Why do people do it?

10minutes to go a fair few were leaving, with 5 minutes the stand was half to 2/3rds empty

now given the current economic climate surely you want to get your moneys worth. I understand the "want to beat the traffic line" will get used but why does it happen?

You have just answered your own question.



Even if Leeds were winning easily it would still have emptied in order to the beat the traffic. Dont matter what team was in that position, they all do it.

Wigan is the worst ground to get away from. Leeds were not going to come back.

I never leave early, but I can also see why people did

I left so early that I didn't even go, what does that make me ?

Clever

Wigan is the worst ground to get away from, probably the reason for the famous wigan walk. Having said that I stayed to the end, its part of following your team to go throughthe highs and lows. I wanted the ground to throw me out with with 7 or 8 to go!

To me people who and leave 10 mins early are better than those who don't go at all, instead come on here moaning about the team/performance/referee etc.

Couldnt agree more!! The lads have just flogged their guts out for us!! If you can't clap them off win or lose then you have a genuine lack of respect for what they do!! If beating the traffic is the best excuse people have then its Bull $hite! if Saving 5, 10, 30 mins, an hour is more important than showing gratitude to our team then you are not my kind of supporter!! And for those of you who use your kids as an excuse then shame on you! They can sleep in the car! Or if you think they are getting home too late? Then the simple answer is don't take em!!

impatience, short attention spans, lack of real interest in Rugby League and more a fondness for a winning team?
All in all, pretty poor.

To be fair, i spent the last 10 mins of the game scowling at the 'walkers' and NOT watching the team give away countless daft penalties!

TBF with the ones that were left it was a good craic, i was to the left of the posts and it was a fantastic atmosphere oop the back for most of the game. As said previously those lads had just done 80 mins of hard graft and deserve our respect win lose or draw.

at the bulls home game people were leaving with 5 minutes to go and the scores level!

idiots

Last night it was like a trickle, then a flood, people mouthing off at one another, kicking the seats and one guy running all the way down to the front of the stand to complain about a steward who had said "unlucky" to him as she passed. absolutley bonkers.

I have no problem with people that leave early if they choose or don't go at all. It's the judgmental fans that wind me up.

During the game in 2005 to which Leeds had lost their first match that year. You had left on the 65th minute.


You have also on various occassions over the years left before the hooter. Extremely ironic that I can remember when you once left the JJB early one year.


Carry on bleating though Lawrence

At least they went in the first place and don't miss big games for music concerts.

Nothing wrong with leaving early.

I do wonder if the people who stay till the end of rugby league matches stay till the very end of a nightclub no matter how bad it gets.

We left on the sound of the final hooter - legged to the car and it was still a mare getting out of Wigan.

Would never leave early (especially after Wakefield) but I might be the first one out before the masses exit.

I was embarrassed by the rats last night.

So much for supporting your team.

Double standards?

I left with about 2 mins left, so what?

I left the GB - Aus Tri Nations final at HT when GB were getting thumped

I left early at the Leeds - Widnes 0-38 defeat at home when Andy Currier ripped us apart

I left earlyish when we beat Barrow 90-0 in 1990

However I stayed to the end at Knowsley Road in 2004 (?) when Saints put about 50 points on us

I've watched on TV but still had an opinion about the match afterwards

Depending on my mood, and life in general, I will do things that reflect how I feel. If Leeds were getting torn to pieces and playing sh*t, I suspect I would walk out. However, I might stay if I was enjoying myself

This thread looks like its been started to improve post counts or to "prove" that they went to the game

Personally, I don't give a sh*t what anyone else does, I've got enough on worrying about my own business

I guess the OP must be lonely

Early darters should face the firing squad, or at the very least be thrown in a large tub of acid.

And what about those occasions when they haven't flogged their guts out for us ?

Can you leave early then ?

My personal record is 5 minutes after half time, a decision vindicated by the subsequent utter flogging the hapless assortment of players representing our club took.

Too right. I'm sure they've designed the road system so you go round it twice to make you think Wigan's bigger than it actually is!

I wonder if the OP is trying to "lord it on everyone" that he is a better supporter than everyone else! I now pick and choose which games I attend based on the number of ts I predict will attend and my interest levels on the game.

Last night was always going to be a non-starter for me as soon as Wigan started 'bigging' up the game and started reducing ticket prices.