we did with McNally last season

Why £25 for a Thursday night game you ask ?



Because it's 2017 not 1917 .... Super League RL costs money, no more than at the majority of SL Clubs.

£25 is a lot of Money to me and its hard to justify £50 for me and my Wife and travelling after work from Warrington on a Thursday night , which means I may miss the start of the game, but my thought is its better to have 10000+ at the game than 6000+ and I think a lower price would encourage that on a regular basis.

I know its not 1917, and no longer get to too many games, as my life's changed since I used to go regularly, but I did do 20 years every game home and away in the dark years when week in week out we wondered if the club would survive, I did sponsored walks to other grounds to help save the club etc so im not just someone who pops on here to cause problems, I just have an opinion like the rest of you.

I think All SL Clubs should look at pricing in relation to the amount they get in crowds. The Higher the crowd ,the better the atmosphere, the more likely you will sell more merchandise ,drinks etc ,which then brings more revenue into clubs.

I see every week on TV clubs that once had near 20000 crowds scraping 7000 if they are lucky and full stands empty on TV, because teams decide to keep them closed ,to save money ,which makes the game look like its on its backside ,which in reality at the moment, I think it is.

New rules and the quality of refs is making the game boring, teams full of muscle men with the same moves every game, wingers the size of prop forwards ,makes for a one dimensional game ,where its 4 runs up the middle and a kick which more times than not goes straight to the opposite full back or winger.

The games rules need to be made simpler to help the refs, and players need to be given more free reign by the coaches to do their own thing and put more flare into the game. In most teams I can almost tell you who is going to take the ball after the next tackle, as teams are so regimented ,Warrington comes to mind . That's why Castleford are top of the league as they are playing exciting off the cuff rugby like Leigh did in the lower division in the last few years and makes for a more exciting team and game and less penalties.

sorry for the long answer but that's how I see the game at the moment.





Cheers John

Excellent post John, the highlighted bit is the major problem the game is getting predictable and boring.

But cutting the price from £25 to £20 or even £15 wouldn't really add many more people to the gate though.

I agree Leythlg .....



& Jon_t, apologies, I was in a flippant mood rather than trying to be rude, much of what you say is true, however cutting the ticket prices would not IMO result in massive increases in attendance.

It was very well documented pre season we would have Four premium matches,which would carry additional entry fees.



Its not as though we weren't told.

this is true,i like a lot of fans will/have paid the extra two quid,but at the time we played these teams,where/are they top four???.money is tight for a lot of people.its still at the end of the day two teams playing for eighty minutes.there was no price increase in the championship when we played the top teams.i know it happens elsewhere and in other sports,but i dont think its right,especially for parents with kids.up the comics.

3200 att salford wakey game says it all

I respect what your saying,but its more than just 80 mins Rugby these days. Pre match entertainment,events never mind extra security all come at a cost.

i know what your saying,i pesonally dont get it.pre match not really interested myself.if you go to the cinema the price is the same if the film last 90 mins or 180 mins.when skyfall came out people were queing outside for days,the price stayed the same.we have now played three prestige or whatever you call them games and none have been anywhere near a sell out,and i doubt wigan will be either.there are reasons people stay away,the club should be interested in finding out why.i would love watching my team in front of a packed lsv. up the comics.

Hi Ste hope your well, i think that the example you have given isn't the best one to pick, simply because for many years Salford have struggled to attract regular big/decent crowds. People used to say "Salford is football and not Rugby" and that was at the Willows. Now i'm led to believe no Salford fan could walk to the ground, but i do agree that the sport in the main seems to be on a decline regarding numbers attending matches. Personally i think the scheduling of the games and then re-scheduling of said games has more to do with the decline than the price.

sorry I must be missing your point, wasn't the OP about expensive tickets on a Thursday night?



The Salford v Wakey game was £10 a ticket and played on a Sunday....

good points,i went to the game.its a good stadium,they have a good team who are playing well.at £25 a seat & £5 car park its not cheap.i work in salford and people who used to go to the willows say its hard to get too,and its too pricey.worryingly i did not see many kids,so it dont look good for the future.

No Worries Pal ,I am just losing heart with the game at the moment, seen the situation we are in all too often at Leigh ,High hopes early in the season turning to disappointment towards the end .I just hope we are not the team in that Million Pound game if its at HKR ,as I can see them coming straight back up at the cost of one of the bottom 4 in Super League and at the moment ,if we don't sort things it could be us . Too many of the players that were going to give us Sl success have spent most of the season sat in the stands

My Sister will be there tomorrow she goes to every game ,every year with others from the family ,so I will be represented if I can't make it

Same HKR who beat Bradford by 1 and drew with Fev in last 2 games??

totally agree...

Either of those three teams would beat Wire at present. Still a few twists and turns left before the 8's.



Sixteen players I recall out for one reason or another last season at one point.Wasn't the case come the 8's.

Spot on, think we learned a lot of lessons from the season previous where we burned out - see a similar pattern this season

Wire would and will put 40 on all 3 teams...

That's a good enough reason for you to be where you are, when Hull KR knocked you out of the cup like them you were suffering from injuries but maybe their injured players' were not as influential as yours were, if you can get most of your players back in time for the middle 8s' then there's no reason why you should be worried about any of the championship clubs or the other 3 SL for that matter.

I have just predicted at work we will win 28-16 hope springs eternal

looking forward to it come on you leythers

I work with a pile of wiganers so I will be off tomorrow if we lose

Same Hull KR that beat us at LSV. Also, we also narrowly beat Bradford at summer bash last year.

They couldn't put 40 on't miners at present.

Who is going to do what to who in the 8's can not be determined yet.



Players back from injury with the players coming in to the club will see us do reasonably well in the 8's IMO but we will have to see what shape all 8 clubs are in, the week leading up to it.



It's effectively a brand new competition



I am confident though we will consolidate our Super League status at the end of it.