home, without a doubt.

But it's wrong to suggest as Mr Marrow did that those who go away are 'core' supporters. Some people just cannot afford to travel away every other week.

As for the home/away record, well the home record over the last year or two is a concern but in 2014 our away record was W2 D1 L10 and we lost the Magic game too. In 2015 we lost nine on the road so it'd be wrong to suggest that the away crowds are more valuable.