I'm starting to think there is a chance this will be played at the DW as if it was a definitel no-go, surely an alternative venue would have been announced today?

Here's hoping anyway.

'Common sense' should have been Wigan sorting this out weeks ago, just in case this situation arised

Come on lads get it sorted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In today's LEP Whelan says he is happy for the tie to be played on the weekend at the DW but is only happy for it to be played on a Friday night.

That means we will have to go to a neutral venue because BBC have said they will televise the Wigan Saints game on a Saturday afternoon.

Why not play at Lang Tree Park? On the condition that the two ends and one side goes to the Wigan fans.

this is a great chance to take a game to Bolton, give cheap tickets and develop the fanbase

Yeh there's been talk of taking a derby fixture elsewhere in the North West for a few years now. In an unorthodox way, maybe this is the opportunity to do it. Very short notice though!

No positive spin can be put on this, better atmosphere, marketing, on the road etc.

Its an unacceptable situation, and rightly leaves a bad taste for people.

It wont affect the playing group, but it was never going to affect them the most, the fans are the ones it affects, passing it off as a minor occasional inconvenience isnt good enough.

IL has been a revelation for Wigan, everything he has done has worked (bar the odd player and lack of announcing announcements) but the lease situation and DW's treatment of his club, is something that needs to be addressed for the long term.

Unfortunately it's going to be played at an neutral venue unless DW accepts that this so called Twenty Four hour rule is spurious bull£#@%.

I absolutely feel for you the Wigan supporters and while some have pointed the blame at the BBC, RFL, Sky Sports etc ...

The real blame should be aimed in the direction of Dave Whelan for forcing Wigan to play at neutral venue.

Exactly, Hull never had this issue.

Dave Whelan has come out saying he wants us to play on the saturday , bla bla bla... where have we heard that before? It is nothing but bull. There is nothing stopping him letting us play there on the saturday other than a potential back lash from the footballing media. He's simply scared of the F.A and anyone else involved with football criticising him/Wigan Ath if the pitch on Saturday isn't "perfect". If we play Saturday, and they are somehow not safe and ended up losing on sunday he would be getting it in the neck, and he's not going to take that risk.

Thinking about this all day and i have come to a conclusion.

Nevermind where we play and when we play, we play to the best of our ability we will beat Saints. Play it at DW, LSV, Reebok even Langtree Park. For me its only important we win the game. Also we are a better away side than home looking at the results and especially games against Saints over the last 2 years. We won at Saints and Halliwell Jones deservedly. Whilst we lost at home in the play-off and stole a win at Good Friday.

Only sad issue is this keeps popping up and it does not help that they put the QF of the CC in the middle of the football season. When they should have it later on to avoid it. But its the RFL if it does not affect Leeds its not an issue.

It keeps popping up because Whelan hasn't gone yet. Maybe when he goes his replacement will be more reasonable. Until then, the issue will keep arising every time there is a game - and it isn't just the CC; there was a problem with a playoff game two years ago - that falls within the same weekend as a Latics game.

The RFL isn't to blame here. The BBC isn't to blame here. Dave Whelan is the only one to blame here.

Well, Ian Leneghan as well because for the sake of the fans of all the clubs in the quarter finals - none of which yet know when their own games are going to be played thanks to the delay caused by Wigan - he would have just accepted the situation, knowing Whelan will never budge, and agreed a neutral venue, bearing the costs since it is Wigan's home game.

But both games we won so as i said for me its not a massive issue where we play. We have a good deal off DW so its going to get issues occasionally where this happens but some common sense by RFL, DW, IL, BBC and Sky could help sort this out without it becoming an issue.

This game is down as Saturday 12th May 14:30 BBC 1 so the British Broadcasting Corporation aren't giving in and rightly so, because as host broadcasting chief they dictate the day & time of their Quarter Final picks.

Sky have been left with Leigh vs Leeds & Huddersfield vs London.