last nights attendance was shocking, the love for the cup has gone

I don't think there is a cup or trophy that is good looking as the challenge cup and it should be every bodies dream to win it

2K turning out very poor

Well there we have it. Unless we win the thing there is no financial incentives it seems. The circa £1m the club gets from just being in SL means the league is more vital to the club.

Unfortunately the crowds will only come back when the tickets are cheap or free. Last seasons improved performances and this seasons crowds have shown that they do not necessarily corolate to an increase in the gate.

Well it wasn’t wakeys dream to win it- the coach made that clear in his pre match interview.
Neither is it unprecedented to get poor attendance- the earlier rounds of the challenge cup has had poor turn outs for many years- in fact since they moved the final to August- worse thing they did.
Wakey have to ensure SL survival- that’s worth much more to them financially than the cup. If they were to drop down they wouldn’t find it easy to come back. Hudds in the other hand are in s different position back to back wins were more important than the type of game.

He's a Hull fan (he's from Stanley but both his parents are from Hull).

Even fewer at Widnes, just over 1800, which bearing in mind they were playing Leeds, with their "huge support" is just disgraceful.
All those Leeds "fans" that turn up for the big games should be ashamed of their efforts.

It's a real shame that the Challenge Cup is so low down the shaft these days.
Leaving the SL clubs to come into the comp just before the quarter finals has taken away all of the "magic" of the cup but, there is a serious problem with attendances and I'm not sure what the remedy is.

What, we made almost £0.5m!!

We indicated straight after the Hull KR game that we were going to make changes. We used the cup to rest players which suggests what the underlying thinking was.
The problem now is what do we do with Caton Brown whose scoring percentage must be quite phenomenal.
It is a shame that BJB cannot play full back. He can catch the high ball and is obviously quick but not sure he has the positional or passing game required for this position.

Leeds fans turned up in respectable numbers (not massive but certainly not poor), Widnes fans just didn't bother. Most season ticket holders can't be bothered to fork out the extra cash, whereas more away fans will stump up the cash (as they do for all away games). I wish the RFL would create a standard £10 entrance fee for Challenge Cup games. Get 5000 fans in for £50,000 on the balance sheet rather than 1800 x £17 for £30K. Reduce ticket costs, increase the attendance figures and create break even revenue. Of course bringing the final back to late May and having a cup game every month in Feb, Mar and Apr wouldn't hurt the competition. The RFL have to put some strategic actions into reigniting interest in the Challenge Cup, but this is the RFL we are talking about.

Win that and you are two games from Wembley. You arent quite good enough to mount a serious top 4 challenge but you certainly are good enough to win a couple of one offs. I know survival is paramount for you guys, but you look safely in the top 8 to me. Chester saying it isnt a priority is just deflecting from a poor result imo.

That said anyone who wants him out now needs to give their head a bang.

The 'Magic of the Challenge Cup disappeared 10 years ago when Leeds and Saints got drawn together in a First Round tie and all people were bothered about was that one of them wouldn't be going to Wembley.
The next season, the Cup was 'seeded, absolute rubbish, this on top of moving the Final to August.