I don't know who signed the contract with the stadium owners but they must have realised this could and would happen.RL and the EPL can work out dates for league games to avoid this.When the contract was being sorted if Wigan RL had said there is no deal if we can not play Challenge Cup games and Play Off games the day before Latics play what would the owners have done then.I am sure they would not shut the door on Wigan RL.Like as been said many times Latics will at some point drop out of the PL.Then the owners will need Wigan RL.Was this contract signed when Latics only had dreams of PL football.I want the game played at the DW Stadium because that is the way the draw went and Saints are going to loose money with the smaller attendance,if played at a neutral stadium.

This whole situation is diabolical

Grow some balls

Can't believe how Wigan Athletic " a tiny insignificant football club" is calling the shots.

If you not going to grow some balls and demand to play, eat humble pie and start to save for a home of your own.

Clearly you have no understanding whatsoever of the situation in the borough of Wigan.

Enlighten me



Its a diabolical situation

Here is a man with some balls, let him lead you

How much more enlightening do you need, FFS?

There is 36 pages of it here.

EXACTLY - Its diabolical.

You're telling US that?

Thanks for your contribution.

Insignificant to you and I perhaps. But if Wigan Athletic stay in the Premier League they get circa £30m in sky money. How many years of Wigan Warriors rent does that equate to. Much as I dislike it and I really want the game to be at Wigan, and much as I dislike the arrogance of DW. I can see why he is not willing to budge on this one.

Imagine the last game of the season is 1-1 with seconds to go. A wigan player breaks through. He needs to tuck it away to keep the Latics in the Premiership. He takes his foot back delivers his foot through the ball but just before he strikes it the ball takes a horrible bobble and he balloons it over the bar. Latics down to the Championship. DW sitting up in the stand thinking "if just maybe I had not let those rugby players on that pitch yesterday we might still be in the Premiership" Would he be able to live with himself?

Knowing our strikers mate we'd miss anyway.

They have been doing all right of late.

But you see what I am saying. I honestly think if it was any other game than the last game of the season DW might have just said "ok play your game on the sat" but last game of the season with so much riding on it. Forget it