Wigan club have gone on Twitter saying only 50 tickets left.

Thanks for pointing that out, but my point still remains - no team would ever go ahead and sell all 4 sides of their ground for a game like this and leave none for the away fans. It was a silly comment from NickyKiss.

Where did I say leave none?



Wire sell tickets for that away end whilst also giving the away team an allocation. I'd have thought Saints would 'need' to do the same.



Saints also don't 'need' to give us two full blocks of seating but they do because they're not confident they could sell them to their own fans.

Saints have sold tickets in the East stand.







Again, not true. Saints give away fans the option of sitting as some people (mainly elderly folk) don't like standing.

I've been looking for a couple of months to buy an east stand ticket from Saints and they were never on sale on your site so I think your incorrect.



And on the second point I appreciate that Saints give an option to people who may need/want to stand but a full two blocks? There is no way we have that many fans who will go to Saints and are in desperate need of a seat.

The fact that the North Stand is sold out would suggest that whatever tickets were given to Wigan for that stand have been sold.

There was great grumbling from Wigan fans in the first GF at LP about not enough tickets being allocated to them.



Now they moan that they have been given too many.



Basically they just like to whine.



I recall conversations from that first match about how Wigan should retaliate for Saints not giving enough tickets and not give Saints the whole away stand on the return leg.



The East hold 3800 I think. However there is no seating. So a further 300 - 500 Seats is one of the unallocated sections from the North stand. It's not a lot of seats. But it does allow Wiganer's to have the choice of sitting or standing.



Of course I would not expect any sense 48 hours prior to game time, but in reality it's was the best option to give Wigan a similar allocation as to what Saints get for the away game.



As we sold out our Sections days ago and some have resorted to buying from Wigan, it's clear that Saints could have sold more to home fans, but imagine the noise that would have come about having no seating, or about mixing the away area, that Wigan have traditionally made their own.

No moaning at all from me that we have too many tickets. I'm happy that you've given us a quarter of your ground.



I'm just surprised you guys are so chuffed you've managed to shift 13,500 tickets for such a big game. The crowing you guys have done since your tickets went last week would make you think you'd sold the Nou Camp out! Or even a big superleague ground like the DW!!

Which of course nobody has.







Well at least you're big enough to admit it.

Let me remind you before they do, that at least they do own their own ground, small as it is...

I couldn't enjoy the celebrations at Wembley or Old Trafford last year simply because I couldn't get the thought of us only having a 50 year lease on the DW out of my mind





As I pointed out to my dad 'trophies are all well and good but we don't own the plastic seats'.

wiganwarriors.com/WContent.aspx?id=9233&type=1 NOW it's fully sold-out

wiganwarriors.com/WContent.aspx?id=9233&type=1 NOW it's fully sold-out

Wigan never sell out if their allocation according to a poster on the Saints board. Well that's 2 out of 2 now which isn't bad considering we get a quarter of the whole stadium.



Should be a cracking atmosphere.

Correct its OUR stadium. Remind me again.... how times have you been kicked out of that stadium you rent? Also, its good that theres no wedding taking place on GF as we would need to shut a whole stand. Oh dear



#DWrentboys

You know what, if we win tomorrow I don't think I'll be able to celebrate the win because deep down inside I know that we don't own our own ground with cladding. Jog on.

Once, and how many times did you have to play at Widnes.

Some number above 14. Although our last nomadic trip to Widnes provided Wigan with that great stumbling block of Saints in the playoffs, so we can't say that our year on the road was all bad.

How did that play off series turn out for Saints again?



Another bottle job in a very long line of bottle jobs. Saying that even those have dried up now and have been replaced with the highlight of your season (going off last years example) being a scrappy victory against Wigans second team at home.



Glory days.

Haha. You're getting quite touchy this week aren't you? Are you not coping well with us being a big contender again? Embrace it mate, chill out.

Great comparison dude

In answer to your question we faired a little better than Wigan did. Of course as the title holders this year you are welcome to brag.



You have approximately 6 more months to use that right so enjoy it whilst it lasts. I'm doubt many Saints fans would argue that we where in the running last year, but if you look over more than just the short term, I can comfort myself slightly with the fact that our lean years have been limited to a drop to the top 5 and skimmishes with the eventual title holders in the Grand finals.



Now remind us all how those lean years worked out for Wigan? Or are they too far back to recall.

Banter!



Did you see my post yesterday where I said its great to have a derby where the teams are even and you couldn't call one team or other the dominant force? Well that is then what enables that banter to get going again after years of one set of supporters or the other keeping their head down until the derby was out of the way.



I'm embracing that wholeheartedly and it feels good to have it back at that level.



Tomorrow will be like the old days.

Haha. You talk as though we have been lost in the wilderness for 25 years. Admittedly we've had a rough few years but we've never been far off.

You've been pretty ordinary for 4 years and we were even worse for about 6 years before that.



10 years is a long while in my book to wait for a derby where both teams go in pretty level in the quality stakes and both have about an even shot of winning a trophy.

Problem is are we even. Even if we lose tomorrow it will mean little for when it matters. Have we been going through the motions as we did towards the back end of the last rounds of SL. This is the problem with SL 10 years ago derbys mattered for higher finishing in SL. Now it does not. Wane proved that when he fielded that weaker side last season at Saints.



If Saints or us finish 8th i would bet on it that one of us would make the Grand Final considering the standard in SL now. Week in week out SL is bloody boring now.



Wake me up when September starts.