Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:50 pm  

I feel sorry for Wellens in a way. I liked him as a player. Not a 'Charlie Big Timer' just a solid good pro and i like him as a man. The way he conducts himself in his position. He has been dealt a bit of a sh1tty hand like Moyes did at Utd. The last coach got the very last bits out of an ageing side and passed it on to the next man. I don't think Saints fans just realise how much of a rebuild they have on. Players like Bennison and Wingfield are nowhere near the level and are in the 17. Then they have the obvious ones that are on the way out. It's a near complete rebuild. I fear that Saints fans will vilify ellens like they did with Cunningham.

As a Wigan fan i can't wait to enjoy it but it will be at the expense of Wellens, alas, i will take it though. No way do i condone any sort of abuse to his family though. It is just a game at the end of the day, though, one that consumes us.

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:51 pm  

The Wellens abuse online doesn’t surprise me in the slightest. Saints seem to have got a bit of a football style element of fans who’ve jumped on board in recent seasons. Abuse of oppositions fans and players is a 7 day hobby for football fans and they’ll turn on their own in quick time. The sort of ones I’m referring to, were the lads giving it to their own fans in advance of last years Good Friday game, saying they’d sit where they wanted and would be telling people to do one if they challenged them (they weren’t that polite though). Social media is littered with them.

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:13 am  

The abuse of Wellens and his family is awful and is a sad sign of the times we live in. Part of the reason i love rugby league is the mostly good natured banter that fans have with each other. I'm a Saints fan and have worked over the years with a lot of Wigan fans and we ribbed each other about wins and trophies etc,but it was good natured fun and above all we had our love of rugby above petty differences. It sometimes seems that we are moving away from that now and it's sad.

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:24 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

The Wellens abuse online doesn’t surprise me in the slightest. Saints seem to have got a bit of a football style element of fans who’ve jumped on board in recent seasons. Abuse of oppositions fans and players is a 7 day hobby for football fans and they’ll turn on their own in quick time. The sort of ones I’m referring to, were the lads giving it to their own fans in advance of last years Good Friday game, saying they’d sit where they wanted and would be telling people to do one if they challenged them (they weren’t that polite though). Social media is littered with them.

Agree 100% about some of our fans had idiots throwing bottles on the pitch last week.
It's one of the reasons I don't go to away games now

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:06 pm  

I'd imagine a few of them are relative newcomers to the Saints brand. Aka they jumped on the 'winning everything' bandwagon of a few years ago. They're too immature or too self-entitled, or both, to understand that success comes in waves, and are now not prepared to accept the possibility the good times may be ending for a while. That wasn't what they signed up for, and how dare Wellens and the Saints team betray them like this.

It must fall to the rest of the Saints faithful to put them right.

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:11 pm  

Cruncher wrote:

I'd imagine a few of them are relative newcomers to the Saints brand. Aka they jumped on the 'winning everything' bandwagon of a few years ago. They're too immature or too self-entitled, or both, to understand that success comes in waves, and are now not prepared to accept the possibility the good times may be ending for a while. That wasn't what they signed up for, and how dare Wellens and the Saints team betray them like this.

It must fall to the rest of the Saints faithful to put them right.

I agree it is upto the saints faithful to inform them that they are not as good as they think they are and must accept as a dominant force in RL it no longer applies to them.
Even Wire will move above Saints

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:54 am  

Sorry if I’ve missed it but what has happened to Red Vee forum does anyone know?

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:23 am  

jonh wrote:

Sorry if I’ve missed it but what has happened to Red Vee forum does anyone know?

It was 're-designed'

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:53 am  

But being run on a 1p an hour hosting server

Re: Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE : Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:11 am  

It has been reported as a hate crime to humanity and is being investigated by the police.