According to letter to season ticket holders received today, all STs will be in the East stand again next season, some with reserved seats but also some open seating. Prices much the same as this year I think, but simplified categories it says. (I'm not clear what the present categories are so can't comment on that).

No point reopening the East/West debate but at least we now know what's going to be on offer.

You can also pay an optional £5 player development tax.

I'm going to ring up and ask if I can pay an extra first team squad tax so I can watch players of better calibre than the ones we are currently being linked with.

Mistake number 1 for the 2010 season


Why in gods name don't they go back to Home west, away east, open 2 beer trucks at the ends of the stands, West bar for home fans pre match and half time, Everyone in the Kings post match.

Has anyone been asked by the club on their opnion of the East v West Stand? Customer Service Management my @rse!
800 fans down since 2005......20% and still leaking.

Agreed.

The official reasons given were:
1. Money
2. Atmosphere (???)
3. Facilities
4. Sky



Interesting you mention 2005. In 2005 we didn't exactly have a competitive team every week… they got some right hammerings, but when they turned it on it was fast and exciting to watch. Far from the turgid nonsense we've been served up this year.

Hooray, inept bar staff and no decent bitter/ale for half time.

The reasons given are pretty much the same ones that we got from Boss Hogg last season.

I should have added that there's no mention of the proposed match day. Anybody heard any whispers?

Sounds good to me.

Prices have fell actually. In my block (AG), I will be paying £49 (Student). IIRC it was £99 last year - this is now the Adult price in AG.

Sensible from the club opening 1 stand IMO. No need for 2 half empty stands miles away from each other.

Poor decision.......but given the standard of play at the moment we might as well put the home and away supporters in the North end (should be plenty of room in the future), close all the bars (added bonus here, no bars = no need for toilets) , sack the aftermatch entertainment, play all our games at noon so that we never run the risk of turning the flood lights on.......and then SKY will only have to have one camera pointing South to North.

With all that money saved for player development we should be world-beaters in no time and the punters will come flocking in.

Seriously.....I am in the process of penning a letter (been at it for weeks

)....and there is a paragraph on this very subject which says:
Seating:
"The Clubs decision to move us all to the East Stand has proved unpopular with the fans I have spoken to. The reasoning behind this move, whether to enhance TV viewing perception or on financial grounds has caused much confusion, which to be fair, can be attributed to bad stewarding on match day. When we became Harlequins RL, the home fans sat in the West Stand and away fans in the East. This situation was popular with both sets of fans, but the response to everyone in the East has been far from positive.
If, as has been said, the Television Companies and the RFL requested we are all in the East for TV, then why not do it only for TV games?
The Kings bar is far better suited to dealing with larger numbers of fans, but surely, to open the West Stand and its bar for home fans, with beer concession stands at each corner of the ground, place the Away fans in the East, North or South stand and only open the Kings bar post match wouldn't prove a logistical nightmare.

Again, as with match days it is impossible to please everyone and there will be some who prefer the East Stand, but it is my belief that the West is the better stand for view, atmosphere and easier to steward in that it would be only for Home Fans. There have been instances this year where ST holders have found away fans in their seats and that can't be a good thing. I myself have been sold a Season Ticket holders seat on match day, another worrying aspect of the seating and ticketing in TW2."

In a later paragraph it says:

"In my opinion, the £10 ticket that was available in 2008 for away fans in the East and for home fans that didn't mind sitting in the away section was very popular. With unallocated seating, there was less need for stewarding and the atmosphere with fans facing each other across the pitch made for a quite noisy game experience in some instances. As such, I would suggest that the club look at reinstating this offer for the 2010 season. I would also look at the system employed by the Huddersfield Giants over the last few years that has seen them grow their crowds successfully."


Basically, the opus I am penning will probably get little or no response, but I am just trying to point out that as a customer I am maybe better placed to see where the club are going wrong. As I said to Listy.....I would stand in the South Stand building site to watch the team, but I am of the opinion that the set up we had in year 1 was the best. Sitting rival fans beside each other is plain stupid and I miss the cross pitch chanting that we had in 2006.