Quote Wilderspool memories="Wilderspool memories"So home fans you agree it's not working? Good.
Away fans. I travel to every away game Warrington play in and have also visited america and australia to watch them play. If your fans were truly intersted,the milage wouldn't matter,so that's that point put to bed. I wouldn't dream of missing a wires away game,if they were playing on the moon I would get there. The same can't be said for your fans......sorry.(So I am actually "qualified" to speak on that one!)..'"
Oh dear....you missed the last bit...away fans don't count on the licence application. Oh, 5,000+ miles with 9 games away confirmed on Friday nights...so days off work as well as all the other logistical nightmares like trains all apparently being solar powered north of Watford.....ie...they stop running when the sun goes down
Quote Wilderspool memories="Wilderspool memories"Ground. Yes a nice ground but lacks atmosphere. We had over 11,500 on sunday with only a handful of away support. Could you match that when we play at your place in september? I doubt it.
Finances. Okay like us you have someone who is putting his own cash in and will bail you out when the going gets tough. That's fine we are equal there then!.'"
The point you were referring to was the ground, not the atmosphere or crowd numbers....please pay attention. As for finance, we are both in trouble if the sugar daddies get bored or burnt.
Quote Wilderspool memories="Wilderspool memories"Youth and academy setup. Warrington's is one of the finest in the country and John Bastian and Peter Farrell do a sterling job,persuading many young players to join warrington despite interest from saints,leeds,wigan,etc. For full internationals,if you look at the number of full internationals we have produced over the last 20 years it's considerably more than your club has produced,so indeed this time it's you that is "not qualified" to comment on that one!'"
CURRENT......means recent...you know, last 2 or 3 seasons. With 100+ years of history I would expect you to have loads of England international players...but a bit thin on the ground at the moment wouldn't you agree?
Quote Wilderspool memories="Wilderspool memories"Finally,if your club is doing as well as you claim across the board,why can't you attract larger crowds? One reason maybe is that you have always played in a union stronghold(london)where league is viewed as the enemy. In the north league and union exist side by side with no animosity from one code to the other. We no longer wear flat caps and are certainly not muppets as we have the willpower,ability and desire to respect a rival code of rugby in our area and realise that people have freedom of choice and may wish to support union as well as or instead of league. When I drank in the wetherspoons pub in Twickenham once and chatted with the locals I realised the feeling wasn't mutual. They were all football or union fans who loathed league with a passion. Tell someone in that pub you have played or are about to play harlequins and they talk union to you! Most of them don't even know the league side exists! Sorry if this makes unpleasant reading but it's very true in my opinion.'"
...and as I said, it ALWAYS comes down to fans......
Feel free to reply, but unless you are going to disprove my point, which you basically just endorsed with your first reply, I wouldn't bother.
Good luck for the rest of the season...I am sure this will be THE year
