sergeant pepper wrote:
Difficult one really.
Realistically, getting 15k & that being a sell-out each week would make it a better atmosphere. I know the accountants will disagree, but I look at the Leigh (A) game earlier this year. As a fan, I'd prefer a ground felt full like that & the benefits of the atmosphere it tends to generate.
The club are doing loads and I genuinely tip my hat to them. The quickest way to raising attendances however would be to make it game night a must for any Wigan fan, causal or not. Atmosphere plays a huge part in that imo.
One thing I haven’t liked this year is them making the North a community stand, which has low meant people are rattling around 4 stands most weeks and not just 3. They must have their reasons but I always felt we needed to get more people in to the South Stand, not take them away. I also felt that the away fans (bar for a couple of local games) should be housed down the south end of the East stand but rather than doing things like that, the crowd is now spread all over the place. Ultimately the ground is too big 90% of the time but I think they could do things better when it comes to helping an atmosphere along and helping with the general ‘feel’ of the place.
