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Posted February 08, 2017 10:33 · last edited February 08, 2017 10:36

far from it. I'd prefer 14 games in Wellington. Although I do enjoy our away tours as well. Ballane has a point about long breaks making it hard to build support during a season. But I'm not sure that has hindered our crowds too much, it probably makes our minimum crowd a bit smaller. 

There are positives to the home away games too, but ultimately we need to be getting more than 5k to justify them in my opinion. I've suggested a few ways in the WSW game thread which may help in that. 

I don't like them, but I've got to the point of accepting them as a reality of our situation. Plus I can actually accept a game in New Plymouth as something of a regional game that counts as Wellington, the Hurricanes play up there too (although not so often lately). I also think an Auckland game later in the season (the March game) is a good idea as it'll hopefully cash in and boost our crowd average if we are having a good season. 

I don't know what the company line is, but there are just a few of my thoughts. 

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Tegal edited February 08, 2017 10:36

far from it. I'd prefer 14 games in Wellington. Although I do enjoy our away tours as well. Ballane has a point about long breaks making it hard to build support during a season. But I'm not sure that has hindered our crowds too much, it probably makes our minimum crowd a bit smaller. 

There are positives to the home away games too, but ultimately we need to be getting more than 5k to justify them in my opinion. I've suggested a few ways in the WSW game thread which may help in that. 

I don't like them, but I've got to the point of accepting them as a reality of our situation. Plus I can actually accept a game in New Plymouth as something of a regional game that counts as Wellington, the Hurricanes play up there too (although not so often lately). I also think an Auckland game later in the season (the March game) is a good idea as it'll hopefully cash in and boost our crowd average if we are having a good season. 

Tegal edited February 08, 2017 10:34

far from it. I'd prefer 14 games in Wellington. Although I do enjoy our away tours as well. Ballane has a point about long breaks making it hard to build support during a season. But I'm not sure that has hindered our crowds too much, it probably makes our minimum crowd a bit smaller. 

There are positives to the home away games too, but ultimately we need to be getting more than 5k to justify them in my opinion. I've suggested a few ways in the WSW game thread which may help in that. 

I don't like them, but I've got to the point of accepting them as a reality of our situation. Plus I can actually accept a game in New Plymouth as something of a regional game that counts as Wellington, the Hurricanes play up there too (although not so often lately).