Re: Wigan game : Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:36 am  

Euclid wrote:

When it looked like Wigan might be relegated their crowds actually increased. Wigan fans are very loyal, even if they don't turn out to watch dross like the Broncos

Spot on there. Why pay £20+ to watch a team of no hopers from London, best to save the money for Wembley....that's exactly what happened. Not sure where London think they took 200-300 supporters to the semi, there was nowhere near that amount, now that's pathetic.
Just to put it into context
Hull v Wire = 10,621 att
Wigan v London = 6,294 att
If there were 300 London fans there (of which I doubt very much) then Wigan had took 6,000 fans to an away game(it wasn't at the DW) If you divide the attendance at the Hull v Wire game equally then they each took 5,310 supporters. Which means that over the semi final weekend, Wigan had more away support than any other of the semi finalists, you might not like it....but its fact.

Re: Wigan game : Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:47 am  

hatty wrote:

Spot on there. Why pay £20+ to watch a team of no hopers from London, best to save the money for Wembley....that's exactly what happened. Not sure where London think they took 200-300 supporters to the semi, there was nowhere near that amount, now that's pathetic.
Just to put it into context
Hull v Wire = 10,621 att
Wigan v London = 6,294 att
If there were 300 London fans there (of which I doubt very much) then Wigan had took 6,000 fans to an away game(it wasn't at the DW) If you divide the attendance at the Hull v Wire game equally then they each took 5,310 supporters. Which means that over the semi final weekend, Wigan had more away support than any other of the semi finalists, you might not like it....but its fact.

Strange idea of 'away' more like backyard! I wonder how many Wiganers will bother going to Wembley?

Re: Wigan game : Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:04 am  

Back on subject of the game itself, whilst admitting that Broncos were a complete shambles, tbf, has it been noted anywhere that we were without 6 of our first choice 17 (plus Melling)?.

Even the mighty Wigan lose games when they're missing key players.

We're back to the bad old days of relying on loanees from other clubs.

That being said, would have thought that we could have come up with a better show than we did.

Can't wait for our another flogging in front of the tv cameras.

Re: Wigan game : Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:08 am  

hatty wrote:

Spot on there. Why pay £20+ to watch a team of no hopers from London, best to save the money for Wembley....that's exactly what happened. Not sure where London think they took 200-300 supporters to the semi, there was nowhere near that amount, now that's pathetic.

Just to put it into context

Wigan v London = 6,294 att

If there were 300 London fans there (of which I doubt very much) then Wigan had took 6,000 fans to an away game(it wasn't at the DW) If you divide the attendance at the Hull v Wire game equally then they each took 5,310 supporters. Which means that over the semi final weekend, Wigan had more away support than any other of the semi finalists, you might not like it....but its fact.

Just love how you take for granted or is that pathetic, that everyone other than London fans were from Wigan, that is much more doubtful than the figure you mock of London fans. Not one Leigh supporter then and, what about the many fans who these days watch neutral games, plus sponsors and RFL tickets! You need to come into the real world.

So don't make me laugh, with you claims that what you say is fact!

Re: Wigan game : Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:23 am  

jaybs wrote:

Just love how you take for granted or is that pathetic, that everyone other than London fans were from Wigan, that is much more doubtful than the figure you mock of London fans. Not one Leigh supporter then and, what about the many fans who these days watch neutral games, plus sponsors and RFL tickets! You need to come into the real world.

So don't make me laugh, with you claims that what you say is fact!

Does that same argument not also stand for the Hull v Wire game, thus making his argument still just as valid even if the figures are slightly different? In fact, I'd have thought Hull v Wire would pick up more neutrals than Wigan v London.

Re: Wigan game : Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:53 am  

Dan Stains woz God wrote:

Back on subject of the game itself, whilst admitting that Broncos were a complete shambles, tbf, has it been noted anywhere that we were without 6 of our first choice 17 (plus Melling)?.

Even the mighty Wigan lose games when they're missing key players.

We're back to the bad old days of relying on loanees from other clubs.

That being said, would have thought that we could have come up with a better show than we did.

Can't wait for our another flogging in front of the tv cameras.

Fair enough we had players missing but do you really think the likes of Witt, Randall, Howell and the wantaway skipper would have made a difference?

Re: Wigan game : Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:19 pm  

Rob...I think Bailey and Dixon would have made a difference, as would Witt, Howell and Randall on a good day.

Clubb I wouldn't play anyway...wouldn't have him in a London shirt again (which would suit him down to the ground!).

Re: Wigan game : Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:28 pm  

Dan Stains woz God wrote:

Rob...I think Bailey and Dixon would have made a difference, as would Witt, Howell and Randall on a good day.

Clubb I wouldn't play anyway...wouldn't have him in a London shirt again (which would suit him down to the ground!).

Bailey,Dixon fair enough, my bad, but as for the other senior players, the ones you mention haven't had anything approximating a good day over the past 2 seasons, wouldn't have expected them to have done anything on Saturday to significantly alter the outcome.

100% in agreement with you about Clubb, he's dead to me!

Re: Wigan game : Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:52 pm  

I like as much as everyone else here couldn't believe what I saw on Sat. I couldn't watch 2nd half, I turned over and flicked back now and then to just to make it a worse night for me. (even the wife called me a sucker for punishment).

There are two things that baffle me: Why did TR play McMeeken over the more experienced Melling. and also of all the choices he had to play in the halves with Soward, i.e. Dorn and Sarginson and even the less experienced Bishay (at less he knows how to play in that position), and the others had to be better then Jamie C in the halves.
You have to wonder sometimes at TR thinking is when it comes to Jamie C and what he see's that we don't,even when we have had better players available he still gets picked above them.


I wonder on Thurs night if we see Soward and someone else knew there in one of TR bright new ideas from the training ground. How about Soward and Dollapi......

Re: Wigan game : Mon Jul 29, 2013 1:03 pm  

alanw wrote:

You have to wonder sometimes at TR thinking is when it comes to Jamie C and what he see's that we don't,even when we have had better players available he still gets picked above them.

I've said it before and I'll sadly probably have to say it again, I cannot understand how the man has a job as a professional rugby league player. Without question he's the worst regular SL player I've ever seen.