think to much is placed on the 'loyalty' and 'quality' of support some people offer as opposed to others

i paid good money for a season ticket, am not getting value for the money - do i then have to stay til the end and applaud any old tosh to be a real fan?

I didnt boo but I can understand why some people do, many people spend a big chunk of their money going to games so are quite rightly upset when there doesnt seem to be any effort from the players. Silence would be better.

i think if you've payed your money you have every right to boo that garbage that is being turned out on the pitch, me and my mate stu sit in the east stand and there seem to be a lot of as he calls them 'clapping monkeys' who clap as though we have just beaten saints not lost to wakey or whoever we happen to be playing
when noble says it's encouraging that we managed to catch the ball 3 times out of ten, is when i wonder if i could have spent my £200 on something better, if you'd turn out a team of under 11s they can at least do the basics rather than some should be retired foriegner letting players just push past him and score.
my mate stu says mathers, noble and smith should be stripped to the waist whipped then paraded around the ground whilst all the real fans boo them.
i don't think he goes far enough i think birching should be dished out on the pitch!!!

If people want to boo, then I don't see what the problem is they pay their hard earned money every week. It is not like they are throwing coins, charging onto the pitch or verbally abusing individuals, the crowd are just venting their frustration the only way they can. If you play crap & lose at home to last seasons bottom placed side then IMO you deserve to be booed. If you play well, score or beat a decent side. Then you deserve to be praised. It could be worse in Italy supports turn up to their own training ground and physcially assualt, abuse and generally terrorise their own team.
A bit of Booing is nothing.

you my freind are a clown then

you should applaud the team when they deserve it , not when they have done nothing

my point exactly

I thought they put the effort in and on another day could have won the match. If he had clapped them off against Wakefield, then you may have a point, but it's not as if we played dire on Friday.

I don't see what the problem is



I recall Wigan being booed off the field on a number of occasions at CP when they had let themselves and the famous cherry and white shirt down.

A number of the squad don't even have the basic fitness and/or discipline required to play SL so they shouldn't really expect anything other than a hostile response.

We aren't talking here about a group of players that are doing themselves proud but massive underperformance and shocking discipline and errors.

It is a honour to wear the cherry and white.

If they aren't prepared to give 100%, if they don't want to give their all in trying to live up to the standards of the legends that have worn that shirt before them then they should expect nothing less than to be treated with contempt.

The fans seem to be the only ones involved in this club that still understand what Wigan RL means.

The bulk of the senior management, coaching staff, backroom staff and players seem to have lost sight of what the club stands for.

There's no chance of getting Edwards back sadly but his total commitment and unrelenting quest to be the best in everything he does is what we need. That's what Wigan RL is about.

Exactly. The "Im a better fan than you" argument that some Wigan fans believe in, is utterly embarrasing.

What a load of Bull!!!!

the world doesnt need another do gooder kat, i boo cos what i see is crap from the same few players each week. ive paid so its my right

People do boo for no reason sometimes. Search Ross Noble Booing on a certain well known video site, and you'll see what I mean.

made me an the m8 laugh on friday against cas ppl booing wigan off then clapped them back on after half time thik f*ckers

getting worried about you an your mate stu

No issues with the booing, although i would never do it myself. I prefer a stern shake of the head



And lets face it, currently they do not deserve cheering do they?

I have booed in the past and I booed on Friday as imo they deserved it.

no need but if you see two blokes one with a whip and one with a birch give us a wide berth


my mate stu sometimes wears a mask as well!!!

let me first say i have been watching wigan over 50 yrs and never boo them,always stand up and applaud the team,after all they are my team.in todays wigan observer ian lennigan is having a go at the boo boys,well he should understand that this is a free country and everyone is allowed their own opinion.don't forget we pay to watch the game,he also says the fans should get behind the team.well IL you have 10k season ticket holders plus the weekly support does that not proove we support our team even though they have not given us much reason over the last few years.i think IL is a little self opinionated and it would do him good if he took a realistic view of what is going on.last season IL was at loggerheads with some of the players trent barrett in particular.he actually made his views public,so it is ok for him to do it but not the supporters,that to me seems a little two faced.

The youngsters of today eh !

I think this post needs a thread of its own

done it

Yep, much the same, I won't boo, but I also won't happy clap them back onto the field in the second half.

I remember when we played Leeds and St.Helens and the 70-0 and 75-0 results... and I dont recall any booing for either of those matches. It's a fairly recent thing, in the past two seasons or so. If things aren't exactly going our way, the majority boo, only to start jumping up and down wetting themselves when things do go our way.