Thu 23 Sept: Wigan Warriors v Leeds Rhinos KO 19:45 (TV)

[Davo5]

I think at present the product on the field is so poor that no matter what they tried would fail to attract more fans,having said that the club in general is in a rut on & off the pitch which requires a major shakeup.

[EagleEyePie]

28 minutes ago, M j M said:

For the retro round I'd expect ex players on the pitch, interviews, the team wearing a heritage shirt, retro focused programme (although I don't think wigan do them any more?) stuff on the screen to support the event etc.

None of it rocket science and something I want the entire league to be doing once a year. But if you're going to do it at least do it properly. As it was it was largely just the lower ticket price which was the lead which was a bit disappointing.

They had ex players on the pitch and some interviews the last time they did a retro round but I wouldn't be in favour of them doing that while covid is still such an issue, and it would probably impact the number of people willing to take part in it anyway. Plus we don't have a marketing director at the moment so we weren't likely to be doing too much until that's sorted.

Either way some former players on the pitch and the players wearing a different shirt for one game isn't going to make me more willing to watch a game. I want to watch talented players on the pitch not people who used to be talented standing around talking for a bit.

[M j M]

Good news everyone.

I'll give it an hour and then check out Q-Vee for why Oledzki and Newman should have had five game bans each, just like "ahh Tommeh" got for something completely different. Leeds, RFL, Hetherington, crooked, blah blah blah.

[Davo5]

4 minutes ago, M j M said:

Good news everyone.

I'll give it an hour and then check out Q-Vee for why Oledzki and Newman should have had five game bans each, just like "ahh Tommeh" got for something completely different. Leeds, RFL, Hetherington, crooked, blah blah blah.

Oledzki can count himself lucky that Hardaker bounced back up.

[M j M]

14 minutes ago, Davo5 said:

Oledzki can count himself lucky that Hardaker bounced back up.

More likely there's no evidence from the footage that he did anything illegal.

[Loiner]

1 hour ago, M j M said:

Good news everyone.

I'll give it an hour and then check out Q-Vee for why Oledzki and Newman should have had five game bans each, just like "ahh Tommeh" got for something completely different. Leeds, RFL, Hetherington, crooked, blah blah blah.

Cue Saint Toppy to come up with his usual anti Leeds bias, ahh tommie not that kind of player unlike Rhino thugs.

[M j M]

@Davo5 have you checked the footage? It's a bit hard to see which may have saved Mik but there is nothing to prove he made contact with the head which was what was being claimed.

[Davo5]

1 hour ago, M j M said:

More likely there's no evidence from the footage that he did anything illegal.

Must have mysteriously gone missing since the game then,

[sweaty craiq]

On 27/09/2021 at 02:33, JohnM said:

I've not been to a Wigan game since they played at Springfield Park but I can attest that the club has always relied on the happenings on the pitch to generate the match day experience. I've heard that during the degenerate years at Central Park, the pre-match build up comprised a religious guy who used to wander around the club car park with a banner declaring Jesus Saves Fallen Women (with the crowd responding "Tell him to save one for me!"). Crowds were good, games tense and in the main exciting, and atmosphere great.

The easiest thing for the club to do to generate crowds and income would be to get the team playing exciting, skillful,  fast, open rugby with a commanding captain on the pitch, fast and effective half backs,  decent props and someone who can kick,  and to have a proper antipodean star, e.g.Gene Miles, Pat Richards, Doc Murray......

 

We had the religious guy post game at Hilton Park - his banner was ''The end is nigh'' with the crowd responding '' you watched the game then''