GAME ON. Fixture reversed, KO 8pm at WIdnes. £10 entrance and Wigan paying for any commercial revenue loss to WIdnes. What a farce. www.widnesvikings.co.uk/article/ ... n-warriors

GAME ON. Fixture reversed, KO 8pm at WIdnes. £10 entrance and Wigan paying for any commercial revenue loss to WIdnes. What a farce. www.widnesvikings.co.uk/article/ ... n-warriors

Quote: Clearwing "Is there any factual basis to this or is it just some froth on twitter?'" Here's a report from The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... gue-switch However I can't see anything that validates the report, it almost reads just like the collective "facts" that have been posted on these boards.

Quote: Clearwing "Is there any factual basis to this or is it just some froth on twitter?'" Here's a report from The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... gue-switch However I can't see anything that validates the report, it almost reads just like the collective "facts" that have been posted on these boards.

Statement from both Widnes and RFL. Could be an expensive night for Wigan. And I hope the reverse fixture in July fouls the newly-laid football pitch.

Fair play to Widnes - they've come out of this looking good.

Wigan on the other hand, regardless of the why's and wherefores, look like a shambles at absolute best, or cynical, arrogant,'bigger than the game', selfish, spectator unfriendly s at worst!

What is clear from this whole mess is that the RFL need to put Policies in place to protect against this type of thing. Forget this example, if the pitch/stadium of a home team is playable at the time of the game, the game simply has to go ahead as planned - if teams in SL cannot guarantee this because of ground sharing top trumps, then they should be forced to have an alternative venue available at all times, or face severe consequences. In the amateur game, the match would have been forfeited, the club fined, and repeated offences would lead to expulsion.

Re - Widnes "looking good"

Not sure that dropping the general admission to £10 will please their season ticket holders (i.e. the erosion of the "benefit" of being a ST holder).

Right.

Not sure about them looking like bigger than the game. They come out of it looking like small fry in a town they thought they owned.

That was the 'shambles' option... if they've done it cynically for the extra rest period, then that is the whole 'bigger than the game' thinking.

At least its ours and we don't have to answer to anybody. Or are you just upset that DP hasn't congratulated Wane on the WCC?

Of course they have. To quote a Saints fan I was talking to at our game at Saints last year 'They have been cheating b******s all of my life and it will never change'

To says it's amateurish is doing a disservice to all amateur clubs.

Saints fans have always been known for their unbiassed opinions when it comes to Wigan. Bit rich anyway.

Besides, I don't think this is as cynical in terms of getting rest - I think this is a case that Lenegan has been told where to go - Latics don't want the rugby messing the pitch up and Lenegan has bent over and said yes sir. Then tried - and failed miserably - to save face with a wreck of a press release.

I reckon this is right - they've lost the DW stadium top trumps battle and then added insult to injury in the way they've mis-handled it.

Either way, as I said earlier, the RFL must put Policies in place that either prevent this happening in the future, or have serious consequences - points deductions, fine and potential expulsion for repeated offences.

As a sport, we're already pretty small time, and do a good enough job of playing to that small time tag on our own - we can't afford to start letting other sports dictate where and when we play, so if that means taking a hard stance with our clubs who choose to ground share, then so be it. We should be setting a standard that as a Super League club, if you're ground sharing, your agreement should be strong enough that you cannot be dictated to and only the RFL (probably in conjunction with Sky) and the club itself can make a decision on where/when a game is played - if not, you're not fit for Super League in my eyes.

We need to set higher standards and expectations in all areas of the game - this is a great example of where we look Mickey Mouse as a sport. Set the bar higher, accept no less and start building a winning culture from a 'whole of game' perspective.

Likely. Hopefully this'll galvanise Lenegan a bit when it happens again. Which it will.

What a farce

What about stewards/turnstile operators/catering staff etc giving them a few hours notice when they weren't meant to be on shift? Feel sorry for Widnes fair play to them getting it on, farcical from Wigan.