I love this club but my main concern is that its just too costly to go. As Mrs B says they isn't as of yet a great deal to look forward to for next season , I can't say i'll be in a rush for a season ticket and am not keen on paying on the gate with another price rise inevitable. Could be 25 quid to watch well lets just say some bland games , the club really need to pull some rabbits out of the hat to keep me going on a weekly basis. Otherwise ill just attend away games that make it worth it and the top home games.

Unfortunatley our pockets aint endless.

We'll be renewing again. For me there's no point in me saying I won't be going, cos I know I will. Hopefully we have some signings lined up but we can't released names as they are still in the play-offs. This year has certainly been progress, and I suppose we have to accept that. We all want to be the best, but what goes round comes round (or up and down!) and we are all impatient for success, I'm hoping for another improvement next season.

Wasn't too bad, we played at Featherstone today strangley I never drank much after the game



Had my flower attached to my hat as you saw, got in a taxi with my Dobbin friends late last night, and threw it out of the window...I'm done with those pesky flowers

think its easy to overeact about last night.it was a disapointing show no doubt,but cup football is like that.both huddersfield and warrington played poorly.hull do need some fresh impitus and ideas in there attacking play.i dont think we have to much wrong with our pack,but definatly need more quality added to the backs.people are saying there is no chance of any signing this close season,but i think hull will surprise us on the transfer front.despite an up and down season,improvements have been made,but we have a way to go yet.me ,i cant wait for next season to start and will be getting my season pass as soon as they are on sale.

Not bothered about a pass for some time now, though only missed a couple of home games in last 4 years.
Can't expect family to traval thousands of miles and me say sorry going to the match but this years depressing style of play has made me think just pick the matches going to see.

Funny when we was a bad team in the 60's to 70's never missed a game but at least that tems though not great put the effort in.

We've had these sort of posts for the last three seasons but have had record pass sales each year!

I've just posted on the Agar debate thread that I won't be renewing my pass next year. We save what amounts to 3 games by getting a pass which IMO only represents good value if the team offer value on the pitch. Based on what I've seen this year I'm going to keep the cash in my pocket and wait and see what we perform like, if we play as we all hope then I'll glady take the hit and pay for the additional 3 games (either that or watch 3 home games on Sky) at the end of the day I'm not gambling £185+ on us playing like we have for the last three years again. I completley agree though that for what they cost the kid's passes are a no brainer

i watched most games in the 60s and 70s,they didnt always put the effort in.there has been some displays this season where the effort hasnt been there,i will agree,but i dont think you can say that about the last games.unlucky last week with 12 men with total effort.last night i dont think the effort was as good as last week,but the main problem last night was as as been all season the inability to score points.we do lucky poor with ball in hand.you always know in any paasing move we do someone will either make an awful pass or the ball will go down.its very laboured at times.

But they comes a point when people just dont buy the spin anymore. They lost me as a passholder two seasons ago and now im thinking of knocking more games on the head with looking at a 25 quid entry fee (Thats a tenner more then Wigan). I love the club too much to stop fully going but the amount of games Ive slashed down to is unforgivable considering I was a 20 plus games supporter not so long back.

I dont think pass sales will be down gone are the days the faithful dictated what happened at the club. We are happy to just sit there and accept mediocrity.

Fair enough. 3 free games, plus the CC game, plus halfprice at the Magic weekend, plus the players BBQ event, means that we feel we get value for it. Personally I prefer the big one-off outlay after Christmas than shelling out every other week, but I understand completely that some like to pick and choose, particularly with holidays etc. I'm also hoping we get a decision on alcohol in the stands before season passes go on sale so I can move if it's re-introduced.

Don't include me in your we. I don't accept mediocrity but I know without my support and those like me my club is finished. I don't want that so I support it through thick and thin.

Well said!

I completely agree which is why we've had passes for the last 8 years. To be honest I forgot about the CC game and we've not taken advantage of the MM or BBQ vouchers.

I personally just feel that this is my year to make a stand, as I said on the other thread I don't want the club to be worse off in fact I'd rather a few thousand fans followed the lead and didn't get the passes but ended up going anyway because the rugby is to good to miss. That way the club get the warning but end up being better off due to the extra being paid in walk up's (everyone is a winner). The club gets a fright and realise the can't take the pee and we get great rugby to watch

. In an ideal world obviously.

lol you should of just stuck with the first one

I am and will.

