Wigans attendances have been gradually going down for a few years now 16+ in 2012 to probably dropping below 13 this season . I think that could be down to Thursday games, being treat like inferior tenants and the standard of rugby being not that entertaining. Add to that the season ticket price not being much of a saving (miss 2 games and your out of pocket).
With regards to cup games and semis I have no idea why they are poorly attended,you would think last years semi against yourselves would have been the highest gate of the season bar the saints game but the attendance was just over 10k!yet we managed 16k plus in a nothing game against Cats the week before.
I think you have to look at people's disposable incomes,and the towns the game is played in are hardly the most affluent places (people maybe saving their cash for the final) add to that the RFL are terrible at marketing (probably shouldn't have to for a semi) and the standard of the league as a whole has dropped which probably cumulative add up to the drop in attendances for semi finals.

The Keepmoat Stadium on a Friday was a big reason for a lot of Wigan fans not going to that semi v Hull. I couldn't get the day off work and couldn't go. The RFL poor marketing team have a lot to answer for. Yesterday's game was high quality and could easily have attracted new support for the game yet I saw very little (no) marketing anywhere!

Donny on a Friday was a disaster for all concerned at the RFL and it handed an advantage to Hull (not making excuses).
Hopefully they have learnt from that which it looks like they have but the marketing is terrible.how about having both semis at the same ground and make it into a magic weekend feel?use one of the football grounds. We are probably gonna have a combined attendance of less than 30,probably closer to 25k, imagine the game at one of the football stadiums and really well marketed,it would surely do more?more neutrals and it's at a good time,the football season is out so people want a live sport fix.

What i would like to know is where have these extra salford fans come from ive just seen Koukash the same question he just shrugged his shoulders and carried on with his cig

Well that was a lesson in capitulation well done wigan

Child has dragged Salford back into this game. Made a series of incorrect decisions which allowed Salford back in.

I think Tomkins was not winning the race for the ball and interfered with the likely try scorer.
The Powel one, I dunno, Tasi seemed to turn in the tackle, Powel wasn't even looking, he spotted his contact point and then turned away during the tackle, in that second his contact point changed, so....accidental, unlucky for tasi I think.

I'm sorry but if you watch a reply 20 times....you don't have sufficient evidence

Seriously unimpressed with Joe Burgess. Far from a top winger, he offers less than Marshall in my opinion. As soon as Dom comes back, he has to drop.

Quick, say more bad things and he can set up some more tries!

I thought we were very good and controlled the vast majority of the game,Salford had a purple patch which happens sometimes but other than that it was all in hand.
Best performance for some time for me,gives me confidence that we could maybe with a bit of luck get into the play offs or at least confidence we can pull a performance out at Wembley.

Congrats Wigan, superb second half performance.

Couldn't disagree more with this. He was defensively sound, made a few breaks, set up the decisive try and was very unlucky not to score. He didn't look at full speed to me, I think he took a knock in the first half so wasn't at 100%.

The biggest positive for me today was Sam. I thought he was very good, he ran the ball a lot more and looked dangerous with it. I'd have a guess he made more breaks today than the rest of the games this season put together. Another big plus was MM. I can understand Wane's loyalty with Powell but for me MM should do 80 in the big games.

On the whole it was a nervous watch, the ref/vid ref did a fantastic job at keeping it closer than it needed to be, to over-rule the on-field decision for the Burgess try with what was shown on tv over & over was ridiculous, there was absolutely no clear shot showing his hand off the ball...

Burgess just looks a little jaded, nothing that won't get sorted, maybe those games covering at centre took more of a toll than we realise? Thought Micky Mac looked great today. George was steady and TL did his job...however both could do with asking Carney for some 40/20 tips, those two he landed were fantastic.

I'm not going to go-in on Gelling again as last time I was slated...however, he was once again bang average in both attack and defense and his sin-binning put us under more pressure than needed. For a top-earner at the club, he needs to come good at the business end of this season and he just isn't. I hope a pending Manfredi return helps his form.