I'm really looking forward to Friday, Wigan games are special and usually the atmosphere is much, much better than other games. Can I make a controversial suggestion - can we try a game [iwithout [/ithe drums? The crowd won't need any encouragement for this game, so it would be nice to enjoy an "old fashioned" atmosphere generated purely by singing and shouting.

What do the drummers think?

you just want to give cockers shoulder the night off.

drums all the way, if you don't like them don't stand near them

Well with the vast majority of fans at Featherstone looking at me to lead them in song last weekend, some seem to be unwilling to make much noise without them*.

I'll be taking mine, if people don't seem interested without them, then it'll be getting used.

*Having said that, even when I did put the effort in, most didn't seem to care

I don't stand near them, but you can't avoid hearing them. We never used to need them.

Any chance you can stand at the west end?

Mark and Betty would soon force me back up the East end

I personally think the drums add to the atmosphere, without them you end up with various different groups of people along the South Stand singing different songs or the same song out of time which sounds dreadful!!!

Thats okay mate. I'll be your minder

you get that with them

Co-ordination does seem to be lacking without them

FWIW i think the drums make our support sound cheap and tacky.

Pure singing is what its all about.

When i think of drums at sporting occasions it reminds of those twits who did the druming at england football games, boy that was irritating.

Someone used to play a trumpet at Wilderspool..... (Or some brass instrument I'm not too familiar with brass instruments... )

Not where I stand