is there no problem with leigh also having a home game?

No, because Dave Whelan doesn't dictate whether Leigh can play a match on their own ground.

Only one person responsible for this and once again just shows what a vindictive self serving spoilt brat Whelan actually is. Not to mention liar because its blatantly obvious he had no intention of allowing us to play at home last year either and was saved the indignity of backtracking on his empty promises by us losing to saints in week 1.
There are honourable men, there are rich men, but there are very few honourable rich men.

If the latics had been safe and with Wolves already relegated I dont think Whelan would have hesitated in allowing the match to be played at the DW.
I think the reason for being unhappy with the Rugby being played the day before is because of concerns about the pitch,even though some on here will say that the pitch is in good enough nick for 2 games in 2 days.


The problem would be though if we had a week of heavy rain the week before,would 24 hours be enough time to turn round a churned up pitch. If it was the other way round,Soccer before Rugby no problem.
There is so much money involved in promotion and relagation in Soccer (I have seen figures of 80 to 90 Million bandied about.
The Latics dont want to turn the last match into a lottery if they are not already safe.
I dont know if this angle as already been brought up but I am not trawling through 20 plus pages to find out. Cheers.

i was under the impression that t w 4t whelan was a business man ?

to play the game at 'home' would almost guarenttee a sell out or close to ...

think of the revenue he would lose on that day if we are forced to play elsewhere

It's the equivalent of bus fare compared to Latics staying in the PL though.

That's nothing compared to the ego boost he would receive by not allowing us to play there. You can imagine him practically getting aroused at the mere thought of kicking us out.

Not bothered from a playing perspective, I always think we're more likely to win away from home than at the DW against the big teams these days.

Just a real embarrassment for the club again and more annoying due to the fact its not even a fixture clash. Why does the Premier League hold such sway against other sports?

In the words of Jessie J, ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY MONEY !

Root of all evil

Jessie J quote on RLFans! I've seen it all now.

Why do people keep saying this game would have been a guaranteed sell out if it was played at the dw? It wouldn't be anywhere near a sell out and we need to be realistic. It's disappointing if it cant be played at our home ground but there is a bit of exaggeration going on regarding number of seats needed for this one.

Whelan showing his true colours, and as a fan of both clubs he is doing no favours for relations between the 2 clubs. It's very frustrating when you remember that the whole reason the stadium got planning permission was because it was to be used by both clubs. Whelan always had getting into the premiership on his agenda... and when that planning permission was given this whole situation is something that surely must have crossed someone's mind? although with Whelan owning both clubs at the time I guess no one thought he would sell his "beloved" rugby club and start kicking them out of their own ground a few years down the line once his dream of having a prem club had been accomplished.

Am I missing something here?

All this looks like to me is a load of speculation in the media looking to stir up a story that has no real substance.

Has Dave Whelan even said anything on the matter yet?

I don't see a problem with playing the game at the DW on Saturday, gives Latics plenty of time to turn it around and its likely they will be safe from relegation by then anyway.

I couldnt find a suitable Humperdinck song title, suitable for the age range on here, so i have dragged the site kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

The quote is innacurate in any case, my understanding is that Miss 'J' stated that her financial ethics lie in a contrary direction in her popular song.

there would be more at the DW than LSV or warrington/widnes thats for sure , why do you think it wouldnt be a good gate ?

well said

Hang on, isn't Humperdinck doing Eurovision this year? He must be well down with the kids, innit?

What an embarrassment I am to the sport of Rugby League

As the kids say these days "its sick"

Whatever that means, Old Eng doing his bit to keep us at NIL POINTS

Has one googled the lyrics or been told by younger members of the family, as i do not believe for one moment, one is so, rad and upto date with popoular culture and popular music

Going off track record.

The challenge cup is on it's and attendences all round have been on the low side. the last time people had to buy tickets for this fixture in the playoffs we got 12,893. add to that we are playin saints again after this match 2 weeks later. not everyone is going to be able to shell out for both those games, I know I wont be. Both are televised aswell.

your right, we would be looking at a a slightly higher crowd if we played it at home as opposed to lsv but i just think that it's an exaggeration to say the DW would be full for a challenge cup game, regardless of it being saints in a quarter final. let's just be a bit more realistic.

i still blame the RFLs lack of foresight.

its now 9 days until the next round.
9 days to print tickets, organise stewarding/policing, hospitality, print programmes, sell tickets, fans rush to buy tickets,........not to mention in our case, finding a ground.

what was wrong with puting an extra week between the last round and this, given the potential for large demand for tickets..and a clash with the last week of footy?

could have been avoided imo...RFL at its amatuerish best again.

I'll have 'one' know it's rarely off our gramophone...

33 or 78 vinyl ? or gramophone with ipod dock ?

Yeah, if we're using LSV on Saturday, can we have it in place that they're not allowed to play rugby on it for 24hrs before our game?

They'll have to find somewhere else for their Friday night game, I'm afraid. There's a 25,000 all-seater just down the road that's free that night...