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| Quote: ROBINSON ""Recent years" means further back than last year. No point being selective. The Kooga stuff is reasonable. The Patrick and JJB stuff WAS complete tat.'"
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| Quote: ROBINSON "No problem with that.
My view is that we should get rid of the tag, but mainly for the reasons Alex points out - that it doesn't get used.
I'm not a fan, myself, but that doesn't cloud my judgement on the matter. If we had used it, promoted it, people had taken to it, and were actually GETTING new fans on the back of it, and selling loads of merchandise, then I would vote to keep it.
Maybe the question should not be 'keep it or dump it'? It should be 'USE it or dump it''"
Agree with that. Probably a much better point than the poll on offer. |
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| Quote: ROBINSON ""Recent years" means further back than last year. No point being selective. The Kooga stuff is reasonable. The Patrick and JJB stuff WAS complete tat.'"
So last year wasnt recent?
The JJB stuff was awful yes, that can be said about anything JJB manufacture. But hey at least they got the stuff made on time  |
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[quote="king warrior":prbr924b]Adam Blair flew over yesterday and has been training the deal is going to be signed this week
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| Drop the Warriors, bring back Kelvin the Gorilla and move back to Central Park. Job done. |
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| Quote: Pemps "Just had a text off a mate of mine asking about the new shirt. His wife bought one at the game on Saturday and when they got it home it had no Kooga or Wigan crest on it. ![]()
Did he refer to it as a 'Wigan' shirt or a 'Warriors' shirt?
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[quote="king warrior":prbr924b]Adam Blair flew over yesterday and has been training the deal is going to be signed this week
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| Quote: JTB "Did he refer to it as a 'Wigan' shirt or a 'Warriors' shirt?'"
Warriors. Always Warriors. |
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| Quote: Pemps "Warriors. Always Warriors.'"
You are mates with an 8 year old?  |
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| Quote: Alex BP' "
I know where you're coming from but as I explained in other posts, it's only from our perspective as established fans that it has no bearing. On new, and especially younger, fans it is part of the club identity and so I would argue isn't pointless. I think Robinson makes a valid point though (as do you) about making it more of an identifiable brand in the way that , say, the Yankees etc. have done. Now that would be a worthwhile marketing excercise!
P.S. I do realise that it will never have the global identity of the Yankees before anyone makes this an issue! lol
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| Quote: piemandan "Drop the Warriors, bring back Kelvin the Gorilla and move back to Central Park. Job done. ![]()
Got to disagree, Edward the pie man was the best mascot by a mile.
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| Quote: 21-12 "Got to disagree, Edward the pie man was the best mascot by a mile.'"
that 'bloody pie in tights' as my nan used to say |
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| Quote: Catalancs "that 'bloody pie in tights' as my nan used to say ![]()
He was brilliant.
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Living 30 miles away on the Wirral I'm often asked who do you support, Liverpool or Everton?
Reply, Wigan Rugby League Club!
Couldn't imagine saying Wigan Warriors!
We also have a national company as sponsors who's HQ is away from Wigan.
In conversation do they say "We sponsor Wigan Rugby League Club" or "Wigan Warriors".
I do think with them being miles away from the town they'll say "Wigan Rugby League Club"
Ian Lenagan is the owner and has his view which is fine.
He has also just changed the name of the company from Wigan Football Club" to Wigan Rugby League Club".
As he's just done that perhaps this is the time we should go for the one name for both the company and marketing purposes with "Wigan Rugby League Club"
Wigan Rugby League Club has always sounded great to me, after all that's who we are!
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| Quote: ROBINSON "I see your point, but I was 9 when I first started watching Wigan; we weren't called Warriors then, and if we were, it wouldn't have made a blind bit of difference. It was enough for me that I liked the sport - I was aware of "branding", due to the coverage of American Football on Channel 4, but it never occurred to me that we should do the same, and I certainly didn't develop an affiliation to any Gridiron teams because of it. This is despite the fact I actually quite like American Football.
The Mighty Max point - we can have a mascot without being called 'Warriors". Can't we?'"
you have just brought up a clincher for me.
i like american football in a big way for the last 7 or 8 years and my favourite team is Pittsburg. I ALWAYS refer to them as the steelers.
by the same token our newer fans refer to wigan rlfc as the warriors (which many have pointed out, and many recognise as the clubs future fans), because thats what they were more or less brainwashed into calling them from the off, just like myself and the steelers ?
if we suddenly dropped warriors from the name, would these new/young fans stop calling them warriors?
i very much doubt it, so it would be a pointless excercise imo. |
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I'm not keen on being Wigan Warriors, just doesn't sound as good as Wigan RL.
But are there connotations to both names? We, as fans may associate the name Wigan RL with success but associate Wigan Warriors with the post success era of the club.
The introduction of the Warriors, Rhinos, Bulls, Wildcats is simply marketing tactics, development of the brand in one particular direction, arguably in looking towards the NFL for inspiration.
I can't see teams reverting back to the old/original names, so I think we have to accept in 2009 it's the warriors.
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