I think its the hair-cut that does it

A bit of booing is ok but calling him a w@nker no need for it, do we really want to go down the road of other clubs fans who don`t know anything else and everytime they are on sky they have to cut out the back ground noise????

Couldn't make it tonight but it sounds like the atmosphere had a nasty edge to it. Picking on Foster seems a bit harsh. I wouldn't say that any player deserved abuse, but it does seem less harsh in the case of a Long or Martyn. Poor Foster has enough problems, it's just kicking a dog when it's down.

Certainly came over as much more than booing on the TV. Sounded pretty hostile wherever the microphones are placed to be honest

Who do you think is behind all of it? It was obviously the 'brigantes' or 'wigan ultras' who started it off calling him a w****r.
Seriously they're a complete embarrassment to our club. Last year I thought they were really good especially at away games, this year they've really gone in the wrong direction.

Going slightly OT and without turning this on the Brigantes, what's with some of the new songs/chants? Putting it bluntly, they're terrible. Particularly the "boys in red" and the "up up n away" ones. The atmosphere was starting to pick up a bit but it's gone flat again and IMO it's because 95% of the crowd don't know the songs that are being started.

They need to go back to what they did last year. Tonight when they started singing 'Just Cant Get Enough' the south stand all joined in. I think tonight was one of many few times that I've seen the whole of the south stand actually all joining in when they started just cant get enough. But you're correct, them songs are awful and they need to stop thinking they're Celtic because they're far from it.

They were booing his hair cut.

Felt sorry for him really, Saints give him a hard time and then he got some stick last night of some of ours. Didn't think there was any real malice in it and probably just with him being a Saints player really. I thought he brought a lot of this sort of treatment on himself when he got a bit ahead of himself with remarks on twitter and the like. Whatever treatment he got off some of our fans is nothing compared to what Sam has to put up with everywhere he goes though.

Honestly thought they had jacked it in ! I only see Wigan home games on tv , but the atmosphere seems pretty dull in fairness , although its hard to tell if you are not there in person . The only noise was coming from the Codheads in the last ten mins last night .

Did the Brigantes/Ultras bother going to the Semi-final ? The only noise that day was from Leeds , with prolonged if rather annoying chanting which is a relatively new thing for them .

I suggest turning your hearing aid up. All you can hear during the pre match is Wigan fans. Obviously that turned flat when we were 16 0 down after about 2 mins.

Agreed, I'm a Celtic fan and like what the Green Brigade have done at Celtic, but we don't need another Green Brigade at Wigan with the same songs and rip offs. Sadly it seems to have gone away from what it was at first. It worked for the Green Brigade because the majority of their songs were already being sang mostly anyway so other fans could join in. Like the new one disco land that the Brigantes have ripped off.

As for Jamie Foster, I'd be surprised if he plays super league again when his contract runs out, simply awful.

I'll go with the point about home games - the atmosphere's flat unless we're playing Saints/Wire/Leeds, but the Semi-Final? We were there, and there was plenty of atmosphere/singing from both sets of fans. Admittedly, it went a bit quiet at our end when Leeds scored 3 quick tries & everyone was in shock, but after that it picked up well.

And didn't think the atmosphere was generally nasty last night - could only hear booing of Jamie Foster, and the Sam Moa incident, which was disgraceful if true, was an isolated incident in the West.

Yep, and they are insisting on singing these songs throughout the game. Ones that were introduced last season and were really taking off like Cherry n White, Dale Cavase etc and older more traditional ones aren't being sung anymore. It's gone from being a group to get the whole Wigan fans going at home and away games to a group singing and chanting by themselves.

On the Brigantes topic ... It is only them who sing the "up up up" thing and a few others no one else sings .. At one point the drummer sounded like he was doing a funeral march.. Not very inspiring.. Let's get back to stuff people want to join in with..