And people wonder why there is such a divide between the football and rugby.

Lets be honest Martinez total disreguard for defending is letting Latics down.

It's a fact. Get off our pitch egg chasers

Martinez should be thankful. Lets face it, the pitch will be the only thing that 'might' keep them up!

Cool username, Mr. Waits.

Well spotted. "Wasted and wounded." Another believer?

Everyone believes in Tom dont they?

It will all look different in 10 years time.

Latics will have been relegated by then, probably going down a couple of divisions - they won't be able to compete in the Championship on small crowds without DW's support - and the balance of power with regard to the Stadium will shift permanently to the RL club.

It's not surprising that so many on here are hoping for this. Those who routinely ridicule RL fans for being skeptical about the groundshare arrangement need look no further than this thread.

While there may be an element of Chinese whispers regarding what Martinez supposedly said, after ten years of this I think there are plenty Wigan fans who are getting sick and tired of stories like this breaking just at the start of their season.

Latics any excuse there **** end of!

If we said where playing crap cause latics are turring the pitch up we would get laughed at and the press would make a big deal about it

i suspect a devious journalist at work here trying to open up old wounds,watch any game of rugby or football this weekend and 75% of the pitches will be in a poor condition,again lazy journalism trying to make a story out of nothing,my only suprise is that so many people bite on the issue.
its been the worst winter for 30 years and a pitch like anything else has a shelf life every now and again it will need re-placing,whelan knows this and i dont think youll find many latics fans disagreeing with you that he is indeed a untrustworthy individual,there at last some common ground between rugby and football thier dislike of dave whelan,anyone on here not like maurice either

Indeed.

Having read the "article", the title of this thread and a lot of the posts here bare no relation to it.

Martinez basically says the pitch is house at the moment and is obviously not going to get better with two teams playing on it from now on. The usual lazy journalism winds it up and gets the usual bites it was looking for.

The one thing Martinez says which I don't agree with is the excuse of the pitch contributing to how bad they are playing. That failing is all his own making, with his tactics, team selection and signing a couple of his mates from Swansea who are so out of their depth its embarrassing.