They hinted a while back that it would be that game. I can't remember exactly the points that were made by Lenagan but it all pointed to that game being the only real option.

I'm guessing they'll be happy to use that game for it as you'd expect a 1,000 plus to travel from Hull which will be an extra £15,000+ in gate receipts.

Looking forward to it, IL and Co should be applauded for increasing our presence

I don't think we should bleat too much about one game a year, but it'd be nice to see some of the other SL clubs following suit.

Didn't like it last year and it hasn't grown on me since then.

If it was to be the Hull FC game that would mean two long distance on the road games within a week . That would go down like a lead balloon in some quarters .

Regards , EW

Only problem with the Hull game is that it takes place the weekend after the 3rd division football fixtures are completed. As yet (and probably up until 7 May), there will be no certainty as to whether Millwall will be in the mix, and whether they will be at home on Sat 14 or Sun 15 May. That said, last seasons play-offs for that division took place on the Thursday evening and Sunday afternoon, which would potentially leave Sat 13 free.

For the purposes of atmosphere, then Hull would be the logical choice out of those four. For the purposes of maintaining our proud 100% home league form, then Wakefield every time.

All opinions welcome in my book and we obviously differ on ours but i struggle to see where our presence has been increased. It was all about raising the corporate profile. It failed. We have swapped our worldwide betting sponsor of Coral to one of a no mark betting firm from the Isle Of Man. Hardly Harrods is it?

I'm inclined to agree. I usually back the club and IL with a lot of what they're trying to do at the club, but I really can't get behind this idea. It was reasonably successful last year because a decent chunk of people who attended didn't have to pay to get in, and a fair amount didn't even have to pay for travel. I said last year I was happy to eat my words and if we were awash with blue chip sponsors then the idea was completely justified. As you say, however, we've lost one of the largest high street betting companies for a much smaller one (admittedly not knowing what either has paid).

If there was the demand to get one of the big stadia in London filled, similar to what Saracens do at Wembley, then I'd be all for it. But getting half of our regular attendance at Millwall simply doesn't achieve anything IMO.

I've no idea how much money 188 Bet are putting into the club, have you? It could be a far more lucrative deal than the Coral one. Nor have I any idea how many converted fans from London are now coming up and buying corporate boxes, groups of tickets, sky sports packages, replica shirts etc, nor how many young lads from London will now start playing rugby with Wigan as the club they want to play for one day. Plus let's not forget we've only done it once so may be a bit of a grower. The attendance was pretty decent this season as well wasn't it?

Just because they're based in the IoM doesn't lessen them any. It's just a tax haven allowing companies to exploit loopholes & not pay their fair share (like McDonald's, Amazon, Starbucks etc).

How is one year of an experiment proof of failure? Whilst I strongly disagree that Millwall is the right place to do it, and I'm less than impressed that it looks like the value of season tickets and any home advantage are compromised, IL's just a businessman out to make money & the Business Club would actually appear to be working (albeit very early days) in that aspect at least. Also, if it widens the pool of talent the club has access to, that can only be a benefit as well.

I think what might have an effect on next year's trip though, is the dire performance with NZ in Stratford. That game [iwill [/ibe mentioned in the run up to ours by the London-based media and I suspect it'll be an uphill struggle to turn around everything negative that memories of that game will bring up.

Why? I thought the idea was that you'd enhance your corporate standing. Surely less competition would make more sense.

Any chance it might be the Easter Monday game with HKR as the DW is double booked on that day .

If not any word on what's happening on Easter Monday ?

Regards , EW

Emailed the club some weeks ago re Easter Monday, no reply as yet.
Interestingly news story on club website today re extending deadline for season ticket renewal has changed the wording " Warriors Season Tickets for the 2016 campaign include all of the Warriors home matches during the
regular season and Super 8s stage." the DW wording has been dropped.

Millwall are at home to Burton Albion on Easter Monday.

Bolton are not playing at home on Easter Monday, and I believe they are in need of a few quid...

Not a fan of this idea.... I may well attend, but i know that many can't, which i don't like...

If they don't attend and you don't like them then surely it's a win, win for you

I see you point, just don't think that our fans should be taken advantage of... And i feel they are.

For what it's worth I agree, I didn't go to millwall last year and I won't be going to wherever they play this years, the club won't listen therefore I vote with my feet.

I'm dead against taking a game on the road. Millwall was a dreadful venue and having to get up at 6.00am on a Saturday to get to a match isn't my idea of fun. Ordinary fans like me are kind of taken for granted.

However I swallowed the arguments put forward by IL, and deferred to his better judgement. I thought that getting a sponsor from a leading company might be one outcome of taking a game to London. That hasn't materialised.

It kind of makes sense to play Catalans in London. But good luck trying to entice fans of Salford or Wakey to Millwall. They can't even be bothered coming to the DW.

I could not have put it better...

Quote ="Aboveusonlypie" I thought that getting a sponsor from a leading company might be one outcome of taking a game to London. That hasn't materialised. '" www.wiganwarriors.com/news/2015- ... n-warriors Not quite a leading company, but it is only the first year of the event. I'm not fully sold on the idea, but willing to give it a chance. If we're still playing at Millwall in front of 8,000 in a couple of years then it hasn't worked. On the other hand if it grows there could be big benefits to wigan an rl in general.

Quote ="Aboveusonlypie" I thought that getting a sponsor from a leading company might be one outcome of taking a game to London. That hasn't materialised. '" www.wiganwarriors.com/news/2015- ... n-warriors Not quite a leading company, but it is only the first year of the event. I'm not fully sold on the idea, but willing to give it a chance. If we're still playing at Millwall in front of 8,000 in a couple of years then it hasn't worked. On the other hand if it grows there could be big benefits to wigan an rl in general.

Frankly I think the chances of landing a big-time sponsor (remote) are still considerably better than the hope of attracting large crowds to watch league in Millwall. I'd love to be wrong (really!), but I just can't see it.

Don't like on the road matches and I don't the Thursday night matches but that is not down to IL.

A quick check of the two directors named reveals an interest in certain other companies. One -

BST (Power) UK was started in Nov 2013 and dissolved on December 1st 2015 and the other -

Greenplan Electronics started in September 2014 from the same address in Fitzroy Sqare, London. This coincidentally, is Lite-Plan's HQ address.

Liteplan also sponsor the London Electrical Engineers Golf Society of which Peter Ray (Managing Director of Liteplan) is the current Captain.

They seem to be involved in a company called Morpheus Integrated Technologies Ltd (Directors Peter and Stephen Ray) also known as MITTEC.

They have also been involved as Directors of the following -

Mobile motors.tv (turnover between £1,000-£3,000)
Communicate Solutions Ltd (which doesn't appear to be trading)
Ascendent Holdings Ltd (which doesn't appear to have traded since 2007)

I must admit I half expected to come across a certain R&DB Trotter Ltd (but maybe I am being unkind to these fellows who appear to be very busy lads indeed)

Anyway that's what is behind the logo on the arm of your replica shirts. The 'Lite-Plan' logo.

Are they worth sending coach loads of us down to Millwall for - you decide.

That must mean that "Trigger is a Manager without Portfolio",