I make no distinction between what the Vichy collaborators tried to do to rugby league in France and what the warped JCL's from Pimbo and Digmoor are trying to do to Wigan RL.

Viva les treizistes.

Take the game's funds and transfer them, or at least a part of them to rugby union?
Declare professional sport illegal with the exception of football and cycling?

Have you read 'The Forbidden Game'?
Amazing book.

No mate but I know the story.
Their struggle is our struggle.

Get it read! Great book and one that should be part of the national curriculum

surely your not comparing whelan to the vichy regime ?
the vichy regime werent that bad lets keep a sense of perspective

It's just a sad excuse that they cling on to to give them a reason to hate us. Most of their JCL muppets werent even born or 'following' Plastics when Maurice said that.

The crusades were centuries ago
The Vichy government was over half a century ago
Maurice's little dig at latics was quarter of a century ago

Yet people still hark on about all these issues which happened so long ago that they have little relevance to today.

Let's move on folks, life is too difficult at present without dragging around issues from the past. What's done has been done, we are where we are now, let's make the best of it.

We as rugby fans have to deal with the fact that there is another reasonably successful professional sporting team in the town, as do latics fans.

We can live together, the vast majority of fans accept that. Those that spew out bile on the latics message board aren't worth bothering about, let's not stoop down to their level, even in retaliation.

orrell lad i think youd find most clued up latics fans of that era don thate wigan rl but they do hate maurice lyndsey and with good reason,and they hate him as much now even though he is on the board of the latics,the problem the latics face is that a lot of the jcls are fickle and in the event of a relegation or two they wont be seen for dust a problem im sure a lot of the older warriors fans will remember after relegation during the fairburn era when crowds dipped at cp after relegation.
there in lies the problem of wiganers while both teams hardcore supporters are to be respected its the fickle ones i cant stand who only go when thier team is winning and dont stick with them through the difficult times

dont talk cr4p , most of the rest of your post i agreed with , but the above is just nonsense

your opinion and your entitled to it , but i just dont buy it that they have taken any shine from us

we have a history , pedigree and legagy in the sport of rugby league , what do they have ? what have they done ?

let them have their 5 mins in the spot light , the bulb is on its way out

If I meet even one person who says to me "Wigan used to be a rugby town, but now it's a football town", I consider it a problem. I'm sure you'd agree with me on that.

And unfortunately I have met people like that. In most cases it's folk who've never been north of Watford Gap, which kind of renders their view irrelevant (on just about everything), but I'm sure you'll allow me the conceit to still be cheesed off that there us anyone at all saying this sort of thing.

Ned refers to people who don't like Latics as "bigots". I would argue that Wigan are one of the great British RL clubs - in terms of results, history, the club's presence, it's personality, its fame and reputation. I'm sure even die-hard Saints fans wouldn't begrudge us that. I don't say we're the greatest, just one of the greats.

And in that respect, it's not being bigoted to say that we've earned the right, over decades of hard-fought victories, tto be the town's primary sports club - it's stating an undeniable reality. And if Latics fans - however reasonable and friendly they are - don't like that, I don't care.

hear, hear. Could not agree with you more Cruncher.

that will allways happen though due to the coverage that the premier league gets , nothing to do with the ACTUAL team and its goings on

most people will now be aware of burnley , whereas 6 months ago they wouldnt

like i said , give them there 5 mins in the spot light , the light is fading and our ship is slowly turning round to head in the right direction , the rats are leaving there sinking ship

IMO with this thread [istill[/i going as it is it just shows how many of us see Latics as a threat.

They are no threat - they are not a rival. They are a completely different sport.

I'm past all this for Latics. Let them have their day - my next door neighbour an actual life-long Latics fan (Yes! They do exist ) has promised to himself he will not go to watch them again.

The Latics fans clearly don't care - so why the hell do you?

All this thread proves is that them saying stuff like that bothers us

If this was 10 years ago it would have got laughed off and dont care what them lot say at the end of the day them saying it proves we still are a rugby town and always will be