With a bit of luck it will do in the years to come, we're still a relative newcomer to the top table so it needs time to build a rivalry up, you've been playing the above teams for years at the top.

How does playing Hull and Bradford these days feel now they've dropped a little from the top?

Agree about the stadium, if we had a, say, HJ stadium then last night would have been rocking, as stated yours suffers when its half full.

I don't think Huddersfield should be on the end of this bashing, last night was a great attendance for them, they are improving slowly off the field and massively on the field. How about teams like Wakefield and Castleford? There were no threads like this after games against them, they are pathetic clubs who show no desire to Improve on or off the field. Lower teams like those need to take a leaf out of Huddersfields book and at least make an effort.

It's a let down BUT, especially with Bradford, they were seriously big games with all the build up that you’d expect from them.

Do you really think that last night’s atmosphere and build up was what it should have been for the biggest game of the season so far?

I’m seriously not trying to knock Hudds as it’s amazing what’s been achieved at the club.

Tbf i agree which is why at the end of my OP i put

[iMaybe my criticism should lie at the feet of the likes of Saints, Hull, Bradford and Leeds as their weaker sides are robbing the comp of some of the nail biting games we all want to see? [/i

Huddersfield are a good very good team but i just think in some respects such a good team is wasted on them.

Having watched us for the last 35 years, these days are golden, we have been truly awful for 30 of them 35 years, ive stood at Fartown with 300 there, i'll take anything now



Our expectations aint as high as yours, we're getting there slowly, you've been spoiled with some fantastic teams to watch over the years, we've gone bust, had name changes, merged, been rubbing rags for 1st 4 years in SL, relegated, come back up.

Be thankful you follow the most succesful side in our game, you certainly wouldnt have stuck it out this long following us

All very fair points and I can totally understand why Huddersfield fans get miffed about the criticism they receive when they have come as far as they have, both on and off the field. I know any criticism I have is more bourne out of wanting a strong SL and wanting clubs to get 10,000+ on a regular basis, especially when they have a quality team life Huddersfield. Huddersfield are slowly getting there, it is just a pity that the Galpharm is so damn big that it still looks empty even when they get a decent crowd.

Huddersfield are going in the right direction in pretty much every area so you can't ask anymore really.

Decades of being in the lower reaches hasn't helped them and they're rebuilding superbly well at the moment.

Can i just ask what kind of atmosphere and build-up was missing ?

not been awkward but we go to watch the game and support our team, do you mean pre match entertainment on the pitch?
atmosphere in the stands ?

Like Gahan says for 99% of our fans - including us old 'fartowners' these are glory days to us and we've never had it better so not sure what was wrong last night.

Win something. Everyone was saying the same about Warrington until their 2009 CC win.

Atmosphere at the galpharm is awful, maybe because of the big stadium empty seats thing, but also because if you look at our support its mainly made up of the older generation and families, we suffer more than most from the lack of groups of younger fans who tend to be the most vocal and boisterous, the vocal wigan fans last night al seemed to to be about 14-20 years of age, we dont have that because of the lost gnerations of supporters when we were in the wildnerness

Got to disagree about all the vocal Wigan fans being 14 - 20 yrs old, the whole stand was joining in and we cover a wide age group, in our group alone 9 - 60's.
I like going to Huddersfield, good facilities, a roof in Yorkshire, pies hot, friendly stewards, we would have got drenched at Bradford, Leeds, Cas, Wakey, Hull KR, last night, one small moan for some reason the PA system is loud but could not tell what was being said.
Keep it up Huddersfield, look forward to the semi final there oh and get the turnstiles open earlier.