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Read Ken's reply [url=http://www.giantssupporters.co.uk/Editorial/Ken%20Davy,%20April%202013.htmlhere[/url.

Wow. You can really sense the disappointment in crowd numbers in that letter. It's very unlike ken to be downbeat.

Sounds like he's getting fed up from that and other stuff i've read and what he's said.
He's right though, what more as a club can we do ?? only thing i can think is that crowds are so poor because of the weather and the economic climate and will maybe pick up when the weather changes.

I don't think the Good Friday result will have helped at all. Those seeing that will have just thought- "nowts changed" here comes the mid season slump. I reckon win the next three get into may in a good position and people will start to come back. Esp with towns current position and the Wendyball season coming to an end. Shame the CC has been moved to August.!

Yep, think your right Jools, i know 3 people who didnt bother yesterday simply because of Friday.
Warmer weather should bring more out though.

To me that reads as a grateful yet frustrated Ken Davy. He is right, this is arguably the most successful team since the team of all talents. Yes all it's missing is silverware, but we've been mighty close on a few occasions.

We all want much bigger crowds and if you look at the teams around us, they are all getting bigger crowds than us. We should be on or around 10k average. However doubling season ticket prices during an economic downturn was always going to make it a massive challenge. Still how do we compare price wise to Wigan, Wire, Leeds, Saints, Hull and Bradford?

similar comments in his write up in the match programme too, very disapointed with the hull fc attendance.

people are to interested in the football im afraid and the current financial climate isnt helping, we arent the only ones struggling with attendances this season.. bradford, castleford and widnes also not to mention london

The second half of last season definitely took the wind out of the sails of the fans and drained a lot of enthusiasm. Think also however that some fans are too quick to moan, think they know better and some even seem to actively search for topics to be negative about. I don't think any other fans are quite so keen to preach or whine about anything and everything and hold back the club. A bit of blind optimism would do us all a world of good, especially considering that most of us have never had it so good.

Worrying reply. As I've said previously, the club is competing with a Championship team and limited disposable income. Double the Season Ticket prices and people will pick and choose. If the team can maintain some form as the weather warms up hopefully people will come back.

People are sat waiting for the wobble and for us to drop away. If we maintain form and the sun shines then surely we will see an increase.

i started to go watch the giants when we first got in super league and we were the whipping boys..8 of us went back then and only 2 of us go still now, those years made us lose a generation of supporters. We are having to build all over again at the moment. would be interesting to know what percentage of our supporters are aged between 22-32, not much id say as they have been lost.

Funny thng is , from when we were crap i know of at least 20 people who went home and away religiously back then who dont come at all now, seems weird that you would go then but not come along and enjoy us at our best but i guess thats due to them having families/partners/other interests.

I think the biggest drop though is down to the 2/3 years of cheap season tickets when people and maybe whole families bought them and probably enjoyed coming but when the prices went up and there was no silverware to look at decided they werent prepared to pay more and didnt renew and found other things to do at weekends.