Quote ="Horatio Yed"Since salary cap times, they only win occasionally, because they can't rape every single club of their talent and buy all the best Aussies money can buy playing against part timers who fix toilets through the week.'" You must be feeling a bit unloved as no-one else is replying to your interjections on here, so I'll take pity. As you suggest Wigan have indeed won occasionally in the SL area, as the following shows: wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/in ... age_id=259

Quote ="Horatio Yed"Since salary cap times, they only win occasionally, because they can't rape every single club of their talent and buy all the best Aussies money can buy playing against part timers who fix toilets through the week.'" You must be feeling a bit unloved as no-one else is replying to your interjections on here, so I'll take pity. As you suggest Wigan have indeed won occasionally in the SL area, as the following shows: wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/in ... age_id=259

No one ever listens to me or at least they shouldn't, no worries bro.

Nothing stopped the sides competing with Wigan from turning pro other than their own lack of ambition. The fact that Wigan were lead by a visionary of the game, who sort the financial backing to make his dreams reality, is nothing but unfortunate for the other clubs. They should have got their acts together, but didn't and rightfully won what they deserved, bugger all!

I'm not saying it's Wigan's fault no other clubs followed their lead, it does still however take away from their achievement when in the end they were playing joiners and plumbers for trophies.

Yes, all the other clubs could have lost their ground and had to lodge at local football grounds. That would have lead to even more fun when Challenge Cup games came round....

Wigan are in the position they are now thanks to Lindsay.
Tenants at a football club who need permission to play games if a wedding is booked.
Wigan are just a little club now.

I have to agree with this Wigan fan, some on here would say the exact same had it been Leeds and we very nearly did lose our ground etc but whilst winning toss all.

I think the top and bottom of all this is Leeds have had an excellent team since 2002 and some of them think we should not be allowed to have such a successful period.So they resort to denigration,not all of them,but quite a few of them

Leeds v Wigan at Galpharm Stadium, and Warrington vs Huddersfield at Salford City Stadium.

Correct decisions allround. Finally getting proper "neutral" venues then, with no advantage to one team or the other.

A little club who you've never beaten in a final...

If you were getting to them as often as us we'd have more of a chance.

As I believe the kids say - pwned.

Is this official yet or is it still to be confirmed?

The news has not gone down well on the Wigan forum.

You'd think that they'd be happy to beat us anywhere given they've gone to great lengths to tell us how happy they are that they got the 'weakest' team in the SF draw. Surely they are that arrogant....whoops, I meant to say confident of beating us that they'd even be prepared to play us at Headingley

They're on their 4th page already, moaning thats it's at hudds. It was the logical choice as gotcha has being trying to tell them. As is the norm with the pie's they're too busy moaning about how hard done to they are to listen.

well its not long since they weren't good enough to get to one,until the okey pokey started up again

so long as they keep it on their own board dont want em over here

I see that if Leeds meet Hudds in the final, Lunt wouldn't be allowed to play. I really don't understand clubs being allowed to enter such side agreements to loan deals - if a player is on loan they should be available for every game during that time, unless cup-tied.

Do they?

I'm afraid I disagree. Were, for example, Lunt to play for us against Hudds and have a Meli-esque type shocker or worse there'd always be the suspicion of skullduggery, at least in some quarters.

He believes they do, he didn't say they did.

Do they?

Hudds is about 40 miles from Wigan. What's the big deal?
Is there some kind Heathrow style passport control on the county border that I am not aware of.

Every fule know that Huddersfield is just an outer suburb of Greater Leeds.

Christ (sorry kirkstaller) that thread on the Pie forum is a piece of work. They're even getting uppity when one of their unexpectedly non-humourless fans makes a little joke: