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| They did the same before the HKR game at Craven Park.
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| Quote ="Wigan/Leeds Andy"Team already in Leeds and have been to the ground to check it out around the same time they're playing tomorrow.'"
you don't happen to know which hotel wigan are staying in do you?
not that i would set the fire alarms off several times throughout the night or owt
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| Quote ="Jonesy's a Legend"you don't happen to know which hotel wigan are staying in do you?
not that i would set the fire alarms off several times throughout the night or owt
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Hotels, not the Wigan style.
If it's anything like pre season they'll be in tents on Ilkley Moor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Quote ="Rogues Gallery"Hotels, not the Wigan style.
If it's anything like pre season they'll be in tents on Ilkley Moor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'"
cheers pal i'll have a wander up there later then
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| Some people don't sleep well in hotels,and being at home can be better preparation for a game. But I like the idea the team is together, for the night before, the day's meals and rest, knowing they are ready to compete.
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| Quote ="Jonesy's a Legend"cheers pal i'll have a wander up there later then
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If you do, make sure you wear a hat.......
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| When we played both Leeds and Hull KR in the playoffs over the last few weeks Maguire removed the team from 'home life' and made them stay at the Wrightington Hotel the day before!! So it's nothing put of the ordinary for them.
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| Groundbreaking. Once again Wigan RLFC lead the way
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| Quote ="Rogues Gallery"Hotels, not the Wigan style.
If it's anything like pre season they'll be in tents on Ilkley Moor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'"
Sure it isn't Halton Moor?
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| I wouldn't be overly happy if Leeds were doing something similar but then again, each player to their own.
Leeds in the past has always preferred to travel to Grand Final on the day, with the coaches believing that the players would be happier in their "comfort zone" of spending the night before with their families. After all, hotels can be pretty boring places.
To be honest, there's an argument to say that Wigan are focusing more on the occasion, rather than the 80 mins. A walk around at Headingley? Really?
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| Quote ="MacBlondie"Groundbreaking. Once again Wigan RLFC lead the way
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It's hardly ground breaking. Castleford were doing something similar in NL1
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| Quote ="bramleyrhino"I wouldn't be overly happy if Leeds were doing something similar but then again, each player to their own.
Leeds in the past has always preferred to travel to Grand Final on the day, with the coaches believing that the players would be happier in their "comfort zone" of spending the night before with their families. After all, hotels can be pretty boring places.
To be honest, there's an argument to say that Wigan are focusing more on the occasion, rather than the 80 mins. A walk around at Headingley? Really?'"
Yep, obviously the chance of a game on the hallowed turf of Headingley is going to the heads of the Wigan players(!)
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| Quote ="P-J"Yep, obviously the chance of a game on the hallowed turf of Headingley is going to the heads of the Wigan players(!)'"
That's not the point I was getting at. You do a walk around at Wembley or Old Trafford. You don't usually do them at a ground that everybody in your side is familiar with and that you've already been to twice this season. That (along with the media ban) is arguably overplaying the situation that you're going into. It may well be good preparation but it could equally be overkill. We'll find out tomorrow.
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| Quote ="bramleyrhino"That's not the point I was getting at. You do a walk around at Wembley or Old Trafford. You don't usually do them at a ground that everybody in your side is familiar with and that you've already been to twice this season. That (along with the media ban) is arguably overplaying the situation that you're going into. It may well be good preparation but it could equally be overkill. We'll find out tomorrow.'"
110% focus
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| Quote ="Smooth Stu"Some people don't sleep well in hotels,and being at home can be better preparation for a game. But I like the idea the team is together, for the night before, the day's meals and rest, knowing they are ready to compete.'"
The whole team stayed over at Kilhey Court on Thursday night last week and came down to the ground together by coach.
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| Quote ="bramleyrhino"It's hardly ground breaking. Castleford were doing something similar in NL1'"
Your sarcasm detector not working m8?
Its like, if Wigan decided to use Charmin toilet paper instead of Andrex there would be a 20 page thread of mass back slapping and wooping at how good their club is.
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| Charmin toilet paper? Not heard of that.
Yet again Wigan RL lead the way in innovative thinking.
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| I'm not sure that I would appreciate staying in a hotel in Wigan before a game in Leeds. OK, look at Leeds game in the run up but I would be more of a day-away from the game person. Good to Leeds to look at a pitch, feels a little like over preparation to me and the constant reminder/pressure wouldn't be a great thing.
Get to the dressing room for the pre-match and I would be getting to the point where I was sick of the nagging!
Mind you, I always hated the performance some went through in the dressing room. Turn up, get changed and then go an knock seven shades out of the other team didn't need a song and dance before.
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| Quote ="EastStandFaithful"Charmin toilet paper? Not heard of that.
Yet again Wigan RL lead the way in innovative thinking.'"
Im not surprised you havent. Sky TV and Broadband have only just reached wigan. Give it a few years.
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| I believe in trying to keep everything as normal as posible. If Wigan would usually stay at home before a SL away game at Leeds then do the same this time. Sending them off to a hotel the night before gets the players out of there natural routine which has obviously been a winning formula for you guys this season. Cant beat your own bed.
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| Quote ="Jonesy's a Legend"you don't happen to know which hotel wigan are staying in do you?
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Thought I'd wait until this morning to tell you! Think it's Oulton Hall. Nice golf course.
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| Quote ="RhinoNeil"I believe in trying to keep everything as normal as posible. If Wigan would usually stay at home before a SL away game at Leeds then do the same this time. Sending them off to a hotel the night before gets the players out of there natural routine which has obviously been a winning formula for you guys this season. Cant beat your own bed.'"
Wigan spend the night away together at a hotel at a lot of away games now so it's not out of the ordinary.
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| Quote ="bramleyrhino"I wouldn't be overly happy if Leeds were doing something similar but then again, each player to their own.
Leeds in the past has always preferred to travel to Grand Final on the day, with the coaches believing that the players would be happier in their "comfort zone" of spending the night before with their families. After all, hotels can be pretty boring places.
To be honest, there's an argument to say that Wigan are focusing more on the occasion, rather than the 80 mins. A walk around at Headingley? Really?'"
There's no argument of this sort at all.
Wigan have only done what they've done many times this season. They've arrived at the away ground the day before, they've looked around, then they've camped at a hotel and gone through their pre-match routine. They're treating you with no more and no less respect than they've treated many other clubs this season.
I've never seen as many daft posts by Leeds fans as I have this week.
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| Makes perfect sense. Avoid the drudgery of getting everyone meeting up early (and waiting for any latecomers), a potentially mentally draining journey on a cramped coach, a couple of hours ing around, a bit of warm-up and into the game.
Instead, you've done all that, you've been to the ground, you're with your team-mates and your match-day preparation can be exactly as you want it.
Would be crap for me though, I never sleep well in hotels.
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| Quote ="bramleyrhino"I wouldn't be overly happy if Leeds were doing something similar but then again, each player to their own.
Leeds in the past has always preferred to travel to Grand Final on the day, with the coaches believing that the players would be happier in their "comfort zone" of spending the night before with their families. After all, hotels can be pretty boring places.
To be honest, there's an argument to say that Wigan are focusing more on the occasion, rather than the 80 mins. A walk around at Headingley? Really?'"
Yep really. And it worked didn't it....!!!!
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