Quote ="Azul"Quote ="afootingmiracle21-12" Most strikingly, look at the comments from large parts of the fan base across social media channels and fans forums when their savior was confirmed....there were as many ''right now kick the rugby out'' comments as there were of jubilation and relief! Many are as obsessed about us as they are with the success of their own team.
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A frighteningly large number spend more time wishing ill-health on other sporting clubs, mainly Wigan RL & Bolton Wanderers. I genuinely believe that so many of them get less joy watching wafc than they do in the occasional misfortune or demise of WWRL & BWFC.
I like a rivalry at much as the next sports fan but fans of wafc make me absolutely despair. I’ve long since stopped even engaging with them - be it in real life or on social media.
It’s such a strange mentality when 95% of your time as a sports fan seems to be focused on other teams, hell even those in others sports! I honestly have never come across a fan base - in any sport - even close to them.
Just support your team and crack on. I honestly couldn’t be a*s*d!'"
You're so right mate! It's right not to tar them all with the same brush, as there are some levelheaded latics fans (I know a handful), but they are very much the exception and sadly significantly outnumber the voices of reason.
There is a sizable majority as you and I both describe. Unfortunately a large proportion are unintelligent and there is a very clear bonehead mentality, to an extent you just don't see across Wigan RL fans or any other teams.
I recognise why a number of individuals underplay it on here and attempt to challenge people who level any criticism of latics as engaging in the same idiotic vitriol. I also get why some claim it is small fractions of each of our fan bases - as they want to appear open minded and not unreasonably critical, distancing themselves from the nonsense, .
But the reality is it just really isn't.....as you say, i have also never come across another fan base like it.....for a good number there is definitely a greater focus on reveling in the difficulties of other teams than there is on themselves.
You see it even in their new fans who become indoctrinated by it....lads in their 20s banging on about Lindsay and the 80s when they weren't even born at the time - its cringe-worthy, but sadly not sure how it changes as their voices of reason are so outnumbered and its effectively ingrained in the culture of being a tics fan.
I have literally no axe to grind against wigan athletic. I am indifferent to them simply as football in general bores me. But if they were a little bit more open and less insular it would have such a positive benefit for them in terms of greater fans and interest, but also cutting animosity in the town. It really is time to grow up.
