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It's just WIGAN, nothing else. Get rid of that stupid nickname.:12150.jpg |
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It definitely IS true that they dangled the prospect of an extra home game before we paid for the season tickets. The key word was 'may' (take a 15th game on the road). Not 'WILL', which now seems the case. And there was no mention of London, the most expensive city in the UK.
Would anyone like to forecast the attendance at any such London fixture? Given that we drew a lot less than 9,000 for a HOME play-off match last season. And that our away game v London last year attracted barely over 2,000... Even if they gave free tickets and free transport for all, I don't believe we could get anywhere near a reasonable turnout for a London play-off, with the prospect of empty spaces on tv unlikely to impress these apparently eager new sponsors/supporters.
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It's just WIGAN, nothing else. Get rid of that stupid nickname.:12150.jpg |
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| Quote: moto748 ""Massive time and cost"? Is it massive time and cost to go to, say, Hull, too? Wigan is just off the motorway, and well served by the rail network
Hull is two regular season away games.
London for what could and should be a home game is not the same at all. It's further, costs more and takes longer. About twice as much in each case. I call that quite massive.
And, to repeat myself, what if we lose, when we could have played at home? That's potentially a gamble with our whole season that I don't think the club should take.
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| Quote: jackdog "Hull is two regular season away games.
London for what could and should be a home game is not the same at all. It's further, costs more and takes longer. About twice as much in each case. I call that quite massive.'"
It's about the same price and time by train. There was plenty said beforehand about this so it's not like they pulled the wool over our eyes when selling season tickets. |
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| Quote: sergeant pepper "You most of the time.
He's trying something different and if it works it will give us another competitive financial edge.
Can't see why you are so angry against it?
Serious question - in almost 8 years of owning the club have you agreed with anything IL has done? It's almost comical that when IL makes a decision there will be a post on RL Fans by DaveO finding fault with it. '"
Of course. You will have read such posts as well I am sure. Why the selective memory?
Quote: sergeant pepper "Many of your prophesied 'it will never work' posts have actually done the opposite and come true but even then it's not through anything IL has done. '"
Such as? Give me an example.
Quote: sergeant pepper "I'd love to know what you seem so at odds withe everything that he does. Do you just not like him?'"
I am not and no I do not just "not like him". Have you have made this up so you can agree with yourself? |
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| Quote: DaveO "
Such as? Give me an example.
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The one which glaring stands out is your objection to the IL policy of allowing players to try their hand at RU/NRL. To date 3/3 have returned to Wigan and we've ended up with a surplus in the bank as well. |
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It's just WIGAN, nothing else. Get rid of that stupid nickname.:12150.jpg |
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| Quote: Grimmy "It's about the same price and time by train.
There was plenty said beforehand about this so it's not like they pulled the wool over our eyes when selling season tickets.'"
We go by car. Twice as far/much.
London was not mentioned beforehand. |
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It surely is "may", not "will", because a suitable venue would still have to be found.
Anyway, I'm sure this is much less about having a match in London than it is about trying to rustle up more corporate sponsors.
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| Quote: moto748 " a suitable venue would still have to be found.'"
That's true of all your home games isn't it?  |
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| Quote: FearTheVee "That's true of all your home games isn't it? ![]()
It's the way you tell 'em... 
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Great news for me. Can we play it at Wembley?
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| Quote: sergeant pepper "The one which glaring stands out is your objection to the IL policy of allowing players to try their hand at RU/NRL. To date 3/3 have returned to Wigan and we've ended up with a surplus in the bank as well.'"
I knew you would say that. But I don't believe even you think it has worked.
Tompkins x 2 and Mossop are back because it didn't work out elsewhere. Not because of a policy IL has instigated.
I find IL claiming it is because he let them leave patronising (and I have said the same before now).
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If Wigan do not finish in the top four they only get 3 home games and if there is one in London that just leaves 2 home and 5 away.
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[quote="Frank Zappa":1sacjrvf]Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.[/quote:1sacjrvf]
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| Quote: Ashton Bears "If Wigan do not finish in the top four they only get 3 home games and if there is one in London that just leaves 2 home and 5 away.'"
They won't do it if we don't have four home games. Having said that I'm sure we will be in the four come the time of the split. Even if Warrington or Huddersfield win all their remaining games we only need to beat Salford, Widnes and Hull |
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| Quote: DaveO "Of course. You will have read such posts as well I am sure. Why the selective memory?
Such as? Give me an example.
I am not and no I do not just "not like him". Have you have made this up so you can agree with yourself?'"
Ha Ha... Pi_ _ ing myself!! But seriously the more I think about it the more I don't like it. we could end up looking bad! |
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| Someone better than me has to come up with a proper Reservoir Dogs riff on this
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