Eat out! What’s the chip pan for.

They should close the north, west and south tonight. Embarrassing attendance on the way.

Just looked at the ticket map



Looks like we’ll struggle to break 5,000 at an absolute maximum going off that.

still might be the highest attendance of the week

There is that I suppose. The one thing we can cling to is that this isn’t a Wigan problem. Cup attendances are dire across the board and even in football they have problems in plenty of cup fixtures.

It’s a shame we didn’t get a fixture like Saints got at Whitehaven. A sunny weekend up in Cumbria, a few beers and a good atmosphere in a smaller ground will be a good trip.

Shame really as the ticket prices are quite reasonable tonight. Salford looked ok last week and it should, if nothing, be competitive.

That being said, we can't make out that this is either a big game or must see from a player POV.

I'm going, but I can see why many stay away.

They spoke about a new head of marketing at the fans forum - hopefully she can find the key to boosting attendances. Saw a decent piece in the Manchester Evening News recently advertising the club so hopefully that's the start of a big push with promotion and advertising.

As for tonight and the cup/playoffs in general, it's nothing new and everyone will have known that the crowd was going to be terrible as soon as the draw was made. I don't know what the answer is to that - clearly RL season ticket holders simply don't want to pay out further for more match tickets. Add in the cost of living and it becomes a bigger problem. Just like in any business the club/sport have to make decisions on the costs/benefits of increasing and decreasing prices. I know a group of five who won't go anymore as the full adult price has risen to £30 in the stand they used to sit in. When you reach that tipping point it's cutting off your nose to spite your face - £30 x 0 = £0. £20 x 5 = £100.

I personally don't have a season ticket, but do attend most games & often on my own. My mates, who I'd class as lapsed fans, have other commitments (kids etc) and when they are free, it's hard to persuade them them to part with £30 for a ticket for what's more often than not, a poor match.

There's 4 of us going tonight and the cheaper tickets made it an easier sell. I just hope it's better than the last time they came which was the Leeds £10 game. That almost killed off any hopes I had of them coming again.

I know this is a cliché and self-fulfilling prophecy, but the lack of stars really makes it hard to attract fans. Like many Wigan fans, I've seen the best of the best play and these guys just aren't that. Now I know that, as fans, if we don't support the club those levels become unobtainable - but who was the last big name we got from Australia? Burgess perhaps? I do miss the old big name Aussie like Lam, Renouf, Pat etc.

Fair play for going on your own. Iv been in a similar boat for years - around 15 years ago I went to a St Helens school with only 2 other Wigan fans in the whole year. Went with them when I was younger but then something called 'life' happens and everyone goes in their own direction - they ended up in London and Im now in Edinburgh. Sadly I don't know any other Wigan fans these days, at least not those who actually go to the games and support them rather than just follow them. I wonder how many others are in the same boat. Still manage to plan trips home around games though when I can and usually get to 6-8 of them, usually with family.

6000 now paying 5 instead of 30 = 6000 x 25 loss
That's 150,000 less

We just need an extra 30,000 fans paying £5 to make that up

Why not find a balance between the two numbers instead of some paying too much and some paying too little?

What's the Balance?

And as soon as you work that out then apply it to SL fixtures and Season tickets (that would need to be reduced as pay on the gate would be cheaper if you didnt) because now people will oy want to come to games when we charge them £5 in future and work out how long that business plan works.

Tickets weren't £30 tonight, I think they were around 23/25 in East for non ST holders and £20 for ST holders?