https://www.wiganwarriors.com/news/2019 ... fans-forum Seems rather short notice

https://www.wiganwarriors.com/news/2019 ... fans-forum Seems rather short notice

How many Weetabix does Lammy have?

Fantastic to see this is happening.

1) It allows fans to see inside the newly refurbished arena for the first time.

2) It allows the club to re-establish connections with some of its supporters.


Who's going?

Also. The Web link has a section to put a question to the club.

What question would you ask?

Who put the bop in the bop-she-bop-she-bop?

I can’t make it but I’ve sent a question in. Short notice yes but you can’t knock the club here. It’s a brilliant way to engage with the fans

I'd ask about the beer pumps - how the hell do they manage to have issues with them every bloody game season after season?

If you're on that subject, how about some decent beer in the first place. Not the various flavours of gnatts' piddle we've been subject to for that last gods know how long.

Good to see the club trying to engage with the support. Yes some questions have been ridiculous in the past but you have to make the fans feel valued and events like this are ideal.

Look forward to seeing the new facility and hearing about future plans in various areas.

They brought in Heineken after I endured Carling for so long so I'll give them that one

Great idea in principle, but you only need to read posts on here or look on social media to realise we haven't got the smartest fan base in the world.

Hopefully the survey monkey approach lets them screen questions and saves everyone a headache on the night.

I’m sure it will. It was the early days of these fans forums that were littered with stupid questions but iirc the latter one or two were much improved and I doubt they’ll give the opportunity to people to ask about weetabix this time.

Hopefully there will be food and drink on the evening. A lot of people (myself included) will be heading to the arena straight from work. Even if its just pie/lobby and peas or something.

Well with all the complaints this week from people trying to buy tickets either online or by phone I think sorting the ticket office out should be on the agenda.

Any good?

Yes.

Probably a sign of the playing side of things looking pretty good in the short and long term but it was all quite tame I thought. Lots of questions about ticket prices, seating arrangements, club sweatshirts etc.

The most interesting bit was the guy off super League pod getting Lenagans back up by asking if the money from the sale of Orrell will go back in to the club. A perfectly valid question I thought. Lenagan isn’t happy with some keyboard warriors (his words) on here making reference to him having short arms and long pockets.

I thought it was more a dig at those who have suggested he pockets the money himself (the short arms, deep pockets quip he made was in response to people who say we dont spe d up to salary cap and he confirmed we spend 25/30% over it due to dispensations).

There are people out there who keep suggesting jes pocketing money for himself.
7million quid put in suggests he doesn't.

Plenty of morons about

Yip
And people need to realise it.

Best thing for me overall was regarding his commitment moving forward to the club.
Seemed like he had a lot of fight in him and didn't sound like someone who had given up.

Fully agree. There’s certainly no money in rugby league even if he did fancy pocketing some. He sounds committed to the club and comments suggested his sons will take it on in the longer term. The next tv deal sounds hugely important for the whole sport.

Glad to hear that he's confirmed his commitment. I just hope he realises that the few vocal idiots who say such things are not representative of the vast majority of real fans. Anybody suggesting anyone with any business savvy, as IL clearly has, would go into Rugby league for financial benefit is a moron, plain and simple (pun intended).

In light of this obvious fact, a new whip will doubtless soon be found with which to beat the guy.

The IL decriers have all gone quiet in recent weeks because we've been winning. For example, I've not heard the juvenile phrase 'happy clapper' in quite a while.

But if - as I fear and suspect - we fail to win the Grand Final this year, they will be back straight away.

No doubt they will be. Regardless of the fact its extremely difficult to win 'back-to-back' titles. So much so only a small handful of clubs have ever done it.

Something we've not managed since the mid-nineties. Just to be in with a good chance is a credit to the players and coach this season.

Correct. Not that anybody wouldn’t be disappointed not to win the Grand Final but I’ve said before everything now just feels like a bonus when you consider where we were sat in May/June time. We’ve been on a great run and you just never know what could happen these next few weeks but regardless we’ve got positives to take out of the season and non more so then the three young forwards who’ve burst through and made spots their own.