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I’ll tell you what, they don’t half like to pick verbal fights these rugby lot.
The other week they were lambasting the Warrington fans, then went strangely quiet when it was pointed out some Wigan fans had been rather naughty too. I notice this week there was yet more trouble amongst their own fans.
They really don’t know what a charmed reception they get from the press, if that was Latics it would have been spread across the WEP’s front page.
One word out of place about the pitch, from Sky, the football/RU press and they act as if the sky is falling in.
I’m not starting a new thread for this.
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You’d think they’d keep their heads down after making fools of themselves in recent weeks.
I’m tallying up how many ‘normal’ folk I know who hate football with such a passion, so for I’m on zero.
Boyces pace was invaluable during those last 25 minutes, he also got forward enough to take the pressure off our attackers every now and again.
You don’t take an interest in Latics one day, then buy a season ticket the next, whatever the cost.
Football isn’t a product, you have to be emotionally invested in it to consider spending your cash.
That means attracting more walk-up support, who in turn will eventually consider a season ticket.
Big games like Liverpool are the ideal opportunity to attract walk-up support, but not at £30 per ticket.
We’d be in a relegation battle regardless of the manager.
The big difference is Martinez cares for the club, wants to be here, and build for the future.
We have too many players who think they’ve paid their dues after a single season, the sooner they are moved out the better.
Whatever division we are in next season we’ll have a Latics team that will represent the club far better than most of the current lot.
The disconnect with reality on the rugby side can be amusing.
Pre-season they never let a Latics match pass by without slating the attendance. A few games into the rugby season they make excuses for their below expected attendances, claim all will be fine once the ticket promotions kick in (something they criticise Latics heavily for), then go on about averaging 20k in a few years time!What’s amusing is anyone who tries to compare attendance figures for the biggest sport in the biggest league in the world with a small, minority sport like rugby league.[/quote]
What does footballs worldwide status have to do with the little old town of Wigan?If Wigan is a rugby town, as fans of the sport claim, why isn’t the DW stadium packed out week in, week out?
Latics fans acknowledge we don’t get great attendances by Premiership standards, then again the club has only had little over 30 years of league history, while for every Latics fan their are at least three fans of other clubs, possibly more.
By contrast the vast majority of rugby following Wiganer’s support their home town club, in addition a great many fans come from out of town, such as Bolton and Preston.
All I ask is you be consistent, don’t roll out the rugby town crap when it suits, then flipflop when attendances don’t reflect that.
My view has always been each to their, but in my experience the majority of Rugby League fans would happily see Football and Rugby Union teams go to the wall, all in the mistaken belief these fans would somehow see the light and follow Rugby League.
I grew up when, to a man, Wigan rugby fans were jumping with joy at the very real possibilty of Latics folding, all this at a time when Latics were no threat whatsoever to their dominance.
Most telling of all, the three most knowledgable Wigan rugby fans I know all support Latics, two of whom also played Rugby League to a very high evel.
The big difference between these fellows and the usual message board, anti Latics, posters is they followed both clubs through the highs and lows. They were rattling around Central Park during the desperate late 70’s, early 80’s.
Unfortunately a great many of those that followed Wigan rugby when success arrived, this also applies to Latics fans in recent years, had no appreciation of were they came from, took success for granted, and showed no respect to clubs who were struggling in a similar manner to them just a few years earlier.
The disconnect with reality on the rugby side can be amusing.
Pre-season they never let a Latics match pass by without slating the attendance. A few games into the rugby season they make excuses for their below expected attendances, claim all will be fine once the ticket promotions kick in (something they criticise Latics heavily for), then go on about averaging 20k in a few years time!
Football is the undisputed world game, while Rugby Union is fast becoming a prime time sport in the UK, and expanding across Europe.
Most rugby supporters despise both sports, if they understood what made the majority of sports fans tick, perhaps their sport would move forward without the need for artificial expansion teams.
As it stands I believe it’s odd’s on Rugby League will return to amateur status within 15 years, any Rugby League player with talent won’t be able resist multi-million pound Rugby Union contracts.
Maybe he is too busy working out how to pay of our £50m worth of debt !
Exactly.
I’m no Whelan fan believe me.
But what would happen if he walked away from Wigan Athletic tomorrow, and demanded the return of the money he has loaned them.It would be another Portsmouth.
I think it’s a case of better the devil you know.
Do you think Whelan would sell the Latics tomorrow if he could get his money back?I do.[/quote]
That applies to most clubs in this country, including the very largest.All you can go by is what Whelan says, which is his personal loans of £36m will be converted into shares when the time comes to sell. The reason stadium ownership is passing to Latics is because he has a far greater chance of recouping his money selling the whole package.
You also need to factor in Whelan being one of the most outspoken critics of club debt, so you would assume he is planning well ahead.
If we collapse against Liverpool the atmosphere is going to be shocking.
Dreading it already[/quote]
I’m actually quite looking forward to it.
I’ve already accepted we don’t deserve to stay up, I’m just hoping we pull something out of the bag.
Lack of effort however can never be tolerated.
Ref cost us two points today monWe are costing ourselves points through an inability to score goals.
Unlucky penalty or not, we never threatened Birmingham, that is unforgivable.
Will we even get three points in total from the Bolton, Burnley and Portsmouth games?
I back Martinez, but there’s little doubt his recent tactics and substitutions have cost us points.
I’d happily let 70% of our squad leave, and start afresh in the Championship.
