Joined: Feb 27 2002 Posts: 5442 Location: Aberdeen
Every result has been highly predictable, but we still sold thousands and thousands of tickets.
The international game is the product lads, the domestic product doesn't even compare!
“You are playing a game of football this afternoon but more than that you are playing for England, and more even than that, you are playing for right versus wrong. You will win because you have to win. Don’t forget that message from home. England expects every one of you to do his duty.”
Hopie wrote:Every result has been highly predictable, but we still sold thousands and thousands of tickets.
The international game is the product lads, the domestic product doesn't even compare!
Will people pay up again to see such a poor product though? None of the games have impressed, its a good job we wont host again for a decade or so and memories will fade
TheWarringtonWolve69 wrote:Shut up you moron and get back to your coal mine and flat caps.
Waste of time. Lol ok. There have already been more highlights and stories than any other World Cup for the past 30 years
No need to be rude!
90+ point scorelines just make the sports headlines look a joke, they may as well have just shared videos of England, Australia, NZ and Tonga training sessions
UllFC wrote:Will people pay up again to see such a poor product though? None of the games have impressed, its a good job we wont host again for a decade or so and memories will fade
Hull FC have been awful for the past couple of years under hodgson / Radford, Warrington awful this year under Powell, Wakey awful.... indefinitely but fans still show up each week and will renew season passes for next year. I think people who go see the games in non heartland areas like Middlesborough today might have been impressed with the skill on show from the dominant side rather than worrying too much about it being a close game.
I do worry the marketing departments just presumed that because we, the core fans know rugby league is good, therefore new fans will turn up en masse because it's a world cup, marketing needed to be a lot better, today for example, emailing about buying tickets at 13:21 for a 14:30 kickoff in Middlesborough is unacceptable, no mention of the captain cook link either, again something they could have played on. They've had an extra year to get the marketing spot on, and sadly I don't think it's been good enough.
Steve0 wrote:I do worry the marketing departments just presumed that because we, the core fans know rugby league is good, therefore new fans will turn up en masse because it's a world cup, marketing needed to be a lot better, today for example, emailing about buying tickets at 13:21 for a 14:30 kickoff in Middlesborough is unacceptable, no mention of the captain cook link either, again something they could have played on. They've had an extra year to get the marketing spot on, and sadly I don't think it's been good enough.
Yes lots of basic mistakes being made. The TV adverts werent direct enough either in my opinion, show some big hits, and a try or two then flash the date, time and location of the game up. Casual viewers dont sit wondering what 'this is real impact' is on about.
UllFC wrote:Yes lots of basic mistakes being made. The TV adverts werent direct enough either in my opinion, show some big hits, and a try or two then flash the date, time and location of the game up. Casual viewers dont sit wondering what 'this is real impact' is on about.
I remember one advert on Facebook advertising a game at the "eco power stadium" didn't even say where the eco power stadium was.
Everything can't be put down to the cost of living crisis either, Wembley is sold out today for the NFL, a game that has no domestic teams in the UK that you pay to go watch, and murrayfield had 67,000 fans there yesterday for a meaningless game against Australia. Club Wembley tickets are currently on sale for next year's Cc final for £30 on the halfway line, a family ticket (2 adults and 2 kids ( in a category E area) is £33, but I can guarantee Wembley won't sell out for the cup final next year, whereas the NFL at Wembley will be, regardless of what team is playing there. Pricing, whilst an issue, isn't the be all and end all. The England v Fiji world cup warm up game had tickets for £10, it only had 6k there. We need to look at Union / NFL marketing, work out what they do well and integrate it into our marketing.
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Steve0 wrote:Everything can't be put down to the cost of living crisis either, Wembley is sold out today for the NFL, a game that has no domestic teams in the UK that you pay to go watch, and murrayfield had 67,000 fans there yesterday for a meaningless game against Australia. Club Wembley tickets are currently on sale for next year's Cc final for £30 on the halfway line, a family ticket (2 adults and 2 kids ( in a category E area) is £33, but I can guarantee Wembley won't sell out for the cup final next year, whereas the NFL at Wembley will be, regardless of what team is playing there. Pricing, whilst an issue, isn't the be all and end all. The England v Fiji world cup warm up game had tickets for £10, it only had 6k there. We need to look at Union / NFL marketing, work out what they do well and integrate it into our marketing.
The rules and the product, along with the officiating, dictate the excitement of our game. If that isn't appealing to most folk, then there is less interest in the game. This world cup isn't exactly hitting the headlines for the big top sport entertainment atm.
Joined: Feb 27 2002 Posts: 5442 Location: Aberdeen
215,434 is the cumulative attendance so far, if we can get some big crowds for the England Quarter, Samoa v Tonga, and the semis/final then the best attended tournament of all time should be achievable.
“You are playing a game of football this afternoon but more than that you are playing for England, and more even than that, you are playing for right versus wrong. You will win because you have to win. Don’t forget that message from home. England expects every one of you to do his duty.”
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