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No we didn't. We lost.The_Bad_Guy posted:
come on geoff for the first time in 40 years we honestly had the team to win it
I still don't see how a quarter-final can be the biggest sporting event etc...
was the BIGGEST sportin event in 40 years no doubt
Yeah, but I'm not complaining about the tournament as a whole, just yesterday's game, and the disloyal Wigan fans who turned their backs on their team to watch it on TV.The_Bad_Guy posted:
we did have the team to win it geoff look on paper prob the best balanced team in tourney
and it is the tourney not the quarter that was the biggest event.
we could have done it so close
nice try anyway lads
Those paper teams get everywhere. Can someone not start up a sport for all these paper teams to compete in, they're obviously not much cop at trying to play with real teams...The_Bad_Guy posted:
we did have the team to win it geoff look on paper prob the best balanced team in tourney
Even then, it's not as important as the Olympics, which is a truly global event and for which people put in far more effort for a fraction of the ludicrous amounts of money handed out to overpampered soccer players.GeoffN posted:Hardly that. If it had been the final, then maybe you'd have a case.Martin WWRFL posted:
the biggest sporting event in 40 yrs or so...
No what is a disgrace is your inability to let peope sped their tme and money how they wish!ancientandloyal posted;
What an absolute disgrace!!!!
This has been said on many occaisions so far this year, why was this match any more imprtant than next week and any other Wakey match for that matter.The most important game of our season
Pathetic!The best thing at least was when england got kncked out,
If I'm in London I'll do as please without any orders from you!If you are in London to watch Wigan, watch wigan...
Don't tell this to the players as they all have interests in other sports with a particular preference fo soccer!dont make an embarrasement of yourselves and rugby league by turning your back and watching a rival viewing sport.
Doveoverdave posted:Whilst I agree with the sentiment of what you are saying - people are free to spend their time and money how they want, and I don't think any Wigan fan can be considered disloyal given the size of our support this season - I suspect that the characteristics of "the parochial nature of the RL fan" that you mention here would be the same if the roles were reversed. Did we see a big upsurge in interest from the average sports fan in the last RL World Cup when England got through to the semi-final? No, we got the same lack of interest as usual, the only saving grace being that reports of the humiliation against the Kiwis (the only time I've ever done the Wigan Walk at a game!) only took up a page in the newspapers at most. We didn't get blanket coverage in the news and internet, 10 pages a day in the newspapers, paparazzi following the wives and girlfriends of the England RL team around the country... and this was all on our own soil instead of another country. When I tell people that I prefer RL to soccer, I often get a comment about Johnny Wilkinson in return, so ignorant are many people of our sport.ancientandloyal posted;Pathetic!The best thing at least was when england got kncked out,
This statement says more about you and the parochial nature of the RL fan IMO and only serves the game in a poor light to all true sports fans.
Whilst soccer is the most popular game around, people should not be considered not sports fans if they are not interested in the World Cup. I've got more interest in Wimbledon than the football, for example, and was keeping aware of another England team's abject failure to win a game of cricket. I'm still a sports fan, just of different sports.
That's their choice, fair enough - it's the concept of "support" than you seem to be confused with.Martin WWRFL posted:
the people who watched the penalties did'nt exactly miss the rugby. they watched the most important part of both games