I agree, it should have been as you suggest, but the ticket allocation has been all about packing the fans opposite to the main TV cameras, so that the crowds don`t appear so poor, for the television audience to see.

I don't think this has happened as the most expensive seats are on the line.



If I was the man in charge I would have release either side of the centre line for £40 (£20 conc) and then gone from there, eventually releasing £15/£20 end closer to the world cup in order to give fans the chance of cheaper standing/seating areas at the ends and not peeing off those who shelled out in the first place for the half way line.

I can`t understand then why for the 1st two games at the HJ, the RFL were charging £40 for spectators to stand in the the South Stand, when tickets for the seating area in the East Stand were cheaper?

I wonder how much they'd have charged for tickets had Wakeys 'ground' been chosen to host games?

Club level seats at the Emirates are £96...cheaper than the category A ones!

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Obsessed much wolfie?

We had the same at Newcastle.

Tickets were bough 2 ears ago and looked a whole lot better than where we ended up being allocated.

As far as The Emirates goes, Arsenal (albeit that they have plenty of st holders) would be able to help with how to sell and how to release tickets to optimise both revenue and how to make best use of the ground.

Having said that, as a whole, the WC seems to be going pretty well and there are certainly going to be a couple of superb semi-finals..

Just how much have Samoa improved ??

Jeez….if thats all you’ve got to wonder about you really are are a very sad person.

Agree with the no option to choose the specific seats on the ticket website and having to be 'allocated a seat'.



Bought tickets for the semi final at ER a few weeks before the start of the tournament and didn't have much choose of which block to choose. Went on the website this week and can choose any block now, absolutely stupid.

I'm trying to buy tickets for the final now, its like the worst game of guess who trying to find a block with tickets available

I actually miss the 2013 team colouring in the stadium map to show whats sold out, low tech solution but you knew where you where.

so, i gave up yesterday, it would only give me 1 ticket in the 65 quid price bracket. (trying to buy 4)



i then moved up into the 85 quid bracket and it would only give me one block, that was in the £110 brack???



But then it wouldn't let me order. 'unauthorised access' . . it then restricted my access cos i refreshed a couple of times and it thought i was a bot. so i gave up.



tried this morning, it wouldnt let me log in, it then wouldn't allow me to choose the final, and after 20 minutes i finally got on, and it now offered me 85 quid tickets behind the east stand sticks which it wouldn't allow me to do yesterday.





the annoying thing is, its appears to be hosted by ticketmaster, but they try to force you into buying ANY seats in a price range now as well.

Has there been any word on how the semi's are selling?

I think last week they said around 35k at the Emirates and 25k at elland road, but think you have to take anything Dutton and co say about crowds with a pinch of salt now sadly. I'd hope we're aiming for about 50k at the Emirates and 30k at elland road, but maybe with the Emirates it depends on how well the category C B and A tickets sell, as they arent the cheapest. We're in competition with England rugby union too on Saturday with them playing at Twickenham

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Anything below 50k at the Emirates would be a disappointment as they got 67k to Wembley in 2013 following a good marketing effort from an agency they used (and I don't recall the tickets being stupidly cheap back then either)

Luke Thompson in for Matty Lees, only change from last week's squad

Totally agree

Still think Ackers for Micky Mac - Ackers would have torn Samoa apart in the first game, plus, although their forwards start strong, they don't have the stamina. Ackers would revel in that

Cheapest tickets were £20 rather than £30. However there were lots and lots of 50% off offers running. Just checked and we got £30s for £15.

Maybe so but I am sure England just managed a win without Ackers.

And Oledzki for Cooper for me.

Poland is nowhere near Wigan mate. He's got no chance.

stop It Saddy is it ok to pick Makinson and Welsby and Hill and Williams as they are Wiganers obviously 2 play for St Helens so them 2 are ok.



Do we drop everyone who has a connection to Wigan past players etc - Micky and Tomkins and Farnworth (sure he played for Pats) and Ackers ?



Do we now drop current players- Bateman and Cooper



Now do we sack Wane as he is a Wiganer and obviously in your one eyed view does not pick enough St Helens players and picks too many Wigan connected players.



This may come as a shock to you all of these players and coach are doing ok at the min.

When you watch England do you actually want them to win or if they lose at least you can say that Wigan player is crap the coach being a Wiganer is crap etc.



Take them Saints tainted glasses of and enjoy the ride as It is fantastastic and we seem to be doing ok even with those Wigan connected players.

Cant disagree with that,I just want the strongest squad if Wane thinks he is a better pick then he should pick him.

Like I have said we seem to be doing ok so maybe he is picking his strongest team,really nobody can disagree with that with the scorelines achieved so far.

Don’t forget that on top of it being bonfire night, there was a planned rail strike which resulted in me having to pay around 4 times more to get there and back and I’m sure would have influenced quite a few not to buy tickets.