I don't think booing the players is helpful but when coaches start talking about this in the media it never ends well. No fans of a team are going to say "we're going to stop booing because we've been asked to". You hear this a lot in football, a manager will say "our fans are the best fans in the world at away games but at home games they boo and put too much pressure on the players" and you generally know that manager is approaching the end of his time at the club.

Players and coaches just need to realise they can influence the fans reaction with their performances. Fans have short memories, you can call it being fickle. I remember early in 2001 there was a really toxic atmosphere in some of the early games at Wilderspool, the boo boys were out in force, DVDV was unpopular, then we played Bradford in a Cup semi and went toe to toe with them for an hour before they pulled away from us. We lost but the stadium was rocking, with the drum and Wire chants, they got a huge ovation. Then in the next few weeks the atmosphere completely turned around. I think we beat Leeds and Saints at home and I remember an away game at the Shay where Gary Mercer was pumping up the crowd after we scored and the atmosphere was electric. That year I remember some of the most raucous intense atmospheres I'd seen as a Wire fan, and a lot of it turned round in that wholehearted effort in a defeat in the Cup semi.

Can I request Warrington Wolves branded magic wands, in a range of colours, to eliminate disappointment?

Please buy one and give it to Daryl Powell immediately.

Would imagine it's for ppl who don't like wearing a home shirt and don't like primrose and blue, it'll be a conscious choice to get something you can wear with a pair of jeans, or chinos with a crease in them.


And I’d like to say this reminds me of something my dad once said to me.

He said, ”Son, wherever you go, always remember, you can please some of the people all of the time ”and all of the people some of the time. ”But you can’t please some of the people all of the time.”

And I said, ”You just said you could, Dad.” And he said, ”Yeah, I know. ”But what I meant to say was, you can’t please all of the people ”some of the time.”

And I said, ”Get it right, for God’s sake, Dad.” And he says, ”Fuck off, you’re adopted anyway.”

My dad just pleased himself, which is a very short anecdote.

Well Kate Bush is number 1 in the charts now Generation Z have seen her on Stranger Things. If they can get Ken Kelly to make a guest appearance on a popular Netflix series this retro stuff might be all the rage.

It will fit well with the general throwback era of the times what with all the strikes and double digit inflation.