Boards realise this and will make changes if they fear losing money, especially a profit making one.

Not being able to go all the home games we do not buy Season Tickets. But from talking to friends and relatives, it seems a lot of people receive the Season ticket and/or shirt for a Christmas present.

The last two seasons have sold a lot of tickets with the signing of big name players. (the Crocker fiasco didn't really come to light until after most Season Tickets were bought) So as Mrs B. says (third time I'm agreeing with her in the space of a couple of weeks!!) the board need to come up with something/body to grab the imagination.

The only way things will improve, is for the board to act on their sound financial state and invest in either a Coach with more experience and ideas or players that can really lead on the pitch (like Richard Swain did)

P.S. Sean Long's autobiography is out in paperback now, updated since the hardback edition.

I threw that one, on the way home from Cas

If it wasn't for the current board we would already be history.

Yes but at some point you have to run out of blind sheep to follow you

I personally don't have a season pass due to possible work commitments which may make it impossible to get to certain games. Having said that, I've only missed 2 home games in the last 4 years, and for one of those I was out of the country. So it would have in my favour to buy one, but he ho.

I reckon season pass sales will still be around the same level as last year (9000 was it?) may even go up slightly. But I do feel people's patience is starting to wear a little thin. I know this is in the immediate aftermath of last night's dissappointment, but most supporters recognise that what we have at the moment (in terms of playing strength and the coaching set-up) is basically what we will go into next season with.

Unlike the last couple of years, it looks highly probable that there will be no new headline signing to trumpet and no radical change to the make-up of the squad. Couple this with the rather disappointing end to the current campaign (2 wins from the last 6 games) and its understandable that at the moment many on here are a little cool about next season's prospects.

Come next February and I'm sure most of us will be refreshed and raring to go once more (passholders or otherwise). But I do feel that without any obvious marketing ploy to energise the faithful, the club will be relying/hoping on the fans sense of loyalty to ensure we remain one of the best supported clubs in British RL.

We've ended the year with only 2 wins from the last 6 games, one of which came courtesy of an 80th minute penalty, and I did get a feeling when walking out of South stand last night that a layer of patience has been stripped away in recent weeks. I still think we will be one of the best supported sides in the game in 2011, but also get the feeling that for some fans they are approaching a crossroads of sorts. More of the same served up in 2011 (in terms of results, performances and league/cup position) will only serve to test some peoples patience to breaking point.

I said to the other half i was going to take a week or 2 to decide about my season pass next season. I have been disappointed with our play all season long and have not seen anything that makes me think anything will change next season.

Now there is being loyal and there is putting blind faith into something, if fans are unhappy with the way things are the one thing that will make the board sit up and notice is ££££'s. If we continue to throw money at them to serve up dross why would they make changes when they wont reap any financial benefit from it.

Nice description of the majority of Hull supporters.

The club lost me as a pass holder this year (for the 1st time in well over 20 years) and they've done nothing to make me want one for next year.

Alternatively they may decide that the business is no longer viable as the fan base falls and call in their investments, fairly quickly to avoid the prospect of the value of their investments falling too far. Still, better to have the money making s out of the picture and have no club at all than have them running the club at A grade status and daring to make a few bob. We can all sit in the pub on a Friday night and toast ourselves for not giving them another shilling while watching the Super League on the tele.

The trouble is, until sufficient people become disillusioned enough to not get a pass, merchandise or tickets and it starts to effect the club in the pocket (as many people have already said) then there is no real need to change anything.

Lets not forget as far as I know we have a maximum of 2 hull fans on our board (both puppets if you ask me, Rule may be the face but has no real power) the rest are there for one reason only and that's the money, they don't particularly care about results. They couldn't give two hoots as to how well we do on the pitch as long as we make money - to change anything now will cost them (and knowing certain members of our board as I do, they'd walk over family to make money).

Boards don't keep successful coaches on because they win trophies, they don't get rid because they make money - by the same token boards don't get rid of coaches because they lose games they get rid of coaches because in the main losing games ends up losing money. The trouble at Hull is whilst many clubs would have seen a decline in spectators & merchandising we continue to plough our spare money into the club (anyone would think we have nothing else to do in Hull).