Totally agree.

Talk about changing the Goalposts (or in this case Rugby Posts)

Suddenly you're now talking about players on the pitch and Stadium ownership.....not revenue from attendances (which is what you were initially insinuating)

Both clubs spend upto the maximum on the cap, players class, worth or performances are irrelevant.

Stadium ownership??? We have a 50 year lease with the Stadium Company, where we have 'as IL admitted' a very very generous tenancy. We don't have to worry about maintenance, costs...etc..!! It's all in the deal..!!

Given the choice which would you rather have?

A 50 year mortgage at £1200 per month and all the costs.

A 50 year lease at £250 per month from your millionaire mate to stay in his house, all expenses covered.

Don't state crap about passing the house down to dependants, this is a club! (Who's to say RL will even be being played professionally in 50 years)?


Oh and I'm 100% convinced that if we were ever served notice (which we won't) we would find the £25million for a new stadium within months anyway..!

Edge Hall Road is a pretty big asset on the Wigan balance sheet - Saints new stadium is still just aspiration for the moment.

As for the better players dig - the previous poster is on the money about the management situation, but its also a legacy of a supposed level playing field that Saints have been finding every risky loophole and fiddle possible to keep the team at the top. No surprises that since the tax loopholes were closed, there are now more outgoings at Saints than incomings. Good job you have some decent youngsters to fall back on for now, but don't tell me they are a straight substitute for the wages of Sculthorpe, Long, Gilmour, Cayless, Talau, etc, that will have disappeared over the last two years.

What the hell does that have to do with anything? Who is funding Stains new stadium?

A discussion about attendance revenues turns into a mystery valuation of a non-existant stadium

£15, if you were on the ball, which is pretty cheap for what was a top class game of RL.

im not insulted either.
i was a sceptic about this "big one", but i was wrong and it was a good move.

the problem with wigan-saints games is that over the last few seasons we have played too many and its lost its appeal imo

i much prefer playing leeds now.

oh..and the OP must be one sad person for writing that article......and i thought i moaned a lot.
fellow deserves the title "moaner of the year"

For a start you need to take off the season tickets holders from both figures as they will have not paid those prices.

Another thing you need to do is compared the attendances against the same teams from last season to see what the true comparison is. When you've tried and failed to get your head around that simple principle, I'll show you the answer and how Wigan actually made money on the discounted ticket prices against Leeds.

I'm an auditor, what would I know about accounts?

Not the point. It wasn't us that didn't turn up. It was you lot. You bunch of wusses.

What would happen to your figures if our lot didn't bother turning up next time out? We're at least one of your biggest gates. So be thankful we don't give it back to you.

We'd have about 17,000 on without any of you and to be honest I could live with it!!!!!!