Re: Finances & Supporting the Club : Sat Apr 08, 2023 8:28 am  

Rocknrolla69er wrote:

Keep hearing mally walkers interested.

This old chestnut? Been "rumoured" for years but never seen anything tangible.

Re: Finances & Supporting the Club : Sat Apr 08, 2023 8:47 am  

Then itd be good to have some transparancy from the club

Re: Finances & Supporting the Club : Sat Apr 08, 2023 8:53 am  

A fans forum is long overdue

Re: Finances & Supporting the Club : Sat Apr 08, 2023 8:57 am  

There's no other team in the league that would be playing this bad, losing 5 in a row and still manage a sell out. The club don't realise how lucky they are

Re: Finances & Supporting the Club : Sat Apr 08, 2023 9:37 am  

Hasbag wrote:

There's no other team in the league that would be playing this bad, losing 5 in a row and still manage a sell out. The club don't realise how lucky they are

Spot on. Especially on the back of previous poor seasons as well.

Re: Finances & Supporting the Club : Sat Apr 08, 2023 10:04 am  

Hasbag wrote:

There's no other team in the league that would be playing this bad, losing 5 in a row and still manage a sell out. The club don't realise how lucky they are

I think they do - the size of our fanbase is the club's #1 asset

Re: Finances & Supporting the Club : Sat Apr 08, 2023 10:19 am  

Hasbag wrote:

There's no other team in the league that would be playing this bad, losing 5 in a row and still manage a sell out. The club don't realise how lucky they are

On the finance front crowds are surely a good bit up on expectations so far? I predicted a drop across the league due to the cost of living but have been proved wrong (my theory is free to air World Cup and Channel4 coverage is helping the game.

So far weve had crowds of 15k, 11k and just under 21k and at say £25 a ticket on average (taking into account concessions) thats a good revenue.

Re: Finances & Supporting the Club : Sat Apr 08, 2023 10:21 am  

RockNRolla wrote:

A fans forum is long overdue

This is one thing that has slipped during the Pearson era. Yes the Hetherington/Rule ones often became like a poltical broadcast and we'd have 'grade A licence' repeated at us, but it was at least a chance to hear what the board where thinking, and a chance to discuss more minor matters like ticket prices, shop opening times etc. Now its silence unless Pearson calls Hull Live up.

Re: Finances & Supporting the Club : Sat Apr 08, 2023 10:24 am  

UllFC wrote:

On the finance front crowds are surely a good bit up on expectations so far? I predicted a drop across the league due to the cost of living but have been proved wrong (my theory is free to air World Cup and Channel4 coverage is helping the game.

So far weve had crowds of 15k, 11k and just under 21k and at say £25 a ticket on average (taking into account concessions) thats a good revenue.

Agreed, crowds across the sport seem to be doing better than expected.
The club did a good job pre season of building up some hype and getting people excited so I'm not surprised our crowds started off well. Just so disappointing that less than 2 months into the season all that good work has been undone by the absolute poop getting thrown up on the pitch. Getting these types of crowds for the rest of the season, and certainly next seasons memberships, is going to be impossible if there aren't any improvements very quick.

Re: Finances & Supporting the Club : Sat Apr 08, 2023 10:45 am  

Mrs Barista wrote:

I think they do - the size of our fanbase is the club's #1 asset

Averaging 11k despite the awfulness served up on the pitch over the last few years is at least something the club can be proud of.

Can you imagine (yes it's hard) what our crowds would be like if we had consistent success like Saints or Wigan.