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Jeff Wright was the original Jordi Gomez.
He certainly was. I can hear the groans as if it was yesterday. Oh, actually there was the same groans yesterday.[/quote]
Yes nothing much changes from those days to today most fickle Wigan fans would much sooner see a headless chicken type footballer than technical type player[/quote]
Do you mean like DiSanto ! Another feeble attempt at winding people up ! Sigh !![/quote]
Doesn’t that kind of prove Thirty5’s point? Di Santo doesn’t get the stick from fans like Gomez does because he runs around a lot.
Jeff Wright was the original Jordi Gomez.
He certainly was. I can hear the groans as if it was yesterday. Oh, actually there was the same groans yesterday.[/quote]
Yes nothing much changes from those days to today most fickle Wigan fans would much sooner see a headless chicken type footballer than technical type player[/quote]
I think it’s taken Gomez a long time to get to grips with the Premiership, but right now I’d say he’s our most creative player by far. Not his fault there’s rarely anyone else making a good run, increasing the odds of him getting caught in possession or meaning he has to pass it sideways or backwards.
I can tell you it was far worse in them days being a kid surrounded by mi dad and his mates ,it was 90 mins of abuse and threating never to watch another game again.Then next week same old faces stood in same spot whinging about the same players.Bring back Peter Houghton.Now he really was my hero!
Jeff Wright was the original Jordi Gomez.He certainly was. I can hear the groans as if it was yesterday. Oh, actually there was the same groans yesterday.
With such good memories and him being some people’s hero then let’s at least get his name right. It’s Jeff Wright
Well, well, well…Mr Pom Pom has turned into Mr Giveup.
If anyone ever doubted that Wigan fans were fickle, here’s your answer.
Unbelievable, and pathetic. Grow up!!!
He’ll wake up tomorrow and regret his post. Never a good idea to express your views whilst emotions are running so high (and alcohol has been consumed).
Thanks both of you.
GL, I was thinking the same, but having just emailed someone from the club (and got an almost instant reply) I have been told it’s smart casual.
I guess that as it’s only £36 for a two course meal and ticket in the posh seats then suit and tie would be asking a lot and put people off.
Returning to the subject of rugby league, in my four years of going to Club Wembley, I couldn’t give away the Challenge Cup Final game. I’ve found no takers for these either amongst our customers or the 120 odd people in our office.
If you still have them then give me a shout and I’ll have them off you ;)[/quote]
You have a PM.
I went to a few events and after the first couple of days, when LOCOG got to grips with the no show sponsors tickets, there was hardly an empty seat anywhere. Most notable though was at the beach volleyball (yes I was perving). The first couple of rows at both ends were empty at almost every game. The tickets had gone to the countries competing who wanted them so they could scout the opposition looking at the hand signals they make behind their backs. Instead of going to watch they all set up small video cameras, set them recording then buggered off until the end!
As for Club Wembley, you’re right about the empty seats there. I’m no money bags, but I do have four Club Wembley seats that we use at work to take clients out. I’m always shocked at the number of empty seats, although I would say that at least half the games are not sold out in the rest of the stadium, so it’s hardly denying anyone else a ticket. The FA also operate mywembey.com that anyone can sign up for. Club Wembley ticket holders can resell their tickets through mywembley.com, so if you want to you can buy individual tickets on this for individual games.
Returning to the subject of rugby league, in my four years of going to Club Wembley, I couldn’t give away the Challenge Cup Final game. I’ve found no takers for these either amongst our customers or the 120 odd people in our office.
The difference in rugby (and tennis, cricket, nfl etc) is that the game is stopped at the time of the incident and a video ref can be used.
In football with goal line incidents and the Maloney one at Villa, the game carries on and could carry on for 4 minutes as it did against Arsenal with the Di Santo incident. All that time would have to be replayed if the official went back and awarded a penalty so we’d be there all night. It just wouldn’t work.
The only technology that football can use is for goal line incidents and it MUST be instant.
fair points goodpost[/quote]
I was thinking the same recently, but surely the ref could just stop the game if it’s a big decision. Just as he can if there’s a serious injury.
They DID sell practically all of the available tickets. It’s just that some of them weren’t used by the sponsors and VIPs. As part of the sponsorship deals (which cost £millions) the sponsors got an allocation of tickets and/or the right to buy further tickets. They then offered/gave them to VIPs, competition winners, top customers, empoyees, etc.
The sponsors also had the ability to trade tickets with each other throughout the games.
After the first couple of days LOCOG also got sponsors to return tickets when they knew they wouldn’t get used (right up to hours before each event). These were then used by others (Games Makers, armed services, etc.) or sold to the public.
Be honest, when you watched it all on TV how many empty seats did you actually see?
So it’s been revealed that Olympic tickets were offered to VIP’s and sponsors who failed to turn up and so joe public missed out.Are we really surprised? You only have to look at the allocation a team gets for a final at Wembley (20k from the 90k capacity) to see where tickets go too. All about how much wonga you have and who you’re bosom buddies with.
Big sporting events need big money.
For those that can afford it, good luck to you.
For those that can’t, well, there’s always rugby league.Best – Boyce’s signed shirt (from the game against West Brom)
Worst – Next gift card (never shop there)