Ah that positive thinking, it works wonders.

That's why all us Saints fans are positively thinking, Une victoire pour les Français dimanche viennent.

Allez Allez!

With just over 24 hours to go, 6116 tickets have either been sold or are not available for purchase.

I think the Wigan public are sending a very clear message to the club and the RFL about their pricing structure for play-off games. Whether or not they continue to stick their heads in the sand and ignore it remains to be seen.

In my opinion, the whole play-off system needs to be reviewed, and make it where every game matters. 7th and 8th should not be in the playoffs - the RFL are rewarding mediocrity as those places barely get a 50% win ratio.

For me it should be:

3v6. Winner to next week. Loser out.
4v5. Winner to next week. Loser out.

Highest placed out of those games at home to the lowest placed. Winner to next week, loser out.
1v2. Winner to GF. Loser to next week.

Loser of 1v2 v Winner of other game. Winner to final, loser out.

Final.

This seemed to work a few years ago and IIRC crowds were better for the "Every game matters" fixtures - the playoff crowd figures from 1998-2004 on our website indicate they were always around the same level as the league fixtures.

Ive no problem with the fixture structure just the pricing structure!

are we currently sat on around 10k on the e-ticketing?
baffled by it...

The current structure of the play offs is embarrassing as are the attendances. As far as cost goes: What Bilko said.

Not bought my ticket yet, will just walk down to the ground tomorrow.

I know this will get some negative responses, but i'll say it anyway.

This is a no win situation for the clubs/RFL.
if they charge money for tickets, people complain.
if they don't, where does the prize money come from.
if we include play-off games in season ticket prices then these prices will have to go up resulting in people complaining if their club doesn't have a home play-off game.
If the clubs/RFL sell tickets at discounted rates, people will see the play-offs as a minor competition, after all, tickets for those games cost less than a regular league game.

I've seen people saying they can't afford play-off tickets because season tickets will be on sale soon... what does that have to do with anything? fans will have until november/december to buy their existing seats and until the end of december to buy season tickets at discounted prices. it's not as though people need to buy them the moment they go on sale.

To be honest, even if we get a solution everyone is happy with regarding play-off tickets, people will complain that their season ticket doesn't get them free cup tickets, or free tickets for internationals, or free tickets for away games. people will always moan, and at the moment, i don't see why

Yea, let's all pay for ST's with the pay packet that gets spent on Xmas :-/
Whatever way you dress it up, it is TOO MANY games from Wembley to OT

That's why we have the direct debit offers so you don't have to.

It'll favver a Latics wom game tomorrow

I doubt it!! The game was seen and will again be seen as a no mark minority sport due to the shocking attendances in the playoffs. If last weeks game had been priced at £10/£5 there would have been 20K on.

The thing is the RFL dont get it....2 years ago we couldnt sell out the DW for an Eng/Oz game and guess what it was the £40 seats not took up. We couldnt sell out the DW for the WCC in Feb due to the idiotic pricing structure.

Direct debit offers on Wembley, Wire away and potentially 4 play-off games?

I wasn't referring to the paying of ST directly, I was meaning the no of games not included on ST since our trip to Brent

No problem with the play off games being extra to season ticket. Just cant understand why there are so many games extra to season ticket games in the last 2 months of the season all that are on tele and all top price. Surely the club and RFL will realise that it will result in reduced crowds!

You must have it growing on trees in your garden, unfortunately I dont!

It's definitely not growing on trees in my garden (although i wish it was).

I take your point about there being a lot of games at the end of the season that aren't covered by the season ticket, but if the problem there is them being close together, then moving the cup games to earlier in the season would be a solution, but come the end of the season you would have still spent the same amount of money overall which begs the question if you know there are expensive games at the end of the season why not save some money earlier in the season so you can afford the late season games?

as for a comment earlier from someone about the RFL's prices preventing a sell out in the world club challenge, those same prices didn't prevent over 35k (10k more than the capacity of the dw) turning up at elland road in previous years.

In previous years the country wasnt suffering cuts, redundancies, pay freezes, rampant inflation and repossessions.

if that is the case, how do you explain our highest average attendance since accurate records began as well as record sales of season tickets (the single biggest cost of the rugby season)?

Perhaps the RFL think that Rugby League enthusiasts might, just might mind you, would love the prospect of attending more games? what you gonna do otherwise?
I cannot believe that folk are not fighting to get to the DW tomorrow for what could be, at worst, Maguire's last game, and certainly Warriors last home game. COME ON!! MAKE AN EFFORT IT'S ONLY GONNA HAPPEN ONCE!!

Might be someything to do with this.

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Can you pay on the gate today?

I'd hope so.

Not got a ticket and with 18000 seats up for grabs it would seem strange to make people get a ticket.

Stranger things have happened, queues at tickets offices and nothing at the turnstiles

Cash gates open on the East and South Stands.

does that mean unreserved seating in East?..or pot luck on where u get the ticket for?

Still reserved seating - you get given a ticket as you go through the turnstile with a seat number on. If you want to choose your seat then you can still buy it from the East Stand Ticket Office on the South/East corner.

or find an empty seat at the side of me.......as was the case