So Wigan again fail to make the GF. According to some of their fans they only had to turn up to win.

They cowardly dodged Warrington in clubcall and tonight got their just deserts.

The arrogance of this club shone through when Ian Lenagan told anyone who would listen that the majority of RL 'wanted a Wigan/Warrington final'.

What gives this man the right to speak for most RL fans?

No offence to Wire but I hope Saints win the other semi so Mr Lenagan will get his 'nightmare final'.

I don't care what anyone says, there is no way this lot are the world's biggest Rugby League club. Their success of 1985-1995 were when they were the only total professional club.

They are so big they don't even have their own stadium and are lodgers in a football ground!


It's the big day in the RL calender next week and yet again the Warriors and their supporters will be on the outside looking in.

Pathetic post.

You couldn't look more like a dick right now.

what a stupid thread.

should have called this warrington fan arrogance.

He could put a Shaun Wane mask on?

9/10

sounds like a wigan fans post......


oh dear me!

I'd say the post was spot on.

No one things Wigan are a big club any more....












...Everyone knows HKR are THE team!

I'd say they're the biggest club on England to be fair.

After Leeds maybe!

Compared to the lowly Leythers we certainly are.

But many thought it was going to be a challenging game.



By picking the lowest place team just like every other team has in the club call.



Maybe he conduced a survey? What gives you the right to say otherwise, are you speaking for the majority of fans? I for one don't want to see another Saints & Leeds final.



What gives you the right to speak for what his nightmare final is?



Who claims that Wigan are? And the only professional club?



What relevance has this?



Just like many others? But like me, I bet there are a few other supporters who haven't yet bought a ticket but will go to the GF and aren't in the final.

Well done at stringing together one of the most pathetic posts I have read for a long time.

Wigan are easily Britain's biggest RL club, and personally I don't think that'll ever change.

Gutted at the result, feel for Wigan, a travesty in my opinion. Yet another boring final in store now.

But most importantly Brucie, did you think it was a "Good Game"?

And as for Leeds, "didn't they do well"?

(Apologies to anyone under the age of 30 who hasn't a clue what that means.)

HaHa Wigan . Won about 3 trophys in about 15 years which is miles behind Leeds , St.Helens and yes Bradford.
Went bankrupt and are now tennants at the local football clubs ground.
Wigan a big club ? . Dont make me laugh !

thats a biased blinkered opinion that mate im a wire fan and it grits me to say wigan are still a world famous club

Yes , and so are Widnes RL and Leeds United in football !

yeah notts forrest liverpool etc you never lose the tag of being a big club

Wigan the only full time pro team from 1985-1995????? where's the proof of this? Wigan turned full time pro in the summer of 1991 ahead of the 1991-1992 season. Leeds also turned full time pro time pro the same summer.

Read a book written call Mud, Blood and Glory(i think its that one) chronicling Wigan's season of 1990/91 where part of the book is the writer going visting the players in their day to day jobs and spending time with Maurice Lyndsay as he constantly is looking for improving income streams and sponsorship to bring in necessary funds to help the Wigan players become 'full time' in readiness for the 91/92 to help complete with Leeds who had already announced this transistion. Its pity other clubs didn't have owners/chairman with the same motivation to improve their clubs and instead just relied on the fame of Wigan to bring in Sky Sports money to help them.

IN a nutshell, Wigan only play at the DW Stadium because Dave Whelan got funding(approx 50% of the cost of the stadium) as long as it was a multi sports stadium. Dave Whelan had stalled on plans to build this stadium just for Wigan Athletic because he didn't get the funding - without Wigan RL.

What contributed to Wigan losing Central Park was because the RFL pulled the rug from under Wigan's feet by reducing income streams - reduction in home league games from 15 to 11. That's four less 14,000+ crowds a season. Scrapping of the Lancs Cup, an almost annual 3 or 4 matches of income and prize money, scrapping of the Regal Trophy, again almost guarenteed revenue streams per annum. Of course shoddy leadership from Jack Robinson and co didn't help, they sold Central Park when their was alternatives. Whelan offered around £4m to turn Central Park into a 20,000 all seater stadium(the photos and plans bring a tear to the eye) but Tesco offered £11m to turn it into a car park and the rest is history.

If Wigan aren't the biggest team in Super League, who are?

In a nutshell,you pay rent and If Whelan tells you to play somewhere else for the week,you do.

Oh and you aint even the biggest team In Wigan.

Idiot.

Shaun Wane was brilliant in the film 'Congo'.

Are you for real - Leeds are and always have been the biggest club in the country. They were for many years under achievers unlike Wigan but in all other respects Leeds were the biggest - now they are clearly both.