The 8000 missing fans from Saturday’s game with West Ham treated the club with contempt last night.

Interesting theory here fella and not one that I’ve seen on the rugby forums.

I think with that at this moment in time, the supporters of Wigan, Warrington & St Helens will all think the current playoff system is utter crap. The supporters of Leeds probably thought so until two years ago!

We are rewarding mediocrity – 8th place and a win ratio of less than 50% should not give you a tilt at the title, but as its one club, one vote, then the likes of Wakefield, Salford, etc will always vote to give themselves a chance of success – by limiting the playoffs to the top 4 or 5 would mean that mediocrity would no longer be even allowed to sniff a reward, let alone play for it. There should also be relegation – again we are rewarding mediocrity, but as London could well be relegated, this will not happen as the first rule of Superleague is that “A team in London will be kept at all costs”.

If we really must have playoffs and then a Grand Final, then IMHO the team that finishes top must automatically go to the final, leaving 2nd to host 5th and 3rd to host 4th, with the two winners playing a mini-final for the right to challenge top spot in a Grand Final. It has even been suggested by one of the Sky TV pundits in an article in the telegraph that the GF should be contested by 1st v the winners of 2nd v 3rd – that way, the likes of Leeds wouldnt be able to coast through the regular season, only upping their game come September.

So based on that very long winded theory, the DW will be packed to the rafters for soccer matches if tickets are either free or very very cheap.

So based on your theory of it being a cost issue, we can look forward to a 20,000+ crowd for the visit of Bradford, when tickets are just £10 for adults and £5 for concessions. With it being half-term, you cant even use the “school night” excuse not to be there!

Fulham – 19284 – approx 500 away fans. 18784 home fans

Everton – 18759 – approx 5000 away fans. 13759 home fans

Dress it up whatever way you want, but the FACT is the best part of 5000 home supporters went AWOL today.

Care to explain where they were Fatty?

The beauty of statistics is they can always be presented in a format to suit your agenda….Here’s another view.

If you were to compare “growth” since 2005/6, then you’d be in negative terrirtory for the Latics. Warriors would be showing a 15% increase.

If you were to compare “growth” from 1982, then the Warriors’ average has risen threefold, whilst the Latics’ has just about doubled.

If I was the CEO of a business that had lost custom over the past 7 years, I’d be fearing for my job.

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How dare you come on here with hard facts Mr Egg…. ;)

He meant that if the two sides who have consistently performed over 27 rounds of league fixtures got to slug it out in the final then you would have a great game between the two sides who had finished top of the pile. Sadly that isnt going to be the case and Leeds have timed their run to perfection again, having been pretty mediocre throughout the season.

However, they are there and we are not. At the end of the day, its a bloody game and there are far more important things going on in the world – earlier this week, I was involved at work in the hosting of the family of a young colleague of mine who was killed last year. If they can be strong over losing their 21 year old son, then a 1pt defeat to the current SL champions isnt going to have me reaching for the bottle of pills.

On the bright side for those who take delight in the town’s rugby side falling at the semi-finals – at least you have a chance of filling the ground for the Everton game now!