: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:22 pm  

Yeah but that's my point - They'll turn up the week after, sure, but that's just to see how Wigan are getting on... if they're winning, they stay till the end, all's well again and they are the most loyal fans on the earth and love the f*****g pants off the players - But if they're loosing... they leave.

Then comes the following week... Oh, Wigan have god suchabody this week... Off they trot to the ground, see how there getting on, 'Ohh there winning! yey! let's stay till the end and clap em' off!' ...

Following week, Wigan are loosing, 'BALLS TO THIS! NEVER WATCHING THEM AGAIN! LETS GO!'

But there back again... seeing how they do... ? they're winning = Stay ... They're loosing = Leave.

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:24 pm  

LordLoveRocket87 wrote:

How am i making a big deal out of it? What i'm saying is, how can people call themselves 'loyal' supporters yet boo them off and leave early? When your loyal, it means your faithful, you devote yourself - Yesterday, I saw people with '18 Loyal' on their back, leaving 20minutes before the game ended - That aint loyal...

Yeah, your right, you pay for your ticket & that gives you the right to do whatever you like, simple as - But don't call yourself a Wigan fan, because your not - Like i said, a fan is someone who sticks by their side, through the good times/bad times - Gives them a chance - Stays till the end to clap their team off...

These types really get my goat, no matter how poor the performance they clap and cheer the team like lemmings. If you want to praise mediocrity support Oldham. We are Wigan RLFC and for over 100 years this club has been the shining light in the sport, the best of the best, the 2nd most successful and decorated sporting club in the world. (2nd to Rangers FC).

We are Wigan RL, we expect.

If you're not first you're last.

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:26 pm  

After watching poor displays, in anger ive said the exact same "im not coming watching this crap again".... but ill be there the next game....

and i can bet many people in here have said the same thing?

When your team is underperforming it is frustrating and fans will react in many different ways! some people are willing to stay... some will be angry, leave , maybe boo... like i've said, i dont personally leave early but i wont hold it against someone who does.

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:31 pm  

MattyB wrote:

These types really get my goat, no matter how poor the performance they clap and cheer the team like lemmings. If you want to praise mediocrity support Oldham. We are Wigan RLFC and for over 100 years this club has been the shining light in the sport, the best of the best, the 2nd most successful and decorated sporting club in the world. (2nd to Rangers FC).

We are Wigan RL, we expect.

If you're not first you're last.

I don't always clap, but I always stay.

If the performance warrants applause (win or lose) it gets it. (leeds in the cup and playoffs for example)

If the performance doesn't warrant applause, it doesn't get it (hudds at home for example)

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:34 pm  

LordLoveRocket87 wrote:

Yeah but that's my point - They'll turn up the week after, sure, but that's just to see how Wigan are getting on... if they're winning, they stay till the end, all's well again and they are the most loyal fans on the earth and love the f*****g pants off the players - But if they're loosing... they leave.

Then comes the following week... Oh, Wigan have god suchabody this week... Off they trot to the ground, see how there getting on, 'Ohh there winning! yey! let's stay till the end and clap em' off!' ...

Following week, Wigan are loosing, 'BALLS TO THIS! NEVER WATCHING THEM AGAIN! LETS GO!'

But there back again... seeing how they do... ? they're winning = Stay ... They're loosing = Leave.

Do you tip bad service in a restaurant

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:41 pm  

I regularly leave early. In fact yesterday I left the game with almost ten minutes to go. It doesn't mean I'm not a fan. It means I leave early.

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:44 pm  

Charlie Seeling wrote:

:lol: Do you tip bad service in a restaurant

Not the same thing though is it mate

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:52 pm  

LordLoveRocket87 wrote:

Not the same thing though is it mate

Is it not?

Do you ever go to concert? the theatre? and then give a rousing applause at the end even though what you saw was awful?

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:04 pm  

It's not in the same context.

The whole setting for a rugby game and your 'team' is different to that of the theatre and an 'act' - So, that's why it's different. I couldn't relate the two - and to be honest mate, this is going off course now.

If I went watching an act at a concert, say the arctic monkeys for example, and I had the loyalty for the arctic monkeys as I do for Wigan, then yes, I'd still applaud them regardless, because that's what a loyal fan does... I wouldn't boo them, I'd applaud them, and have the faith in them.

Just like I have faith in Wigan, I wouldn't judge them, boo them off, leave early whether it be after 1 game or 8 games... It's just not something you do to a team you follow.

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:14 pm  

I do stay to the end of every game, win, lose or draw,

I clap the players at the end of every game, win,lose or draw,

That is what a loyal supporter is all about supporting the team through good and bad times.