The average will likely increase purely off the back of yesterday's crowd.

During Wanes tenure they took the fans for granted serving up dire rugby because it didn’t matter in the grand scheme of things, theyd finish somewhere thereabouts and win the trophy. But the fans saw through this, being taken for granted along with all the league games and this is a massive reason in why people voted with their feet.

Whether or not I have faith in Lam to carry us forward I think the standard of rugby on show has been miles better, albeit it was good under Wane in his first season, may have been down to Harris.

I recognise that Wane wasn't perfect and of course he had his faults. I'm not a fan of those close to record defeats either as I'm sure no fan at the club is.

Having said that my point was more aimed at the fact that I'm sick to death of reading about the alleged poor rugby from Wane's Wigan. Yes there were many games were we simply ground out results but there were also many entertaining matches when Wigan produced some top quality RL. I'm not sure if people don't recognise those performances or won't recognise those performances because they did happen under Wane. You speak of the 7-0 win but how about when we pumped Wire at Magic Weekend last year? Battered Saints on Good Friday in 2014? Runs up to and including the play-offs for several seasons? Pretty much the first 10-12 games of last season?

The crowds you point out are an alarming statistic and it's a stat none of us can be happy with and whilst I believe there are many social and economic factors impacting on our attendances there's no question people have voted with their feet. I find the voting with their feet notion almost staggering given the levels of success we've enjoyed. I'd say this is symptomatic of fans thinking they know better than the coaches and just generally never being satisfied - win, lose or draw. There's many of those same people who are critical of Lenagan but I can't say I blame him for cutting back a bit given literally thousands of the so-called loyal fan base have decided they know best and have hit the club in the pocket.

I hope Lam can turn this around and yes we'd all like results AND to be entertained but if it's a choice between the two given limitations in the squad I'd always choose results. It's a results based business. It'd be great to consistently have some razzle-dazzle on show but then again in any way shape or form I personally find winning usurps being entertained.

Lam hasn't been here that long in the grand scheme of things but alarmingly every player since his arrival seems to have gone backwards.

Let's hope Lam and the boys can it around and we can stop debating this and move forward collectively in a positive manner but at the current rate (you spoke about rugby by numbers) the numbers don't lie and they currently spell disaster for Lam.

2011 wasn't his first season, 2012 was, and that season was fantastic rugby but crowds went down.

In my opinion we need someone more experienced to take on the role of coaching us, someone who can get results but doesn’t play dreadful to watch rugby.

You say only 11 games in, but that plus a pre-season is a substantial amount of time for a team to embed under a new coach.
Honestly mate I don't know what you're seeing. Take the Saints game for example, halves were still split, movement was generally poor and the team looked pretty clueless in attack.

I pray Lam can turn this around, but currently we sit joint rock bottom. I know we're suffering injuries, but so did teams under Wane etc, and I don't think we've ever looked consistently this bad in attack and defence.

I'm not saying Lam can't turn it around, I'd love nothing more to see him take us to Old Trafford, but currently we look really really way off, in all departments.

I think even the best coach in the world would struggle with our team at present, we are losing players during games almost every game.

If we are to stave off relegation, we need a couple more players to bolster the squad. Like a Quentin Pongia style signing, or a Nick Graham style signing. An experienced Aussie/Kiwi who will do a job until the end of the season in the forwards.

why would someone who has resigned want to come back? I walked away from a job of 15 years and I would never go back there, unless of course I was offered £1million but even then I would hand my notice in after a week.

.. but only when we'd thrown SW's plan out of the window usually.

I think it’s unfair to judge us on the Saints game. They’re clearly the benchmark in the league and took Warrington apart the week before.
I don’t think the coaching let us down as much as lack of quality players. We created opportunities but didn’t take them. The glaring example was when Isa bombed the overlap we created on the right, something he did several times at Castleford too!
Go back a few weeks and we were brilliant in attack and nilled Catalans. We showed glimpses of class against Salford, we were excellent for an hour against Roosters.
I accept we’re nowhere near where we need to be but I don’t put that down to the coaching. I put it down to too many players in the side who are simply not good enough. That coupled with the number of young players being thrown in with little experience around them, being played through necessity rather than choice.
I’ve said all along that I’d like Lam to stay on but I’ve always qualified it by saying with a few players being brought in who he trusts to deliver his style of play. To put our current situation down to him alone is just wrong in my view. He’s trying to coach with his hands tied behind his back.

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Welcome to Wanes world..... see what I did there?

Excellent

In Isas defence, Hankinson was far too deep when attacking the Saints line, if he’d have been in the right position he may have caught it. Unfortunately Hankinson had read the ‘1983 Rothmans Woodbines guide to Wing Play’ prior to kick off and was too deep.

And this further illustrates my point about our current situation not being down to coaching. Hankinson is a centre, Isa is a 2nd row. Both out of position and bombed an excellent chance that was created. Had the chance been on the other side I’d argue the ball wouldn't have ended up in touch and we’d likely have scored but we’ll never know.