Some of the posts on that site are the funniest things I've read in a long time.



















Some of these are great post. I didn't think humor existed below 80 IQ.

You read quotes like those, and the mind boggles that some rugby fans still defend them.

Defend what?

Now let's see - people who live in Belgium.



Who do you think?

I'm not sure who/what "them" is/are, hence why I asked the question. Should be pretty easy for you to qualify.

Well, let me answer by way of asking you a few questions.



Is it or is it not true that Wigan RL fans have occasionally (more than occasionally in actual fact) been attacked or scoffed at in their own town by other so-called Wiganers?



Is it or is it not true that Cockney Latic regularly features posts from people who do nothing but slag Wigan RL off?



Is it or is it not true that the 'Latics Fanatic' rag-mag once defined itself by making non-stop verbal attacks on Wigan RL, Wigan RL players and Wigan RL fans?



Is it or is it not true that Latics fans in general have devised certain derogatory terms for local RL fans, which have now almot passed into local parlance ‘egg-chasers’, ‘fat inbreds’ etc?



Is it or is it not true that Latics fans regularly used to spend all day sabotaging Wigan RL fan websites until technology overtook them?



Is it or is it not true that Latics fans have for years deluged the local press with anti-Wigan correspondence (until the local press finally decided that enough was enough and stopped printing them - though, to be fair, I wouldn't expect you to know that latter detail).



Is it or is it not true that Latics fans have made repeated calls for Wigan RL to be thrown out of their own stadium?



And in the light of all that, don't you think it highly unlikely that this ongoing progrramme of anti-Wigan RL acitivity might be a bit much for 'just a handful of unrepresentative trouble-makers'?



I appreciate that you support Wigan Athletic, but you also claim to support Wigan RL. When the sort of anti-RL e that I'm responding to gets posted on this forum, it genuinely surprises that you never appear to at least sympathise with those Wigan fans who are irritated by it.



Perhaps we should all just shut up and pretend it isn't happening, eh? Keep our gobs shut on our own message board?

Couldn't you just have said the "Latics knuckle dragging feckw[ii[/its"? I haven't seen one person on here defend "them".



I didn't realised how important my support, for those irritated by the uneducated ramblings of brain dead Latics supporters, was to you. You only needed to ask.

Yes - Always has been an 'interesting' forum.

Wonder if the people running it still have their old PARROT PHOTOS

The usual glib response, I see.



Okay, we'll cut it there while we're not making any ground.



Suffice to say this, I don't personally go on Latics sites to wind people up. I'm not interested in Latics. Whether they win or lose is irrelevant to me. But quite a few Wigan fans have been well cheesed off in recent years with the non-stop abuse they and their club have suffered in their own town because of Wigan Athletic's presence. That may not be important to you, but maybe it should be. It's probably a key reason why Wigan Athletic will never have full support in Wigan and may well, in due course, dwindle to insignificance again.

Not glib, just to the point which is something you might want to consider.



So just to clarify, as you seem to be dodging the response with the usual War and Peace post now someone has asked you to clarify. Who on here has defended whom? Short to the point answer would be great - thanks.

Well they're doing a good job of hiding the fact. I haven't seen one post that even borders on anything close to criticising it. They're obviously just as happy as JamesC to be seen as 'knuckle dragging s' to quote a more reasoned Latic supporter





For my own part I have no interest in the Latics as a sporting club which, in some respects, is a shame as I am a general 'sports fan' and exactly the sort of person this club and it's JamesC-like supporters are doing a good job of alienating rather than attracting. My uncle and grandad are/were supporters from the days in the lower leagues though and, I have to say, for those type of supporters I feel sorry that this animosity exists. C'est la vie I suppose.

Bondi Warrior - who seems like his heart is in the right place, I have to say - made a clear statement that the "vast majority of Latics fans" do not support the handful of idiots who routinely abuse Wigan RL. My experience is that it's a lot more than a handful of idiots, and that the vast majority of Latics fans (who I have met) are pretty negative towards Wigan RL.



He was therefore, whether intentionally or not, defending a significant number of those responsible for giving our club and fans a hard time.



Now that I've answered your question, perhaps you can answer at least one of the questions I put to you? Let's start with: Should we on this message board just shut up and say nothing in response to the abuse we get on other message boards? And, in repying, try to see the bigger picture and forget that you're a Latics fan who finds this animosity uncomfortable.