Many reds fans maybe fickle who can blame then after watching years of failure if people pay good money they want to be entertained unfortunately we the "Hardcore" who turn up week in week out regardless are few!

I certainly wouldn't put myself in the "Hardcore" group of Salford fans, for couple of reasons, firstly, I ain't Salfordian (let alone bred in Englandshire) and secondly, I have a life that prevents majority of away games, however, I do agree that without entertaining rugby, many will stay away and it's a god damned shame as a successful Salford could give the younger generation something other than "fairy footballers" to look upto

To be fair, Challenge Cup attendances where the home team was a Super League club were low across the board yesterday. It’s clearly a phenomenon that goes beyond the season ticket issue.

[codeCastleford vs. Sheffield . . . . . . . 4,648
Wigan vs. Hunslet . . . . . . . . . . 4,390
Leigh vs. Featherstone . . . . . . . . 3,664
Warrington vs. Doncaster . . . . . . . 3,002
SALFORD vs. WIDNES . . . . . . . . . . 2,630
Bradford vs. Catalans . . . . . . . . 2,341
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We went into the Huddersfield game on the back of successive away wins at Hull and Bradford and so were competitive at that time, yet it still didn't attract many visitors from Huddersfield. As I recall, there was a guesstimate of about 1400 Wakefield fans at that first game, and I'd guess at no more than 200 from Huddersfield last week, so there's getting on for two thirds of the 2100 reduction you mentioned. In fact, we had a pretty impressive turn out (impressive for us, anyway) at Leeds a couple of days later.

As for the Challenge Cup attendance, well, sadly, the cup now appears to be little more than a vehicle for fans of Championship clubs to go onto SL club forums and whine at them through pink, tear-streaked faces about how poor their attendance was compared to the magnificent one-off attendance at their own fixture (no more than a couple of hundred greater, usually), which surely means they should be in SL and not you. Bless. Fans of SL clubs just don't seem to be interested in the competition any more.

But that's not to say everything is rosy. Home support is flagging, but not by as much as you suggest. Not yet, anyway. I think the bigger effect our erratic performances are having is in making it difficult to attract potential new fans.

That is definitely the issue.
I've a spare VIP season ticket that I bought in order to treat friends with, and struggle to get any mates to give a game a try now because of what they are reading/hearing from others.
It's been a complete waste of money this season but at least I've tried...

Just hope we survive this season and show promise next year!!!!