Wigans fan base is pathetic

what are they meant to do about it?, if only so many people support wigan then so be it, they deserve their day out just like any other fan.
 
20k is pretty good for Wigan in a semi final. How many did we sell for the community shield last season? I know it wasn't the FA Cup and we had already had two recent trips to Wembley, but still. I don't think we're in a position to criticize Wigan for not selling out.... Otherwise we start sounding like rags. Surely were better than that? There are perfectly understandable reasons why Wigan have a small following, and as has been mentioned, at least they're not made up of glory hunting day tripping tourists.
 
Why slate Wigan?? Small town with the likes of the 2 merseyside and manchester clubs nearby..

Wigan are actually the team I would support if anything ever happened to my beloved blues.

Love going there and hope they stay up
 
you have got to admire Wigan,its amazing how they have survived so long in the premier league,Whelan must be doing something right,i also hope they stay up.Its embarrassing listening to some of our arrogant fans belittling other smaller clubs,some of sound like Younited fans
 
Skashion said:
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
Leeds had a steroid injection, look where it got them. None of the teams you have mentioned have played well enough to be in the league, and most of those teams are the richest ones in there leagues. You havent proved anything. Just because a team has a smaller fanbase doesnt mean they dont deserve to be in the league.

Wigan over the next 50 years might end up winning everything and the fanbase could become huge, we could get relegated and our fanbase gets a lot smaller, should we not be in the league ??
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No, they didn't. They borrowed money by effectively mortgaging it against future TV revenue that never came. That's how they got in the shit. They didn't have money pumped in from the outside. Nor am I saying they deserve to be here just because they are a big club. I am saying that steroid injections into traditionally small clubs has hindered the chances of bigger clubs without the steroid injection and who have more right to be there. If the steroid small club outperforms the steroid big club you throw your hands up and say fair enough but if it's not a level playing field why should I respect that?

What are you even saying? You have tried to elicit a response on a hypothetical situation for which you have not supplied the parameters. Try giving more detail about the situation of the club before I can give you an answer. I'll try to save you some time though. I don't treat Wigan or Fulham any differently than if it were City in the same situation. I hope that's a good enough answer to prevent me having to decipher another set of gibberish.
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Arsenal fans probably hold the same view when looking at us.
 
Wigan selling 20,000 must be comparable to us selling over 64,000, i.e Another 25% at least over our best crowd.
I think criticism of a small town team, punching well above it's weight, and its support is ridiculous and not worthy of City fans. It's the type of thing I'd expect from only the scum's supporters.
The people to be criticised - if anyone - are the FA for thinking that Wigan could sell out double it's usual level of support.
 
Burnley, small-town team, sold out its allocation at Wembley? Yes.
Blackpool, small-town team, sold out its allocation at Wembley? Yes, or nearly so anyway.

Why? Because these clubs are historical league clubs. They have fanbases which enable them to do it. My critics on this thread, who now seem determined to call me a rag, are acting as if the likes of Wigan and Fulham have done no harm but they have. Those clubs, with their cash injections, have taken up two Premier League spaces that could have gone to clubs who'd done it without money from a rich investor. I'm supporting the non-rich smaller clubs. How does that make me a rag exactly?
 
Skashion said:
davymcfc said:
Wigan are a small club in a rugby town and are punching well above their weight. Fair play to them.
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They're punching above their weight because of Dave Whelan's cash injection which took them from being a non-league club for most of their history, then in the fourth flight, to the Premier League. I find it hard to believe they'd have managed that transformation without Dave Whelan's cash injection. Ditto Fulham and Al Fayed - although they'd at least been a top flight club very briefly in their history once before. I'd much rather have the non-steroid clubs.
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I don't really get why anyone would have animosity towards a club like Wigan. Unless it is just a need to take the opposite view from most people for the sake of it?

Whelan didn't take them from being a non league club. They joined the league in 1978 after finally overcoming the ridiculous old boys network that was in operation. It was the 35th time they had applied to join the league. Whelan didn't take over until the mid 90's and of course his injection of cash played a big part in their ability to climb the leagues. I can still recall the interview on Granada Reports when he vowed to take them to the Premier League within 10 years. Everyone thought he was either off his fucking rocker or just talking shite for a bit of self publicity. But he did it. I certainly don't particularly like him. Even less so after this week. But he did exactly what he said he was going to do and you've got to give him credit for that.

It's not as if he has spent ridiculous money either, by football standards. I can think of at least three or four lower league clubs who have spent a lot more in a lot shorter space of time to try and achieve what Wigan have and not even come close.

Kind of a bit ironic that a City fan is criticising Wigan for spending money at this point in our history too.

In my life time, Wimbledon and Wigan are the two clubs that have risen from non league to the top. If they win on Saturday and Chelsea turn us over, I would love to see them emulate Wimbledon and go from non league to Cup Winners. It is what football should be all about and with each passing year, becomes more and more unlikely it will ever happen again.
 
Skashion said:
Burnley, small-town team, sold out its allocation at Wembley? Yes.
Blackpool, small-town team, sold out its allocation at Wembley? Yes, or nearly so anyway.

Why? Because these clubs are historical league clubs. They have fanbases which enable them to do it. My critics on this thread, who now seem determined to call me a rag, are acting as if the likes of Wigan and Fulham have done no harm but they have. Those clubs, with their cash injections, have taken up two Premier League spaces that could have gone to clubs who'd done it without money from a rich investor. I'm supporting the non-rich smaller clubs. How does that make me a rag exactly?
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Clubs like City and Chelsea have taken up two Champions League places that could have gone to clubs who'd done it without money from a rich investor.

That's essentially what your saying, and no I don't think your a rag.
 
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