Fan's forum

Quote: Southern Tyke "I think there are some really valid points on here. I have supported the club through thick and thin, but that loyalty is now in serious question. Not just the state of the playing rosta but the game as a whole. I can't think of a single team that I would pay to watch at this moment in time.
Just a few years ago I would switch on Sky or turn up at the KC to watch Leeds, Bradford, Saints and expect to be royally entertained. What we see now is a sterile game in which teams play to a ridged game plan and the ones who execute it best win the game.
Its negative and boring. Add into the mix a referee who are told to focus on certain rules at different times (Such as Ganson on Saturday ). Then we have the desire to have a level playing field with salary caps etc and we have imo a game in decline. Ok I don't want Wigan winning everything all the time, but in that perdiod in the 80s / 90s the game was followed far and wide and spoken about due to a great Wigan team. Speak to any one who doesn't follow the game and they know about Wigan but couldn't tell you who the top team is now.
As for moaning about the forum some people just need to get out more and realise that this is one area that the club are getting it right. I just wish they were as good at organising on field activity.'"

Although oddly enough the gates are probably higher now than in those "halcyon" years. It seems that there an average of 50/55,000 people that are prepared to watch our game each week almost regardless of what happens ,probably, like me, always in the hope that it will improve , we'll win more , the beer and company's good , it's not work etc. I agree entirely with your perception though.