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

After the result tonight, Latics will probably be safe anyway baring a miracle set of results, so that might change his mind.

It is a joke that we can't play at home unless we ask the Stadium owner nicely, but as I said on the other thread, it's better than the alternatives.

To be honest I will be gutted if not at DW because for me coming down it is by far the easiest to get to by train for me and the draw said Wigan at home so as far as I am concerned that is what it should be. I will defo not come down if it is Leigh or Widnes because as I have said before a game like this does not deserve a tiny stadium or a plastic pitch !!!

Can't believe I have come home from work and there is 37 pages of people getting so angry and aiming hatred towards Dave Whelan.

He has came out and said that he has no problem with the game being played in Saturday. As far as I'm concerned the game is being played on Saturday at the DW Stadium.

End of.

Where has he said that he has no problem with us playing on Saturday??

He hasn't. He's said he has no problem with us playing Friday and that IFL should fight for the right to do it (presumably with the beeb)

Probably being stupid here but ........

Has anyone actully stood up in public and stated "YOU CANT PLAY AT THE DW ON SATURDAY 12/05/12" or is it all under the table , behind closed doors , under the carper , cloak and dagger stuff .

That's just it, he hasn't said that. Whelan must think we're all daft. He's saying he has no problem with it being played on the Friday,but we all know the BBC won't let that happen. Whelan doesn't want the game to be on the Saturday at DW and that's why there is a problem. He is trying to pass the responsibility onto someone else.

Glasgowsaint. Would you come down if it was at Preston,their season finishes this Saturday.
I bet thats something that the powers that be hav'nt thought of.