Racist chanting, laughing at a serious tribute to our troops and constant swearing and drunken behaviour in a family stand is ok is it?



what? do we go to the same matches? racist chanting.. i can only presume you are referring to st helens chants. If so we clearly have a different perspective.



As for drunken behaviour, beer/alchol is sold in the ground. Ive seen people drunk, but over the years of attending, but on average more adults, than from the group you are referring to.



Yes I think the running of these events should be brought up in the fans forum.

So you havent heard Watene chants in there this season?

What regiment were those troops marching along the touchline in front of the Boston Stand before the game?



A guy at the side of me said that they had just got back from Helmand but some of em’ only looked 12 and couldn’t march in line. Tell me that’s not what we are pitching up against the Taleban these days?

You don't even know what you're talking about half of the time.





And BTW, droning "Barmy Army" out for 20 minutes doesn't count as singing, or chanting, or trying to improve the atmosphere in any way, shape or form. It does the complete opposite. Though the idiots that start it and carry it on wouldn't realise that.

They are Cadets which is ages 12-18. The guy at the side of you is a muppet.

I think you are only trying to defend the people at the back of the south stand because that might be where you sit with your mates and you feel these comments are being aimed at you. Now I don't for one second think you are a violent person or anyone to cause trouble but you must agree that there is a slight problem with some of the behaviour?

Oh really, well thats good we've got that cleared up then. Any future chants to be passed through the 'whats ok' comittee. Cause whilst not my cup of tea, barmy army is fine by me, as kevin iro - or any other chants.



My motivation for defending is more along the lines that i really dont see the problem. The mess over minutes silence was really just down to people getting it mixed up over communication. The young people at the back have been respectful over every other minutes silence i can recall.

I have said previously we used to sit in the west stand, and have seen this same attitude over having a blow horn (sold officially once before aints derby). We where told to not bring it, then aiving our flags was aproblem. Unless you sit still and just watch the game its a problem. A guy used to boo when opposite side took a kick,..he was told to shut up. One fella got a letter sent to his house..some kind of official warning. I for one dont want that attitude any where near the south stand, for the past 5 years have enjoyed the attude of tolerance in the south stand.

My attitude its a rugby match, watched by 18,000 people. There are many different sorts of folk there, and without the barmy army crew - the match would be overall a much duller expierience..in my opinion

www.wiganwarriorsfans.com/wigan/ ... 2&o=643481 Quote I've just had a long phone conversation with Mick Hogan about this problem. In a nutshell, the club is aware of the problem, and things are being done - there is a permanent CCTV camera focused on the area (and others elsewhere of course), and on Friday some people were refused admission and some were ejected, but they can only act on specific information or observation, so again I urge people to contact the club if they can identify specific troublemakers.'" Good work Geoff.

www.wiganwarriorsfans.com/wigan/ ... 2&o=643481 Quote I've just had a long phone conversation with Mick Hogan about this problem. In a nutshell, the club is aware of the problem, and things are being done - there is a permanent CCTV camera focused on the area (and others elsewhere of course), and on Friday some people were refused admission and some were ejected, but they can only act on specific information or observation, so again I urge people to contact the club if they can identify specific troublemakers.'" Good work Geoff.

On the original subject, I must admit to being extremely annoyed that people were clapping/laughing/shouting over the minute's silence.



However, rather than having to give separate instructions for each step, how about just reversing the order?



i.e. Hold the minutes silence, with the bugler starting the last post after the minute is up (the ref gives him a silent signal to start, instead of blowing his whistle).



On the other stuff, I'm glad that the club is rooting out the idiots. Hopefully they'll ban them for more than a couple of matches.



However, I also sit in the South Stand (although further down) with my daughter and several friends.



I have *never* heard any racist chanting (don't even know what "the Watene chant" is), and never had any problem with the kids at the back, other than being privately annoyed about the drunken scrotes that are clearly too young to be allowed near alcohol.

Well done that man.

fans.



He's very keen on an element of self-policing (we were talking about the "old days" at CP, when they'd have got a "clip round t'earhole"!) to complement the clubs efforts. To some extent, it's a question of where to draw the line - we want to keep the atmosphere, but stop it getting so unpleasant that it puts people off. (having said that, we did agree that perhaps people who object to the noise might be better off in another stand...).



So..those of you who are normally in that area, please help the club out, either by having words with the offenders or passing on information/descriptions to the club.



Incidentally, on a similar subject, the guy from the Saints game who punched the steward has apparently been identified, and things are happening on that front.

Never heard racist chanting or the Watene one. One or two idiots blurting out something offensive at a game does not constitute a chant. There has been more damage done by folk stirring up that non-event than the moron who might have actually said it could ever wish to have done.