Looks like Las Vegas may be favourite for the fixture next year.

Yes, revenge for the last minute Hall try that was ruled out because "the ball was about to bounce up and his finger was on the side of the ball, so no downward pressure and no try". Maybe we will get to sensing how the air within the ball is moving in the future to help disallow tries?

As much as I enjoyed the arrogant Aussies being shut up yet again, albeit with a none impartial ref and a home field advantage, myself and my daughters had the misfortune of sitting next to the most disgusting family I have ever come across. They claimed they were Wigan fans and the filth that came out of their mouths would indicate they were from Wigan, but their personal hygiene was terrible.

Not having it that you’ve had sex Robbie lad

Quote ="RobRiches"As much as I enjoyed the arrogant Aussies being shut up yet again, albeit with a none impartial ref and a home field advantage, myself and my daughters had the misfortune of sitting next to the most disgusting family I have ever come across. They claimed they were Wigan fans and the filth that came out of their mouths would indicate they were from Wigan, but their personal hygiene was terrible.'" Was this you? https://twitter.com/AlexG6/status/17621 ... oKVJA&s=19

Quote ="RobRiches"As much as I enjoyed the arrogant Aussies being shut up yet again, albeit with a none impartial ref and a home field advantage, myself and my daughters had the misfortune of sitting next to the most disgusting family I have ever come across. They claimed they were Wigan fans and the filth that came out of their mouths would indicate they were from Wigan, but their personal hygiene was terrible.'" Was this you? https://twitter.com/AlexG6/status/17621 ... oKVJA&s=19

Quote ="MattyB"Was this you? https://twitter.com/AlexG6/status/17621 ... oKVJA&s=19'" Cant be, that chap in the picture looks like he is over 12 y/o so rules him out

Quote ="MattyB"Was this you? https://twitter.com/AlexG6/status/17621 ... oKVJA&s=19'" Cant be, that chap in the picture looks like he is over 12 y/o so rules him out

Quote ="MattyB"Was this you? https://twitter.com/AlexG6/status/17621 ... oKVJA&s=19'" Thats funny,we had a saints fan with a beard (prob to hide stretch marks ) behind us who did nothing but insult the Wigan players etc. What is it with these Idiots why pay your money to go and watch a game and call and insult a team in a game that has nothing to do with their team. I do find it strange,anyhow his face at the end was a picture as I was celebrating a great win.

Quote ="MattyB"Was this you? https://twitter.com/AlexG6/status/17621 ... oKVJA&s=19'" Thats funny,we had a saints fan with a beard (prob to hide stretch marks ) behind us who did nothing but insult the Wigan players etc. What is it with these Idiots why pay your money to go and watch a game and call and insult a team in a game that has nothing to do with their team. I do find it strange,anyhow his face at the end was a picture as I was celebrating a great win.

I agree. He should've been at Huddersfield with the rest of us.

However you yourself Jason have brought up Saints for no reason on the Liam Farrell thread so pot kettle black and all that.....

I agree ,only difference I am on a Wigan site my friend.
I am sure we all do this on our respective sites.

I think on the whole the Australian media have been very sporting and respectful with the Wigan win. There is always a vocal minority but most acknowledge that any poor referee decisions shouldn't take away from how courageous and resilient Wigan were on the night. Gus Gould also pointed out that you don't see any other teams in the NRL keep Penrith to nil in a full half and gave a stat that Penrith have won 73 out of 74 games in the NRL when winning at half time. The only thing that does tend to come up a fair bit is when absent Penrith players are listed (even players like Crichton who have left) but there is no acknowledgement of the absences of Thompson, Walters, Havard and Nsemba(likely because they have no knowledge of it) or the fact that Wigan had one player who was injured the whole 20 minutes he played (Leeming) and two others who had to leave the field through injury. It really was one of the bravest performances you will see.

Was watching a program last night and amidst all of ticket stuff going on it made me think It said people are 30 x times more likely to write a letter of complaint or something negative than something positive At the time I was thinking how true that is (BTW, people predicted chaos at the WCC over tickets and seating, went like a dream) and how that constant negative can influence casual observers/fans perspectives of companies/people/clubs when the reality can be so different (not going to expand on this at this point but if someone wants me to I will). But then seeing this morning made me happy and proud Fair play to the couple who did this And what a classy response from the Panthers https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby- ... HXdBiV8-YI

Was watching a program last night and amidst all of ticket stuff going on it made me think It said people are 30 x times more likely to write a letter of complaint or something negative than something positive At the time I was thinking how true that is (BTW, people predicted chaos at the WCC over tickets and seating, went like a dream) and how that constant negative can influence casual observers/fans perspectives of companies/people/clubs when the reality can be so different (not going to expand on this at this point but if someone wants me to I will). But then seeing this morning made me happy and proud Fair play to the couple who did this And what a classy response from the Panthers https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby- ... HXdBiV8-YI

Quote ="Jukesays"Was watching a program last night and amidst all of ticket stuff going on it made me think It said people are 30 x times more likely to write a letter of complaint or something negative than something positive At the time I was thinking how true that is (BTW, people predicted chaos at the WCC over tickets and seating, went like a dream) and how that constant negative can influence casual observers/fans perspectives of companies/people/clubs when the reality can be so different (not going to expand on this at this point but if someone wants me to I will). But then seeing this morning made me happy and proud Fair play to the couple who did this And what a classy response from the Panthers https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby- ... HXdBiV8-YI'" Have you seen Rads on the Sportsman RL show this week? He said he had 50+ letters of complaint about the appointment of Peet at the time and funnily enough, he hasn’t had any letters of apology since or ones saying it was a great decision.

