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No matter what, it is no longer a home tie. So the integrity of the competition is damaged. We had qualified for the 6 a few weeks ago so why could Wigan Athletic not simply swap their home / away fixtures with Sunderland. Indeed, why was this not considered when the football fixtures were drawn up? The first week of the play off should have been prioritised as a Rugby League weekend, indeed, why not the first 2 weekends? It cannot be right that we schedule our early season fixtures around Wigan Athletic. Wigan Athletic ruin the pitch, we schedule our fixtures around that too and now the play-offs.

One wonders if IL has got anything concrete in his agreement because at the moment it seems like he was taken for a mug and Whelan is ... all over him.

The RFL should be pressurising the football league and IL should be standing firm.

mike binder wrote:and dont 4get we changed a fixture to make Alex Ferguson a happy man ,and played a cup match on monday

Leave Sir Alex out of this its not his fault, anyway he always kicks the shi-ite out of them. Lets hope this season that Whelan gets his just deserts and gets relegated!!!!!!!

I also to a large extent blame this intransigent pile of rubbish

“We have explored fully with the RFL the options of playing on Thursday or Sunday but neither is possible for competition integrity issues and we prefer to play on a North West ground of our choice”.

So in essence, we are also being "stiffied" by the morons at the RFL - AGAIN!

The sooner Wigan Warriors are a separate "entity" from those bloody Latics, the better (separate ground and **** the JJB). It's not as if there will be more than 12,000 on for them anyway

spoke to some 1 at the club ,they denie that the fixture as been changed ,the only thing they say is whelan is not happy about us playing on friday makes more sense to play at jjb on sunday which the club are happy with but not sky

cpwigan wrote:We had qualified for the 6 a few weeks ago so why could Wigan Athletic not simply swap their home / away fixtures with Sunderland. Indeed, why was this not considered when the football fixtures were drawn up? The first week of the play off should have been prioritised as a Rugby League weekend, indeed, why not the first 2 weekends?

Quite right! It was virtually "nailled on" that Wigan had secured a play-off position. Surely the possibility of a "home" tie had come into someones miniscule brain cell at the club?

cpwigan wrote:No matter what, it is no longer a home tie. So the integrity of the competition is damaged. We had qualified for the 6 a few weeks ago so why could Wigan Athletic not simply swap their home / away fixtures with Sunderland. Indeed, why was this not considered when the football fixtures were drawn up? The first week of the play off should have been prioritised as a Rugby League weekend, indeed, why not the first 2 weekends? It cannot be right that we schedule our early season fixtures around Wigan Athletic. Wigan Athletic ruin the pitch, we schedule our fixtures around that too and now the play-offs.

One wonders if IL has got anything concrete in his agreement because at the moment it seems like he was taken for a mug and Whelan is ... all over him.

The RFL should be pressurising the football league and IL should be standing firm.

Have sent another email to the club so they will get it first thing. I have made a comment on both of these topics relaying the grass and the rearranging of the CC game to a Monday to accommodate the Latics I think it is only fair that they reciprocate the favour.

Come on everyone, get in touch with the club to let them know our feelings.

I'm too bloody annoyed to send the club a coherant mail, so I've sent them a link to this thread instead!

And now we have a song to sing on Friday:

It really doesn't matter if it's raining or if it's
fine
just as long as you've got time
to p-l-a-y playaway-away-way playaway play-play-away
way play away playaway

Never mind the weather
Get it together
Suns shining
the rain can fall
come on
p-l-a-y playaway-away-way playaway play-play-away way
play away playaway

Running down the road
Strolling up the street
if you're feeling happy
tap your feet
come on
p-l-a-y playaway-away-way playaway play-play-away way
play away playaway

Sitting on your own and you're wondering what to do
go out and make a friend
then there'll be two
come on
p-l-a-y playaway-away-way playaway play-play-away way
play away playaway


one more time


la-la-la-la-la-la la-la la-la-la
come on
p-l-a-y playaway-away-way playaway play-play-away way
play away playaway


PLAYAWAY

under the terms of the lease if there is a conflict over games then the "stadium company" make the decision as to who has priority. i assume that the stadium company is whelco who are owned by????? yes mr whelan

Well done Guy hope they realise how we all feel.
I've emailed them too.
Lets hope we get somewhere.
As Nobbys Girl says we can not let this drop.

ITS OUR BLOODY CLUB TOO.