Just why we're on about recovering finances, I thought the fanzone tonight was pretty poor** and a backwards step from previous weeks.


** (I'm not going to judge completely until we head into next season BTW)

Hardly anyone there an hour before kick off, no food stalls at all...etc. Atmosphere was very flat (bit like the Kingfisher pint I had).

I'm hopeful that there will be a massive publicity push from next season to get supporters to migrate into the arena pre-match.

I was told that the South Stand bar was chocker before the game tonight. Brill, but that doesn't bring in any £££ to Wigan RLFC unfortunately.

The South Stand bar is awful, I don’t get why people go in there?

I don’t think anyone has a problem with you disagreeing with them but the language used is uncalled for.
Not sure you’d take it so clever if he called you a pleb, to your face, in the pub?

I’d class myself as someone who should be going more regularly but due to financial circumstances it’s not always been that easy. I’m really looking forward to hopefully getting a season ticket next year after a good few years without one. I’ve been reading the opinions of the Wane-era and winning rugby is better than entertaining rugby but looking at the overall cost to attend a game I can’t say it was easy to justify the style of rugby on offer for nearly £25 a game if you attend last minute. The new signings might change that opinion for some but it’s still too expensive in my opinion. Thankfully, the style looks to be evolving now and will hopefully see the match day attendances rise steadily but like others have said it’s hard to get back into the habit of going back to games.

I’m a lover of the game but having watched games on Sky for as long as I can remember I can’t help think they are implementing some kind of managed decline agenda in terms of production, scheduling and overall experience for the fan and viewer. How are we supposed to champion our game when we had five games on at the same time last night? It’ll impact massively on viewing figures and what kind of bargaining power do we have then? The game is in danger at the moment, never mind the club and we’ll know more when this next negotiating period comes in.

£1.4 million?

What were the Pie sales?

Sales in pies where tough...not as tough as their gravy though.

He did sing, "I'm a bad bad boy". Not as if he was trying to hide anything.

nail on head, the fans(if they can really be called that) appear on the forum when the club is struggling and have their say and some try to make out the fans who go to the games buy the season tickets are mugs.

I don't mind saying it: I'm sick to death of the negative posters. I come on here to discuss rugby, good and bad, because it's my chosen sport and team, not to have that sport and team constantly run down. The moaners contribute absolutely nothing to my life. Nothing.

Are they entitled to their opinion? Yes. Do I want to hear it? Well, let's put it this way, I wouldn't choose to have a pint with them in the pub. That sort of doom monger bores me to tears, quite frankly.

It's an open forum and anyone is entitled to contribute but what really galls me is when otherwise good fans and posters get 'infected'. Cruncher openly admits it had an effect on him earlier in the season and, as someone whose posts I always enjoy reading, I did notice the change. That to me is where the real damage is done. Instilling negatively in genuine fans. The knock on effect of that is there for all to see, not least in the recent published accounts.

If only there was a dedicated site where posters could go and criticise all things Wigan......

cough*Redvee*cough...

I have to agree with that. Particularly right now, when the Club has every reason for optimism looking ahead to next season, and even, amazingly, this season too, which looked unthinkable just a few months ago.

You're right regarding Facebook etc but I can choose not to go on those so that's exactly what I do. . I’d laugh. Loud. I’ve been called a lot worse than a pleb so to even try and suggest it would offend/scare/intimidate me is quite frankly embarrassing.