Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:16 pm  

19 Leagues wrote:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/feb/21/wigan-st-george-illawarra-world-club-challenge

"Thierry Alibert will become the first Frenchman to referee a World Club Challenge, which could be almost as much of an advantage as the expected capacity crowd for Wigan as they will be more familiar with his idiosyncrasies."

This has got to be a joke???

Which the Thierry Alibert appointment or the expected capacity crowd?

[Wigan6/Leeds1 Andy]

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:17 pm  

MattyB wrote:

Still wrong.



Keep going.

I've wiped 1992 from my memory because we lost - it didn't happen.

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:18 pm  

Wigan/Leeds Andy wrote:

I've wiped 1992 from my memory because we lost - it didn't happen.

17,460

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:21 pm  

Wigan/Leeds Andy wrote:

There's still plenty of the cheapest seat left that are still a bargain for such an important game.

To be fair, I think they will fly out as the week goes on. As I keep saying Wiganers are traditionally slow purchasers of tickets. Many prefer to pay week by week as they get paid.....expect a massive boost in sales Thurs/Fri.

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:21 pm  

MattyB wrote:

Which the Thierry Alibert appointment or the expected capacity crowd?

Both

Just seen the Alibert thread, cant believe it though ...

[Wigan6/Leeds1 Andy]

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:22 pm  

MattyB wrote:

:lol:


17,460

I blame the RFL - everyone else does.

[Wigan6/Leeds1 Andy]

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:27 pm  

MattyB wrote:

To be fair, I think they will fly out as the week goes on. As I keep saying Wiganers are traditionally slow purchasers of tickets. Many prefer to pay week by week as they get paid.....expect a massive boost in sales Thurs/Fri.

Lets hope so - compared to previous recent games the RFL have bent over backwards to not only allow us to play it at home but also give Wigan fans the opportunity to sit in "their" seats - admittedly at a premium, but we don't play to be World Champions every week.

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:31 pm  

Wigan/Leeds Andy wrote:

Lets hope so - compared to previous recent games the RFL have bent over backwards to not only allow us to play it at home but also give Wigan fans the opportunity to sit in "their" seats - admittedly at a premium, but we don't play to be World Champions every week.

Theres no saying that the vast majority of our season ticket holders havent bought their ticket. No idea if thats true, but just a thought

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:38 pm  

One thing that is pretty concerning is that we have not yet seen a statement in from either the club or the RFL that we broke sales of 20,000. This is despite us being told that 15,000 had been sold way back on Jan 21st: http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news The only thing we have had was that the game was heading for a complete sell out and that the South & West had sold out on 17th Feb. http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news (As of tonight the South showing 146 tickets available and West showing 369 available, struggling to undertsand that one??). Wigan still have 2,534 left to sell tonight. I do think that the RFL still have some tickets held back, not sure how many though...???? If they don't we have sold 22,500ish.

One thing that is pretty concerning is that we have not yet seen a statement in from either the club or the RFL that we broke sales of 20,000. This is despite us being told that 15,000 had been sold way back on Jan 21st: http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news The only thing we have had was that the game was heading for a complete sell out and that the South & West had sold out on 17th Feb. http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news (As of tonight the South showing 146 tickets available and West showing 369 available, struggling to undertsand that one??). Wigan still have 2,534 left to sell tonight. I do think that the RFL still have some tickets held back, not sure how many though...???? If they don't we have sold 22,500ish.

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:45 pm  

MattyB wrote: One thing that is pretty concerning is that we have not yet seen a statement in from either the club or the RFL that we broke sales of 20,000. This is despite us being told that 15,000 had been sold way back on Jan 21st: http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news The only thing we have had was that the game was heading for a complete sell out and that the South & West had sold out on 17th Feb. http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news (As of tonight the South showing 146 tickets available and West showing 369 available, struggling to undertsand that one??). Wigan still have 2,534 left to sell tonight. I do think that the RFL still have some tickets held back, not sure how many though...???? If they don't we have sold 22,500ish. At the 5 live radio show the other week i seem to remember Lenegan saying to us that 20000 had been sold?

MattyB wrote: One thing that is pretty concerning is that we have not yet seen a statement in from either the club or the RFL that we broke sales of 20,000. This is despite us being told that 15,000 had been sold way back on Jan 21st: http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news The only thing we have had was that the game was heading for a complete sell out and that the South & West had sold out on 17th Feb. http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news (As of tonight the South showing 146 tickets available and West showing 369 available, struggling to undertsand that one??). Wigan still have 2,534 left to sell tonight. I do think that the RFL still have some tickets held back, not sure how many though...???? If they don't we have sold 22,500ish. At the 5 live radio show the other week i seem to remember Lenegan saying to us that 20000 had been sold?