hear, hear. Could not agree with you more Cruncher.

that will allways happen though due to the coverage that the premier league gets , nothing to do with the ACTUAL team and its goings on

most people will now be aware of burnley , whereas 6 months ago they wouldnt



like i said , give them there 5 mins in the spot light , the light is fading and our ship is slowly turning round to head in the right direction , the rats are leaving there sinking ship

IMO with this thread [istill[/i going as it is it just shows how many of us see Latics as a threat.

They are no threat - they are not a rival. They are a completely different sport.

I'm past all this for Latics. Let them have their day - my next door neighbour an actual life-long Latics fan (Yes! They do exist

) has promised to himself he will not go to watch them again.

The Latics fans clearly don't care - so why the hell do you?

All this thread proves is that them saying stuff like that bothers us



If this was 10 years ago it would have got laughed off and dont care what them lot say at the end of the day them saying it proves we still are a rugby town and always will be

Are we not expected to respond?

They are a Premiership football club, and they've failed to take our citadel. I'd say that was cause for some mockery on our part.

What are JCL's? don't know much about wigan laxatives really so i don't get that bit.

Johnny Come Lately's.

Now a 13 page thread on this. I'm beginning to wonder who's more obsessed with who.

Mate respond all you like personally i dont give a **** what they say

What we on 15 pages bit much aint it?

Just remember WHY it started!

They (And probably it is the JCL's rather than the True Latics fans as I have 1/2 dozen or so Mates who've watched Latics for 30+ years and they NEVER have a dig at the Rugby or Myself back at them over the Latics) have been on a campaign to Run the Rugby into the ground for the Past 10 years!

Ever since they have felt they have had the "Upper Hand" with regards to the stadium we have been on the defensive and IMO until the sale of Wigan RLFC to IL we have struggled to regain our true individuality and fight back to regain our own True place in this town's sporting culture.

This obviously coincided with a gradual decline in Wigan RLFC's fortunes and a rise in Latics position in the Football league but I for one always felt that the 2 were inter-connected!

As stated previously for the 1st time ever I went onto the Cockney Liar after what I had Heard about the Boston Slander that was on there and TBH the Hatred, Ignorance, despise that a Lot of the posters on there feel towards not only Wigan RL but to other's inc the in fighting between themeselves reinforces the thought I have had for a long time!

I think that Football in this country as become such a Monster in this country over the last 15 years or so that there is now a belief that the game can do no wrong!
Subsequently the parasites that Play & Run the game feel and act as though they are "Untouchable" and the Arrogance and sheer disresepect that everyone shows to each other parallels in the society we have around us!

I believe Rugby League Has shown tendancies towards this and luckily the force from within "The Fans" will not allow this to happen and at the first sign of the game, it's administrators, it's players and most importantly it's Fans showing that Petulant,cocky,arrogant disrespect for others the True fans of the game knock them down a peg or two!

Wigan is and always has been a Stonghold of RL!

Football does dominate 90% of the Planet and good luck to them!

I want ourselves, St Helens (And that's why the Saints fans who kissed the Latics Badge at me a couple of weeks ago at KR make me sick!) Warrington, Leeds, Bardford,Both Hull clubs etc need to fight to retain their place on this countries sporting landmark as no-one else outside our 4 walls will fight for us!

I don't believe there is a 1 in a Billion chance that our game will EVER reach a True worldwide audience and 1 in a million chance it will EVER get the recognition and nationwide support it truly deserves.

Because of that I want us Wigan fans to defend this Game and our club wherever and whenever possible against the Monster that is Football.

They would have drove us into the ground and we could have found ourselves in a terrible situation if it were up to them, some of that would have been our own making and No, I don't blame Whelan totally.

I'm just saying that "They", and evidence suggests this is 50% minimum of their support would Kick us while we are down!
We must never let that happen to us!

The original post started due to some of their 'fans' refering to one of our greats as a paedophile.

A bit naive to think that one 13 page post is showing that we are obsessed or bothered by them.

Hey i agree with that comment 100% BUT it's turned into the same old oh wigan town is turning blue rubbish

If it was just about that mate i would have been joining in

It was right to condemn the comments (OP must have been on their website in the first place - why?).

However this has moved on from that to a why we hate Latics thread. Personally I don't give two hoots about them. I neither hate them or like them, I'm a Spurs fan

. Quite a few of my friends are Latics fans and by that I mean proper ones who travelled to the likes of Gillingham on a Tuesday night only for it to be called off due to fog. It's a shame that the JCL's have effectively tarred them all with the same brush.

woody woody my point exactly,as wiganers we have two proffesional teams in the borough that have thier own loyal brand of supporters and that is the thing i respect most about both teams sets of fans.
its the glory hunting idiot know alls that grate with me

Well I've been a season ticket holder at Wigan RLFC since August 1982, does this make me a glory hunter?

No but a JCL compared to some a few of us who post on here.

To Be fair Rogues anyone who started post WWII would be a JCL for you!

matty b i never indicated you were a glory hunter if my memory serves me right wigan werent winning much around that period,hull kr were the dominant team around then

Isn't it true that you were stood on the terraces next to King Harold as he was fatally struck in the eye with a wayward ball all those many years ago?

I would argue that currently WRLFC just doesn't have any JCL's, as proven by the rise in attendances in the past few years ie 2006. Even this year we are on course for around 14-14.5 K average when 3/4 of the games have been total garbage. We were struggling for these kind of averages even back in the glory years.
Now if we were to win something

Maybe Lenaghan's attendance aims aren't too far fetched after all.

Was just going to write this....!!!!!!

Any Glory Hunter attracted in the late 80's / 90's but still watches Wigan now surely couldn't be called that (2 trophies in 11 years).
Our performances these last five years have been shambolic in places, yet we peaked to over 16K in 2006.

We have to win something though

Bring back the John Player!

No necessarily, a consistent top 2 placing should see crowds increase.