: Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:08 pm  

save the money, get some random teenage scrote to wire his nutsack up to a truck battery, and you have an instant break dancer at a very reduced rate

: Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:10 pm  

adam9641 wrote:

I know some of kids got turned away because he was only signing autographs for 30mins.

But question is, would all them have been at the game if he was not there?

No Barry thats the point he was there

Re: Thoughts on today : Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:11 pm  

[quote="Fred Gee"]1. [b]Crowd[/b]
6578 was not expecting that much, don't know if boy Sampson attracted anymore, difficult to tell how many Salford brought seemed quite a few behind the sticks as i walked round. On the other hand the size of our city we should be attracting more punters through the turnstiles especially with the start to the season we have had.Maybe its the cost to get in ?

2. [b]Boy Sampson[/b]

Personally thought it was a complete waste of time and money spent on him, apart from all the kids round him could not see how it was of any benefit to anyone else in the ground. I had to ask my niece where he was, she pointed someone out in a green hooded top. This could have been anyone and there were kids at school with a bit of lino who were just as good.

3. [b]Match[/b]

First half thought we controlled it without getting out of second gear. Second half thought we were very poor and their halfbacks ran the show. Very poor options on fourth and fifth tackle with forwards thinking they were playmakers.Certainly have to step up a few gears if we want to beat Warrington

The critic inside me aside with the players we have available before and then during the match it is a fantastic result and a brilliant start to the season.[/quote]

Another negative Wakey Fan

: Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:12 pm  

its just not the place to have a dancer at rugby match, I still think back to the barrow game where they had a live band playing

: Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:15 pm  

[quote="snowie"]:lol: its just not the place to have a dancer at rugby match, I still think back to the barrow game where they had a live band playing [/quote]

If it makes the attendance bigger and the atmosphere better then i think it's worth it

: Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:16 pm  

Missing my point.

I'm all for more spectators coming through the turnstiles even if the main reason is that they are not here the rugby as it is extra money for the club. Also that person may have enjoyed the rugby and want to come back again.

But from my perspective today was you could hardly see him and quite clearly it appears that a lot of youngsters have come down to see him and rugby aside if my sole reason for being there today was to see him perform today i would have been disappointed, Thought he should have at least walked round the ground so the youngsters could have seen him after he had performed.

: Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:19 pm  

snowie wrote:

:lol: its just not the place to have a dancer at rugby match, I still think back to the barrow game where they had a live band playing

Snowie how much does a live band cost and who would listen everyone as different tastes in music today we put on a teen idol and it fetched in hundreds if kids its not my cup of tea but we made money.

: Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:21 pm  

Agree but most of the young people who really wanted to meet him was on the field at the time, i think the club are really working hard at attracting new fans to stadium and with the team playing well this will hopefully feed back to the thousands of dorment fans that refuse to purchase a ticket but quick to criticise the club

: Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:22 pm  

Fred Gee wrote:

Missing my point.

I'm all for more spectators coming through the turnstiles even if the main reason is that they are not here the rugby as it is extra money for the club. Also that person may have enjoyed the rugby and want to come back again.

But from my perspective today was you could hardly see him and quite clearly it appears that a lot of youngsters have come down to see him and rugby aside if my sole reason for being there today was to see him perform today i would have been disappointed, Thought he should have at least walked round the ground so the youngsters could have seen him after he had performed.

You want to go to Glastonbury pal

: Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:25 pm  

Pacman wrote:

Agree but most of the young people who really wanted to meet him was on the field at the time, i think the club are really working hard at attracting new fans to stadium and with the team playing well this will hopefully feed back to the thousands of dorment fans that refuse to purchase a ticket but quick to criticise the club

He gets mobbed we have to guarantee is safety and security.