ST Sales : Wed Nov 01, 2017 3:35 pm  

Anyone heard anything? I initially thought they'd be poor after last season unless there was a complete clear out. With the signing announced I though they would pick up to usual numbers.

However... I've just had a call off of the club. Mathers to be precise, "Hiya, we see you haven't renewed your ticket and the early bird deadline has passed... We will still offer the early bird price you now f you want it"

Is this a worrying sign? Or merely the club showing initiative and chasing ST regulars who haven't renewed?

Re: ST Sales : Wed Nov 01, 2017 3:38 pm  

They hammered the early bird deadline ad,posted a daily countdown, not sure if we can read anything into that, was it just advertising or desperation?

Re: ST Sales : Wed Nov 01, 2017 3:39 pm  

Also guess some that bought before deadline want to take theirs back after what I read on Facebook.

Re: ST Sales : Wed Nov 01, 2017 3:44 pm  

moving on... wrote:

Is this a worrying sign? Or merely the club showing initiative and chasing ST regulars who haven't renewed?

I think the club have, for the first time in the new era, realised that all the kiss-cams and community work in the world won't alter the fact that a team that nearly gets relegated isn't one to buy a season ticket for.

Primarily, a winning team sells tickets and the ancillary stuff adds a little bit more to the experience. Let's hope Price can get us back to our 2010-2013 position.

Re: ST Sales : Wed Nov 01, 2017 4:45 pm  

easyWire wrote:

I think the club have, for the first time in the new era, realised that all the kiss-cams and community work in the world won't alter the fact that a team that nearly gets relegated isn't one to buy a season ticket for.

Primarily, a winning team sells tickets and the ancillary stuff adds a little bit more to the experience. Let's hope Price can get us back to our 2010-2013 position.

Wow seeing it written down does really bring it home how barran the TS years really were.

Re: ST Sales : Wed Nov 01, 2017 4:55 pm  

easyWire wrote:

I think the club have, for the first time in the new era, realised that all the kiss-cams and community work in the world won't alter the fact that a team that nearly gets relegated isn't one to buy a season ticket for.

Primarily, a winning team sells tickets and the ancillary stuff adds a little bit more to the experience. Let's hope Price can get us back to our 2010-2013 position.

Hmm I don’t want him to get us back to them years,I want to better them

Re: ST Sales : Wed Nov 01, 2017 5:08 pm  

I had a call last week asking when I was going to renew (I get 3 tickets). I did renew yesterday, but only because my son has moved back into the town and he said he wanted to start going again. The person who has been going with me the last 4 seasons didn't renew.

I have had a season ticket (including life membership) since 1967, but if my son had not wanted to go, I wouldn't have renewed. This isn't just because of the results, but the awful quality of rugby we played last year and I've just lost the excitement of going.

I think the current setup of the competition is also dreadful, the RFL are the most incompetent bunch of morons in charge of any sport.

I think this year will see the lowest season ticket sales since we moved to the HJ.

Re: ST Sales : Wed Nov 01, 2017 5:48 pm  

easyWire wrote:

I think the club have, for the first time in the new era, realised that all the kiss-cams and community work in the world won't alter the fact that a team that nearly gets relegated isn't one to buy a season ticket for.

Primarily, a winning team sells tickets and the ancillary stuff adds a little bit more to the experience. Let's hope Price can get us back to our 2010-2013 position.

Exactly - ST sales are good for a club because it's guaranteed revenue and cahsflow upfront. Easier for budgeting and more secure.

However, number of bods through the turnstile = match day revenue, whether you've paid up front or paid on the day.

The end of year balance sheet doesn't care either way, as long as you turned up and paid.

If we start winning, playing well, and players like Roberts start to show, we start regularly seeing 12K in the stadium, and the club are happy.

Repeat last year and it will be south of 8K.

Re: ST Sales : Wed Nov 01, 2017 9:01 pm  

I've bought mine..... solely on the back of a new coach and when the murdoch masila rumour became clearly a realistic move.
Had smith remained I wouldn't have renewed.

But what hits home at the shambles of the sport is when I looked at the fixture list and the list ends in July. .....

July. ....who's going to buy a season ticket when a third of the season is a complete unknown. .....

People are rolling out all sorts of daft excuses on Facebook but the reality is people have less money. ..something has to give, and although I'm genuinely excited for our season ahead I'm afraid the game has seriously lost its sparkle.

The sooner Thursday night rugby and the super 8's goes. ..the better. Oh and Catalan away in winter. ....

Re: ST Sales : Wed Nov 01, 2017 11:58 pm  

moving on... wrote:

However... I've just had a call off of the club. Mathers to be precise, "Hiya, we see you haven't renewed your ticket and the early bird deadline has passed... We will still offer the early bird price you now f you want it"

Recorded message or is he working the blower now?