Pass sales are down at every team, I'd imagine. Just a fact of life at the moment.



So isn't the West stand part of the build going to be completed? Seems strange as it's been protected from the weather for some time. I remember AS commenting that it wouldn't be a problem now.



Having stood in the East stand for the England game, for me, I'd be more put off by the idiots that fail to see you have young children and still decide to stand bang in front of them, instead of some guy making cockerel sounds.

Yeah, I don't like the wall of people that stand at the hoardings either, you miss anything on the nearside touchline and can barely see the nearside of the pitch at both ends. Ideal if they play the whole game down the middle and/or the far side of the pitch.



Someone should mention this. Move them, ban them.

I haven't heard Captain Cockerel but in general I quite like some of the loopers we have, Rex The Dog and Mr. Incomprehensible are my favourites.



Honourable mention for Simon.

Are people genuinely upset about a man shouting cock-a-doodle-doo?

I can't say I've ever heard it but Jesus, watch the rugby, not the oddballs around you!



As it happens my favourite Craven Park wailers are the guy who shouts 'FIIIIIIIVE' and Noddy Holder.

I know, crazy right?



I like it when he shouts "how many's that, ref?" In an angry voice, like it's the refs fault he's lost count...

I can't help but think I'm missing out on the match day experience.

What do people think the club are going to do about it, if all nutters were banned from sporting events in Hull there would be some pretty low gates!

I don't really watch much of the rugby, I haven't seen this Noddy Holder character, I'll have to look out for him.



There's a few good mullets knocking about.

The Monster Raving Looney Party should do a recruitment drive in the East Stand. Some of the major oddballs are the ones who have always been there, and they are harder to pick out since SL.



Big Bird was my favourite (so called becaue he spent the entire match loudly counting tackles, each one pronounced in a more excited fashion). At least twice a game he would lose count and shout "how many's that ref, seventeen?".



Bless him.

Greg Eden.



People are getting their pants in a twist over the contract, worried about Huddersfield. Is this really a problem? The way I see it, he progresses and becomes the player we hope, do we really believe only Huddersfield will be interested? What about Wigan? Tomkins will e playing Union by then, surely. May also link back up with Brown at Saints.



Oh sorry, have I scared you all?

He's more an audio than a visual treat.

Says 'come on you reds' in an 'its Chriiiiiistmaaaaas' manner.

Haha, yeah I know the one. Sometimes his voice goes and he doesn't quite finish it.

Last week the other forum had a thread about Mr Cockerel. Madness.

Can't say it bothers me, he does come across as a bit of a Richard - but each to their own. We have plenty of other 'cocks' in general who spout frep and behave worse than this guy. Mr Cockerel did sound quite amusing @ Widnes though, as his 'calls' were clearly audible on RH. Imagine many listeners were thinking 'WTF?'



Season card sales. Disappointing, but I can't say I'm surprised. I heard various people saying in general "I'm not gerrin' a pass next year" etc. This on the same general apathy I felt the season before last too. With the economy and Hull folk in general it doesn't take too long before people lose interest and do something else. Look @ City ... enjoyed their success and pulled in many new fans along the way. Two seasons of average stuff and their renewals plummeted. Now they're playing some of the best stuff in years and in with a chance of getting promotion and these lost fans are not returning. We must stop this from happening to us -where possible.



Clearly the economy in the area is really bad, and you only look @ Hull FC who did a vigorous marketing campaign and fell short of their target (and maybe ended up short of their total against last year - not sure on that tho'). So maybe you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. But in all truth I don't think the club did much about stopping the potential slide. Delaying pass sales + scaremongering media comments - can't have helped the cause. Give people a chance to forget about your product and there's a chance they'll do this and spend any disposable income on something else. I remember reading a post from FET (think) quoting someone (I assume) associated with Rovers on the subject of 'season pass' sales. Along the lines of "existing pass holders were not the issue, and new ones were ". I can't help but feel the club were so out of touch with the existing ones, if they genuinely believed this. That and the notion that there would attract up to 2000 new season pass holders paying something like 20% more than the 'given' existing season pass holders were been asked.



Rant over.



PS - It's clearly the fault of the Cockerel on reflection