Adver News: Town's FA Cup date with Wigan set to draw huge crowd

[jimmy_onions]

You could well be right, but as you say 13,500 would still be brilliant and we will make it a fortress for them, they will come thinking we are a lower league team waiting to be turned over.

I hope we make it a cauldron of noise for them, make them shit themselves at the prospect of playing us.

As I said in a different thread...dont exactly think they will be shitting it....dont forget where wigan play, week in week out.
Cant imagine that the CG with 14k home fans and 500 away is worse than the stadium of light for example, with 40k home fans and say 800 away.

[Peter Venkman]

As I said in a different thread...dont exactly think they will be shitting it....dont forget where wigan play, week in week out.

In some ways that is true but Wigan arent setting the world alight in the Premier league this season, they will not like a tight close atmosphere at the CG which a lot of Premier League clubs dont have, its a different kind of atmosphere at a packed out smaller ground than it is in a huge arena, more personal.

Many top league players admit they dont like coming to smaller clubs for games.

Also judging by the comments of Martinez he will be playing a fair few inexperienced players that will not be used to playing in front of large intimidating crowds like Conor Sammon, Callum MacManaman, Adrian Lopez etc who have not played that many games in the Premier League.

[jimmy_onions]

Good points, but I actually think that the outcome depends more on attitude than atmosphere....if Wigan have their heads in the right place and are focussed then they should do a professional job and dispense with us no probs....

However, if our boys come out the blocks like men possessed, Wigan are not quite at the races, heads elsewhere etc, we put some pressure on, the crowd pick up on this and get behind them...then anything could happen

[Bob's Orange]

In some ways that is true but Wigan arent setting the world alight in the Premier league this season, they will not like a tight close atmosphere at the CG which a lot of Premier League clubs dont have, its a different kind of atmosphere at a packed out smaller ground than it is in a huge arena, more personal.

Many top league players admit they dont like coming to smaller clubs for games.

Also judging by the comments of Martinez he will be playing a fair few inexperienced players that will not be used to playing in front of large intimidating crowds like Conor Sammon, Callum MacManaman, Adrian Lopez etc who have not played that many games in the Premier League.

Connor Sammon played in the SPL, I assume at Ibrox and Celtic Park which would be relatively similar to premier grounds. Tynecastle, Pittodrie and Tannadice would be similar to a full county ground/ MacManaman was on loan to Blackpool last season so has played at Champs level.

[Peter Venkman]

Good points, but I actually think that the outcome depends more on attitude than atmosphere....if Wigan have their heads in the right place and are focussed then they should do a professional job and dispense with us no probs....

However, if our boys come out the blocks like men possessed, Wigan are not quite at the races, heads elsewhere etc, we put some pressure on, the crowd pick up on this and get behind them...then anything could happen

Very much so. They SHOULD beat us, but luckily football isn't that straight forward!

[stfcinbmth]

A few reasons for this game being more of a draw than the Oxford game off the top of my head

1. Its not a silly early kick off on a Sunday
2. Tickets are cheaper
3. People aren't frightened off by the potential for trouble that would have been around for the Pox game.
4. The lure of the Premiership team (even though it is only Wigan)

5. An upset is on the cards 

[pericarp]

Very much so. They SHOULD beat us, but luckily football isn't that straight forward!

Can't wait for this game. Crawley only just got knocked out by Man Utd.
It should be an exciting game.

[Berniman]

For those not going it is apparently being shown on foxsoccer.tv which is an online subscription service, but it should mean that there is a feed available somewhere.  Or you can borrow somebodies log in like me!

And yes, as has been pointed out, the Fox site is using Supermarines badge for us, because Americans are stupid and don't know what football is!

[Baggins]

For those not going it is apparently being shown on foxsoccer.tv which is an online subscription service, but it should mean that there is a feed available somewhere.  Or you can borrow somebodies log in like me!

And yes, as has been pointed out, the Fox site is using Supermarines badge for us, because Americans are stupid and don't know what football is!

Being thick, I don't really understand.  Does this mean there might be a way I could watch it live, for free, via my laptop, without being sent to prison for 500 years?

[Ƭ̵̬̊: The Artist Formerly Known as CWIG]

Six tickets left in the whole ground according to online, 3 in the Arkells, 3 in Don Rogers. Good work.

[pericarp]

Being thick, I don't really understand.  Does this mean there might be a way I could watch it live, for free, via my laptop, without being sent to prison for 500 years?

Look around the web. www.myp2p.pe rings a bell. Check the site on the day.

I presume if you get caught while watching a stream from that site, you would still not get into trouble, but more so the website creaters themselves. That being said, the police will never track down their IP, as usually the case, their IP will continuously be changing.

Either way, you're NEVER going to get caught.

[Berniman]

If the game is being streamed live, whether subscription or not, it will appear on one of the usual suspect sites somewhere

[newmarket red]

Six tickets left in the whole ground according to online, 3 in the Arkells, 3 in Don Rogers. Good work.

2 left in the don rogers and thats it.

[Reg Smeeton]

5. An upset is on the cards 

 This is a tough one to call....we've not had a Prem team at the CG since the Cup lost its lustre and Prem teams are happpy to more or less forfeit the match....so to the outside obsever would it be an upset?  Nevertheless they are a massive cclub compared to us, so should be able to field 2 sides capable of doing a job on us.

[newmarket red]

All gone chaps.