Totally agree on the attendance 1315, and the reason, but not the solution. My wife (who barely watches) didn’t understand why there were empty seats at a final, and it was a bit embarrassing explaining why.


I could’ve gone, and usually do, but didn’t. Main reason is because I’ll be going back to Wembley for the ashes in November, and I imagine that was on the mind of a lot of neutral/England fans.


I don’t think any two clubs could sell it out now. Wigan and Leeds obviously the most likely, but even then… 


Obviously back in the day the cup was the ultimate accomplishment. But I’m in my mid 30s, and I don’t understand why the cup final ever sold out. You have to play 4 games to get there, and 2 are usually walkovers if you’re an SL club. 


But I don’t think the solution is Old Trafford. You’d have the same issue with getting neutral fans to go to two big games at the same stadium, so both events end up being cannibalised. And it would consign us to being viewed as a strictly northern sport.


It’s hard because there’s not a load of money about, but I’d love to see cup final day being turned into a big party day with all the tradition baked in. DJs, stages outside, maybe a big halftime act, anything you can do to make it something fair weather fans would have to attend. Bit like Union 7s, NFL or NRL in Las Vegas. 

HKR buy for now, we are building for a future, so similar but not the same.


A few of our fans need to remember that too.

I do take that point as they've only really got 2 players 25 or less in the first team.But they do have a lot of young players in their squad so it depends how they develop. Noah Booth as an example.


I like the way we are building a long term team, but there is a need to have some players in their prime, which is usually older than 25....like McM.

I do agree with you to a point, but have they the patience and time, with younger players ? (Corey Hall springs to mind) suppose time will tell.As for Booth, thought it was a strange move, his chances don't seem any better than at Wakefield.

Think everyone can see we got a very good player at fullback to cover for Jowitt , Hope we get him signed up ,Looks a far better  S L player than Booth . Just hope HKR treat Booth better than they did Hall who is beginning to look like a good .

You've also got Magic Weekend, trip to Catalans and (sometimes) end of year Internationals to think about. Just going to a single Superleague game isn't exactly cheap, either.


Factor in family summer holidays, Christmas etc etc there's not much brass int pocket.