Don't hate any of them.

I work in Warrington, so that's a "special" relationship.

Saints is all about history, and there's a begrudging respect.

Leeds, only dislike them when we play them, and really don'y like McLemon. Preferred their "style" of play under Smith.

its been the case since the early 90's eddie and stevo's comentary seemsto have got more jealous as the season as gone on

Spot on.

Jealousy, pure and simple.

Amusing thing is that half of them dont have a clue why they hate us so much.

But I agree, happiest days of our lives

The only reason all this has flared up is because of the sheer hypocrisy of you all calling Danny McGuire a cheat when you've got Sam and Joel Tomkins in your team.

You finished top and had a good season. As such Wigan are in the firing line more than previous seasons. Look at all the stuff Leeds fans get fired at them week in week out. Success breeds contempt.

The reason your board has seen considerably more traffic is down to your team having played in, arguably, the biggest game of the league season so far. Throw in the atrocious comments yourself and others posted in the aftermath of the game and I think you have your answer. Although I do seem to remember that you tried to get, at the very least, Leeds fans to off over your Wigan team earlier in the season.

Is this another one of your "look at Wigan, we are the bestest" threads?

Sorry .... But i cant be doing with this 'we're the most hated / famous / biggest name in RL' nonsense.
Have to say, as a lifelong Cherry N white, and a fan of RL in general..........I find it cringeworthy, to be honest.

hook .........line...........

Most of us of a certain age grew up in a long era of Wigan dominance, which was a reign of terror for the rest of us. It was like being under the Thatcher government "we intend to go on and on and on and on".......

I grew up supporting the opposition whenever Wigan played because I wanted to see the dominance broken. However I think it's fair to see from the avatar picture that I have on these forums that there was always respect for the greatest player and the greatest team of my lifetime.

I'm getting sick and tired of all these opposition fans calling Sam "a cheat" - just because Eddie has highlighted something this past month or so.

Why have opposition players not tried this " trapping the arm" technique as well? In my opinion, it must be poor tackling, ie non -dominant tackling technique, to allow one's arm to be trapped in this manner. How come opposition players don't try to release their arm quickly - and please don't respond that they're afraid they might dislodge the ball and give away a penalty.
If that's the case, they shouldn't have let their arm get trapped there in the first place.

As with Eddie's/John Kear's crusade against Wigan's "tackling/wrestling technique" a few months ago, this is another attempt to sow doubt in referees' minds and make them more likely to penalise Wigan in future.

Will Leeds players ever get penalised for dissent - or will they have to wait for Eddie/Stevo to start a crusade against this?

From a result points of view, I'd personally want Saints to lose the most out of those 3, but it's been bred into me for years.