i personally think it needs a bit of a re-vamp,

perhaps some sort of seeding or elite group type thing, similar way to the champs league might give a few more interesting ties and give the lower clubs a longer run

Exactly. No flow to the competition at all.



2 weeks between rounds is equally daft as well.

Summer rugby has knackered the crack

Really? Was it that which stopped a couple of thousand of season ticket holders turning up despite the free ticket?

I'd be interested to hear from any regulars who didn't go yesterday and to know why.



I don't mean so we can turn this into a loyalty issue. I have pals who never normally miss but weren't there yesterday. But given that it was free entry for season ticket-holders, I'm interested to know why some folk just didn't bother.



If, as others have suggested, it was because of the substandard opposition, then that's quite worrying - because these David v Goliath matches used to be at the very heat of what was once regarded as the Cup's romance, and this would suggest that such thinking is now fundamentally a thing of the past.



Remembering back to the mid-1970s, when Wigan were pretty hopeless, I found the CC very exciting because it was possible we might find our way to glory by some fortuitous route. That appeal may still exist at certain levels within the game, but I think the immense overall difference now between the top of SL and anyone in the lower leagues has meant that no-one in the upper echelons thinks there any realistic chance of big upset (though I know they do occasionally occur).



Perhaps we're all jsut too cynical these days?

people just dont like free things,

i bet if we had to pay we have had a bigger crowd

About 1 hour before ko, it was glorious weather. Maybe the fact that it was free put people off at the last minute. "The weather's lovely. I haven't forked out for a ticket, so I'll stay at home in the garden with the family rather than going to watch what will turn out to be a low intensity training session". The thought certainly crossed my mind. Luckily I went to the game and stayed relatively dry, if a little bored.

I'm a season ticket holder and go to a fair few away, like HKR a couple of weeks ago. I didn't go yesterday.



Reason being the match was not something I wanted to watch.

Barrow were never going to win and it was not a contest.

When comparison is made to the 70s it's fair enough but all teams then were part time. In a previous post I mentioned about p/t v p/t and with the mid winter weather an upset was always likely to happen and often did. That won't happen with fulltime players v p/t. There's no pitches ankle deep in mud anymore they're more like bowling greens.



On a personal note there's the 50 mins travelling the 30 miles to the DW and same going home. The game plus that had no appeal what so ever so I didn't go. Being a free event was of no consideration.

i live 35 miles away i still made it,

i think theres alot of hypocrites on hre,

not pointing at anyone in particular but i just think there are

Well done you. I live 6 miles away and made it but you're the better fan







I assume by calling people hypocrites you could point us to the hypocritical posts that said people have made?

Mini rogue didn't go as he was working and preferred to use a dys holiday for a more competitive game.

Mrs. Rogue didn't go as she had a previously arranged function to attend.

Both would have gone had the game been on Friday.

I'm a season ticket holder and didn't attend. I would have done if it was on Friday or Saturday or a more competitive game but I chose to spend a bit of free time with my girlfriend instead.

I know there's that great flag that says 'My wife said it was Wigan rugby or her, I'll miss her' or something to that effect, but I'm playing it smart. I miss a not very competitive game, tell her it's a massive game and get in her good books making her more likely to agree to marry me. Once that's done with I can go to every single game and ignore her all I want, whilst she's free to spend more time with friends/see the family/have an affair. It's all planned out.