Quote ="Jukesays"Was watching a program last night and amidst all of ticket stuff going on it made me think It said people are 30 x times more likely to write a letter of complaint or something negative than something positive At the time I was thinking how true that is (BTW, people predicted chaos at the WCC over tickets and seating, went like a dream) and how that constant negative can influence casual observers/fans perspectives of companies/people/clubs when the reality can be so different (not going to expand on this at this point but if someone wants me to I will). But then seeing this morning made me happy and proud Fair play to the couple who did this And what a classy response from the Panthers https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby- ... HXdBiV8-YI'" Have you seen Rads on the Sportsman RL show this week? He said he had 50+ letters of complaint about the appointment of Peet at the time and funnily enough, he hasn’t had any letters of apology since or ones saying it was a great decision.

Yip
There were still people slagging Matty Peet off on Facebook 4 weeks ago, lots of them
There are still people now who I reckon on their keyboards waiting for the tiniest chance, the tinest chink in the armour to have a go at individuals, the club etc. All because they've told us 5/10 years ago because of the tiniest of issues that the club was in free fall, jobs for the boys etc and still want to be proven right.

I said 6/7 years ago that Marshall was the weakest of the 4 wingers we had at that point - he's rammed my words down my throat, good on him
I was 50/50 on KPP and questioned his toughness back end of 2022 and first 3 months of 23, he came back and rammed them down my throat
My.criticisms weren't the most vociferous or numerous, just an occasional comment on a forum or a pub
But I've 10 x times the amount admitted I was wrong since

But some people want to blurt out something in a knee jerk fashion, half the time based on something they've read that probably isn't true, want heads to roll, show no patience or understanding that their may be other factors at play, and won't back down and would rather continue to pedal the line to be right than admit they were wrong.

And there will be people saying the same as and when an iffy patch comes this season but that’s life. In fairness to Rads, he knew that’s the nature of his job and he didn’t have a problem with it.

On a separate note, I’m probably more pleased for Rads than anyone regards the success of this past 2 years. He was getting some pelters before that but it’s a fine line when it comes to decisions. The way in which he carries himself and the class he shows is incredible and we’re so lucky he’s in charge. Above anyone, the day he decides to leave this club will worry me greatly.

At the end of the game one of the first things I said was that I hoped IL was there and involved, he deserved to be
Got told that he was there and a little story about him queuing up at a Bar to get something rather than using the "Do you know who I am" type attitude.
Everyone commented how Humble he came across

As for Rads
I know what he does behind the scenes
In early 2022 I somehow ended up in a 10/15 min conversation with IL and his sister and they both praised Rads on his work behind the scenes and how he'd grown and matured
BOTH of them also commented how much the 2 x covid years had taken out of Rads and how he needed supporting now after all the support he had given others and the club over that period

Another little story
The oach crash after the Catalans match last year, him and Dave Foti from Catalans sport were there ASAP
I had lots of friends on that coach and they said Rads was brilliant with them
What is little know is that they day after he went to their resort/hotels to visit them all etc and as well as gifts etc he spoke to a couple who had been in hospital overnight and the discharged the following morning.
They'd paid €xxx Euro to get back, and Rads said were not having that and gave them that money to cover their journey
(I appreciate that insurance etc would have done it at some point I guess) but that speaks volumes for the man.
A week later I saw him in the fans village, checking things and making sure everyone was alright and we (3 of us whos mates had been in that coach) purposefully went over and Thanked him for what he'd done, 10 seconds was all it took

It does grate on me a bit when some people moan over anything instead of enjoying the occasion its like they need something go wrong so they can tell everyone "I told you".Allways remember a guy said Sam Tomkins was crap and he could play and back heel the goals over better,Oh how I laughed in his face and called him out 'if you are that good how come you are not on the pitch'.
The fans who moan "jobs for the boy's" etc get a life support your team,it's fantastic being a Wigan Supporter,the best in all the Land.

To be honest, we shouldn't even give some of these people the time of day.

One guy allegedly stopped watching the club (and certainly left this forum) the week IL took charge simply because, in his own words, he didn't like the look of him.

Others bitterly condemned IL for his 'treatment' of Brian Noble, even though it was common knowledge at the time that Nobby was looking for other jobs. Others had a pop at IL for the Michael Maguire appointment either because MM was an untried entity or because he wasn't named soon enough, or because Nobby got sacked before we had anyone else sewn up (imagine, they actually believe that!).

Another chap was rock-solid in his conviction that IL was only at Wigan to drain the accounts (of what?, you might well ask). Another continually tried to draw parity between IL's comments about Latics, which were all quite pleasant and positive, with the then Latics' owners' threats to turn all the red seats blue.

Looking back on it, it's all so ludicrous that I genuinely don't know why I (for one) even used to engage with them.

The Wigan organisation is class from top to bottom and has been since IL took over. We are very lucky to have people who care so much about the club and community in charge. Coupled with the obvious success (not to mention scintillating play) we're currently experiencing on the field, we should savour this era. It's a joy to be a Wigan fan at the moment.

Superleague appears to be as strong as ever off the field, led by ourselves and Saints the likes of Hull KR, Leeds, Leigh, Catalans etc look to be heading in the right way to grow the game by making the on field spectacle worth watching and enticing new interest

While the game's authorities do their best to sabotage it.

So much for the Australians 'never wanting to play the game again' due to the refereeing - Peter Vlandys in an interview called the Wigan Penrith game one of the best games youll ever see and talks about taking the game to 'state of origin' level. Also says the game needs a strong SL and they'll look at ways to support how they can. Good on him.

The sport needs a strong international platform, the more regular World Cups/5 Nations/Test Series tours the better it will be. Early 90s to Late 00's we had a great structure but we've let it slip.

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Thise figures are domestic viewing figures, it would be interesting to have the global viewing figures as I suspect it would have been shown around the globe as part of the international TV deal as well

You only Watch When it's Wigan !!!