What a whopper

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I see the couple of people who went way over the top, throwing accusations and name calling still haven't been man enough to come back and say they were wrong / apologise.

With regard to your comment of 'Any chance you can tell me who has been creating atmosphere at Wigan games for the last 30 years?'
Obviously I can't give you names and addresses, but I presume that the fans you refer to have been creating an atmosphere by making noise rather than standing/sitting in silence - which seems to me is just what the Brigantes are encouraging everyone to do.

As far as I'm aware, from the appearance of the people you are talking about, I would take a stab at them not all being a 'bunch of 12 year olds'. But you could be right - there some bl**dy big 12 year olds knocking about these days.

You also appear to want me to tell fans who sing to shut up. I'm sorry but I won't be able to help you there. If you want them to be quiet - I suggest that you do that yourself at the next home match.

I see you also think that the Brigantes 'aren't helping'. In what way are fans who sing not helping? Not helping with what? Putting the players off with all that noise?

And thanks for letting the fans who sing know that you don't want them to represent you. I'm sure it will be duly noted by all concerned and a real weight off their shoulders.

For the benefit of anyone who has clicked on page 7 of this thread first and hasn't read any of the earlier stuff... don't bother. This is an astonishingly tedious thread. I made the mistake of starting at the beginning and that's 5 minutes of my life I can't get back....

Once again, by falling for the bait we cover ourselves in glory, again. I despair.

Usually, it's right to ignore the bait but when someone (and a mod at that) tries to stir things up by making remarks about hooliganism and Police surveillance of the group then that has to challenged. I don't believe it was a Tongue in cheek post, wink or no wink. The club read these forums after all. In some respects I'm not bothered what some people think about us but suggestions about hooliganism, racism etc need to be challenged. Do you suggest we let such slurs go without any response?

It would have been better to lock the thread straight after Sadfish excellent post on page one.
Just a reminder of what he said.

There's no need to lock anything just because someone has had a sense of humour by-pass. It was established early on what plod were up to as one of the group had talked to them. Just because some are overly sensitive to the word Brigantes being used when it doesn't fit into their agenda is their problem. Being a mod doesn't stop you posting things that might upset the over-sensitive.

They would also film for evidence gathering purposes, I imagine they had some intelligence (good or bad) for potential disorder. Games are catogorised and depending on the potential for disorder you have no officers to alot. It's important to capture images if incidents happen and suspects can be identified at a later date.

Any chance the brigantes can get a song going thats not got a wooooow wow in it or a 'continental' drum beat?

We have quite a few really. People just havn't been joining in though. Part of the reasoning behind a switch to more continental songs was due to the success of Dale Cavese and then the new 'Cherry and white' song. I agree it might have gone slightly OTT but I promise you they will sound quality at a big game when everyone joins in. Recently people have not been joining in so we have just been making whatever noise we can.

You are welcome in S2 to start a song, people WILL join in.