I really really reeeeeeeeeally hope we win and we get a big crowd, just to shut our critics up.

I might need a brush for this sweeping generalisation, but there seems to be a lot of arrogance amongst Wire fans these days.

(I'm not saying its all Wire fans, just more arrogance than there used to be)

We got 5,929 against Saints on a cold Friday night in February after getting hammered at Cardiff, we managed 6,266 against v Wigan again on a cold Friday night.

For the record over the past ten league games between us both at the Willows the average is 5,268, although the last two (since we came back up) have an average of 6,122.

Now our average so far this season is only 4,566, with Bradford at the Willows on Sky on a Saturday with a 16.45 kick off which just so happened to clash with the biggest Manchester football derby in virtually a lifetime and the Crusaders game, which would have a small turn out anyway, also on Sky, on a Saturday with a 19.15 kick off, it’s no real wonder the crowds look cack. However if you take away both home Sky games it's actually 5,535.

So a bank holiday, 3pm kick off, no football, no sky and what looks like good weather, I would hope 7k is the minimum we can expect.

No one has said it yet, so I'll start it off......we are a big club, we WILL win the Grand Final and we should be hammering the likes of Salford.

TF is tempting the great gods of RL



Oh for the ' Cullen out ! ' years

Seen some nail biting encounters between Salford & the Wire in the past few years and some pretty embrassing one sided events.. hope the crowd & the game warrants the final game between us at the Willows.

we are paying the players more than we should and most of our crowd are glory hunters there you could have said that as well, the same Big Club that fred flintstone swings, like getting beat by the Catalan.

And Catalans beat Wigan, Sheffield beat Wigan, Leeds beat United in last seasons FA Cup. Shocks happen - that's all part of sport.

Great weather,good company a few beers and wire win. I expect s decent crowd we always bring a couple of thousand.The shed is always packed for this game,so i would say between 8 and 9 thousand.

I would say that the great weather and few beers have gone to your head.

7k tops IMHO.

What's your biggest SL crowd since 96?

Someone asked this on the Wire board but just in case it gets missed - can anyone tell me who won the 1992 Oscar for Best Actor?

Also, whilst I'm here, will the Social Club be open (and showing) the Hull v Hull KR game beforehand?

12,478

Al Pacino "Scent of a Woman" there's a joke in there somewhere

Club open, but I don't think they will be showing anything, that is too much like hard work.

apparently they're showing our famous 22-2 win at Wilderspool in Sept 2002 just for the benefit of the Wire fans coz most of them weren't there

S. Mind you, not as far into fantasy land as the bloke who once told me you bring 4,000 every time you play at the Willows.

I can remember two coaches full and Tawera Nikau getting some rotten abuse, not so far in the past ...

from Paul Highton!

Aren't you hoping for 10000 glory-hunters to supplement your 2980 hard core to help fill your new place?

Nope, we are trying to expand our hardcore fan base. Winning games will help do that admittedly.

yeah we're copying the idea from Warrington

Personally I'm looking forward to the day when fans of other teams sing 'Where were you when you were s**t' at us...

The other week, when Wire were losing, some opposition fans chanted "[iOh y y, y y y y Warrington[/i" at them

Later in the game Wire went in front and their fans replied with "[iWe're not y, we're not y, we're not y any more[/i".

Made me chuckle!

Hoping to use it in the same way at Wanderers at some point?!

wow, tawera nikau, you've gone back 10 years to get a dig in, how many times have you been relegated in that 10 years? 2 or 3?

Twice in the last 10 years. Including two 1st place finishes, two Grand Final wins, a record breaking Northern Rail Cup win and an Arriva Trains Cup. So we've actually won more silverwear than you!

I can see a flaw in your point.