if, wigan decided to offer giants fans chance to move to the north stand, how many would take the offer up?
I suspect if it happened that most of our lot would stay where their tickets say.

Not our group of seven we would all move.

Us too, we are in the far corner anyway so not much different from sitting behind the sticks and I'd rather be with a load of other giants than crammed in with a load of folk from the wrong side of the hills!

That's why it was only 8 quid!!

It appears that Wigan weren't really expecting a large amount of visiting fans to take up this offer, they presumed we'd all buy from our club and they Groupon tickets would all go to Wigan fans.

Not just our sales and marketing department who can't see the obvious then!

indeed, todays examiner reporting in the region of 2k on friday night from giants, would love to see this!

I reckon a couple of hundred at least have taken up the groupon deal - I know one person who has bought 34 tickets! I would expect the examiner to have got some idea from the club based on how many tickets they have sold and not just plucked a figure out of thin air!

You know that will never be credited to the Giants fans at all.

i cant see 2K quoted on anything I've looked at on the online examiner.

The truth is somewhat disappointing.

The truth wont include any of the tickets purchased via GroupOn.

think thatll only be an extra 200ish wadski. Hope the 2K is right cause brearley has already been on the other board saying so - if it isnt then we are going to look even more daft than usual!

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He's says he's quoting what the examiner says, if so then surely it's the examiner who's looking daft.

Has anyone with Groupon tickets actually asked Wigan if you can swap stands rather than guessing? Just give them a ring and ask.

Already have since they refused to do the kids junior swaps for east stand- a resounding no!

Yes, i sent them an email and got a reply saying:

its on page 44 of the exmainer top left. 'fans will be out in force' is the headline.

'around 2000 fans ready to make the trip'

was abit surprised to be honest myself!

well I hope that is true!
but on Monday the club said we had sold just over 200 , so must have been a massive surge since then!
we will still get slagged for our crap support though!

Well if there are 200 in the away end and 1800 in the group on section i will be happy ( although as i understand it each block only holds about 600 so we will be sitting on each others knees).

I don't care who's knee I sit on as long as we win

As much as i want the win i would not want you sitting on my knee !

Me either !

The East stand is, and always has been, reserved seating. If everyone sits in the seat they've been allocated and doesn't get too giddy, there won't be a problem.