It was obvious from the tweet with the picture of the 5

Exactly. As soon as I saw that, I knew it was a total non-event. I think people were trying to chase the rainbow of Sam or Tommy coming back and now that it's obviously proven not to be the case they feel foolish and are blaming the club for getting their hopes up. Yes, the club made a bit of a mountain out of a molehill, but that's what their marketing department is paid to do.

That was NOT a Marquee announcement!

When did they claim there would be a 'marquee' announcment? I don't do twitter so didn't see the tweet. When I saw the thread on here I thought it may be interesting so made a point of looking at the website today.

Maybe the biggest announcment will be made at the big one

The club have confirmed on Twitter it's normal ticket prices.

It's Wigan vs Leeds then.

What a strange decision although I agree (as a non season ticket holder for the first time in many years) with what some have said in that there are too many benefits given to non ST holders.

What?!?! So what on earth was the f'in point of that then????

Yes it was obvious then but that was a SECOND tweet to an initial one which just said "BIG announcement in the morning - set your alarm clocks early". Of course it's obvious now in hindsight that the BIG in capitals was a big hint, but no one saw it that way and thats what led to all this fuss.

So the announcement is that Wigan will play Leeds on Friday 5th September?

It was not obvious from the first tweet which is all that I saw on Twitter and this was then circulated on fb.

If there is no reduced ticket prices it makes it more of a wind up . Bit of a farce really just like year 3 when all the hype for weeks resulted in Sky moving the date of the game so they could televise it . Wigan didnt even change the date on the Ad campain till the last minute for that one lol . Regards , EW www.wiganwarriors.com/Image.aspx ... =723&y=406 Ad says 24/06/11 game played 25/06/11

If there is no reduced ticket prices it makes it more of a wind up . Bit of a farce really just like year 3 when all the hype for weeks resulted in Sky moving the date of the game so they could televise it . Wigan didnt even change the date on the Ad campain till the last minute for that one lol . Regards , EW www.wiganwarriors.com/Image.aspx ... =723&y=406 Ad says 24/06/11 game played 25/06/11

I'd laugh if Sky moved it to Thursday.

The club has gone backwards in terms of marketing, fan engagement, building events and generally making fans feel like they are part of the club. Which is a real shame because they'd done so much in recent years to build those things up. They should be pushing for a 20k average, not putting the cue on the rack and expecting fans to turn up. What are they doing to encourage the next generation, the under 18s?

I can't be the only one who is concerned by our attendances this year. When you see the apparent lack of effort the club from the club (relative to recent years) you've got to ask yourself, are they even bothered?

When asked for his opinion on this matter Shaun Wane said "bitterly disappointed", “No, I’m worse than that. I’m angry" “We have to be mentally tougher than that – that’s the disappointing thing" "It was far from anywhere near acceptable for me, just not good enough"

He wasn't talking about this though

Bilko is spot on. It definitely backfired on the club. You could tell that they realized the original tweet was taken out of context and thats why they started backtracking with later tweets to dampen the expectation. When Tautai signing was confirmed it was announced via Wigan TV, they billed that up and expectation grew as well and I presume it may have sold a few subscriptions for Wigan TV. The situation now means that if the club try to sell Wigan TV to fans at a later date by promising signings will be announced through it, fans could remember this and may be put off by a lack of expectation. Just a thought and all hypothetical though.

Haha now that would be funny. However Saints v Warrington is already chosen for that night.

I'm concerned about our attendances and the lack of interest from my age group, 17 & 18 year olds, who are generally looking just to have a good time. Me and about ten of my mates use to go home and away watching Wigan until they got bored of the match day experience and lack of atmosphere from home and away fans at games. They turned to football, not really supporting Latics just looking to have a good time and have a few beers with their pals. There is just no interest from my age group at all at the minute. The focus seems to be a lot of Latics in my specific age group which is sad to see from a rugby perspective. I don't see how Wigan can encourage my age group to start attending games again that's the problem.

To be fair to Wigan RLFC they have made a bit of a howler on this one but in general it is uncertainty of when some games are going to be played that is driving people to become armchair fans IMO .

Thursday or Monday (in the past) night games make it impossible for a lot of fans to attend and once you get out of the habit etc . etc (not blaming Sky they pay the wages)

Regards , EW

You could call that one the 'Reasonably Big One' as a little build up to the 'Big One' known also as Wigan vs Leeds.

Touche. Not a bad one for you that!

Can't believe the over reaction to this news.

'Not going to renew my season ticket'
'never going to travel' from distance to watch Wigan again'
'who do the club think they are treating us like this'

Step back and take a look at yourselves.
Calm down and look at the positives for once.
This is the first salvo in trying to make the back end of the season a memorable one, get behind the club and support what they are trying to do.

As a Salford fan, I know all about "Hype that ends up being a damp squib", take the big announcement a few weeks back that ended up being Weller Huaraki ffs
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SL as a whole is suffering with attendances dropping across the board...
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Look on the brightside, your team is still well supported, what we would give to have a fair % more

The over reaction is ridiculous. Disappointing that the 'big announcement' wasn't a signing but that was obvious after the 2nd tweet. The back room staff must wonder what the hell they are dealing with sometimes with some of our fans.