I clapped Cats when they walked back towards the SS. This is a team that played against top of the league 5 days prior and beat them, had a quick turn around and beat the current champions on our own turf and with a hell of alot of flair anf skill!! As a rugby league fan aswell as a loyal Wiganer I don't understand how that is anything other than 'sportsmanship'??

The silly 'your not fit to wear the shirt' or 'Catalan ole ole ole' chants are just mindless kids IMO.

We're all different I guess - I have never left the ground before the final whisltle win, loose or draw but thats my choice.

Yes we were off the ball last night but can't take anything away from Catalan, they came to do a job and did it. End of.

I thought Scott Dureax and Steve Menzies in particular where superb last night and I see nothing wrong in applauding that.

I have said several times in this thread that Catalans were the better team and deserved their win, I don't think any Wigan fan has questioned this have they? In fact a lot of Wigan fans didnt think Wigan would cruise it, I know I didn't after they beat a very good wire side last week. I clapped them at the end of the game, not when they walked back to their positions. Other fans did and the purpose of this thread was to discuss peoples reasons for clapping/cheering. After being a Wigan fan for the last ten years or so I can assure you im not bitter about losing, especially not to the better team, I've had enough practice! Let's not make this about whether or not Wigan fans are bitter, to question the cats performance last night would be ridiculous!!!

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I've been home and away all over the world for as long as I can remember and because I recognise great play I shouldn't go to Old Trafford to watch my team should they get there???!!!!!

mmmmmmmm ok

learn some respect please

Well said Brian, and that Steve Menzies wasn't too shabby either !!!!

I've watched Scotty D come through the grades at the Newcastle Knights since about 2003, and he is the number one student of the Knights halfback academy - well ahead of guys like Walsh and Mullen - but every coach in the NRL knows his achilles heal and knows how to beat a side he is in.
I'm not going to tell you - but every fan in Aus knows he has a very small motor and does nothing and becomes a huge liability in defence if you run all your forwards at him (did I say that out loud?)

PS - it's spelt Dureau.

Thats what makes genuine rugby league supporters so great, the fact that many supporters of Wigan and other clubs can appreciate good rugby league - even if its coming from the opposition.

Nothing stupid about that at all.

Yes I remember that game at CP. The Aussies were awesome that day. I remember the time in the game when they strung together something like 20 passes (I am guessing at the number but it was alot) without being touched. The crowd spontaneously erupted in genuine applause for the brilliance they were witnessing. At times last night I appreciated the play from Catalans but I didn't join in the clapping because I felt some of it seemed patronising and just an attempt to vent frustration. I guess there was a mixture of feelings and certainly those chanted CAT_A_LANS was going a bit too far. I also think booing your own team is rarely justified.

How could anyone interpret it any other way?

I don't understand why anyone would clap the away side onto the pitch but I did clap when they scored a very good try which I would for any away teams

I clapped them on and off, mainly because, well, as far as I could tell, they had one supporter there (who made a point of waving goodbye to all the fans that left early in our section of the East stand!), and it's sportsmanlike to do so, especially to recognise a good performance at the end.

The booing of our boys, and the amount of grief that Finch was getting was a little over the top IMO, and even though they are professional sportsmen, the amount of grief they were getting, and blatantly able to hear, was bound to have an effect. At one point, Pat looked to be getting wound up at some of the negative comments coming from the East stand, and was definitely glaring at someone.

Comments along the line of "Worst side ever", "We deserve to lose" and "I hope we don't score anymore", are (again) IMO, a little over the top, but then again, if you've paid for your ticket, you're entitled to voice your opinion!.

Swanny

To be fair, it did sound like we deserved to lose...