Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Wed Mar 21, 2018 5:28 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

Whilst I 100% agree with the basic tenet, I don't think they'll get anywhere close to 10K people. Cup games are notoriously badly attended across the board - I'd think maybe 6K is more realistic.

Would still be a decent windfall

If we get through i'd bet its closer to 10k than 6k

That said, even if it was 6k, that would mean a windfall of about £30k

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Wed Mar 21, 2018 10:08 pm  

Highlander wrote:

Not a chance this will top 10k. It's early round of cc, it'll be somewhere in the 4-6k range.

If it's televised, is there a payment to the clubs for it? The other TV options would seem to be Leigh/London, or Oldham/HKR?

They played Widnes at home in the 6th rd last season and only drew a crowd of 5971 which is really poor considering its a local derby.You would hope they would muster a few more than that if we were to visit.
All academic of course till after Easter Monday.
On Easter, good win for Oldham last night at Fax.Should be a decent affair at our place Good Friday.

[Bullseye]

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:35 am  

Johnbulls wrote:

They played Widnes at home in the 6th rd last season and only drew a crowd of 5971 which is really poor considering its a local derby.You would hope they would muster a few more than that if we were to visit.
All academic of course till after Easter Monday.
On Easter, good win for Oldham last night at Fax.Should be a decent affair at our place Good Friday.

I think Oldham could well be the toughest team we play in the league this season. We certainly had tough games against them last year.

Interesting stat about the cup attendance at Wire last year. Think it puts things into perspective. Should we get past Hunslet I'd expect a similar attendance for our visit, probably not much more than 6k.

[Bulliac]

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:52 am  

I think we're overestimating our attraction to the fans of a super league club.

The 'money' tie would always have been an SL team at the lower ranked sides ground, simply as the SL side is an attraction to the fans of a lower grade team. However, we or Hunslet, got what the balls decided and there we will go. If it's us, we may well take a couple of thousand, I'd be surprised if we didn't but I wouldn't bet us not being the best supported club on the day, simply because when you have the likes of Leeds, Wigan and Saints as normal visitors then neither we, nor indeed Hunslet, are a big attraction and Wire fans will be expecting a big and unexciting, win. Season tickets won't apply (I assume), so it's how many buy tickets beforehand or walk up. It's a game SL fans may well decide doesn't match up to a day at the seaside..

[Pumpetypump]

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:34 pm  

If anyone is in any doubt, just pop over to the Warrington forum and observe how they couldn't give a flying toss that they might be playing us in the cup. Virtually zero interest.

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:24 pm  

Pumpetypump wrote:

If anyone is in any doubt, just pop over to the Warrington forum and observe how they couldn't give a flying toss that they might be playing us in the cup. Virtually zero interest.

Understandable as we're in L1, but i also get the feel Warrington are a bit stale at the moment and not much for their fans to get excited about, Similar to use in 08,09,10. After the glory years, we just became an average, boring team. Warrington seem to be the same, good enough to avoid the bottom 4, but seem to be off challenging the top teams.

We'll probably sell around 2k tickets due to the excitement of playing an SL team again . So i'd expect a crowd of around 5-6k, which will probably generate around 25k+ for the club. Considering we only received 75k central funding, that will be a welcome boost to the coffers.

IF we beat Hunslet

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Fri Mar 23, 2018 8:00 pm  

Hunslet will be a harder tie than Wolves. If we get through them then we will smash Wolves.

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Sat Mar 31, 2018 2:32 pm  

Mead saying Keyes out with Concussion and Grant probably out due hamstring injury.

Real shame because both in good form, but nice to have Pickersgill to come in and Rickets who scored a Hat-Trick vs Wigan Reserves. Both in good form.

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Sat Mar 31, 2018 4:04 pm  

Or Jake Butler-Fleming. I think he was described as a centre/wing

Re: Hunslet (A) Cup Match : Sat Mar 31, 2018 4:08 pm  

I’d prefer to see butler-Fleming there last time I saw rickett against cougars in trial game his defence was poor not quite ready for 1st team imo.