: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:09 am  

wigan pie man wrote:

worth its own thread imo....lol

seriously....i didnt go cos i was ill, but did anyone spot him during the game, because i reckon a few anti whelan chants are in order, and he can do nowt about it unless it gets obscene or racist........or has everyones memorys gone into meltdown?

How about casting your memory back the the mid 90's when he saved us from extinction after Robinson had run us into the ground. I don't like Whelan or his business practices, but at the end of the day, he has put more money into the club than he has taken out of it, and without him we could be playing at the Reebok.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:14 am  

dave2311 wrote:

without him we could be playing at the Reebok.

Instead of playing in a shared stadium, where we're second class citizens?

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:18 am  

RobotMonster wrote:

Instead of playing in a shared stadium, where we're second class citizens?

Just like we would be at the Reebok, only you would have to travel to Bolton for home games.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:20 am  

jonh wrote:

Just like we would be at the Reebok, only you would have to travel to Bolton for home games.

Meh, i don't like the Yorkshire nice bloke.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:22 am  

dave2311 wrote:

How about casting your memory back the the mid 90's when he saved us from extinction after Robinson had run us into the ground. I don't like Whelan or his business practices, but at the end of the day, he has put more money into the club than he has taken out of it, and without him we could be playing at the Reebok.

im not getting back into the pro/anti whelan bebate, its been done to death.

i admire your loyalty (misguided imo ) but anything whelans ever done was for the benefit of whelan and NOT wigan rugby fans. he saw a business opportunity and grabbed it.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:33 am  

wigan pie man wrote:

im not getting back into the pro/anti whelan bebate, its been done to death.

i admire your loyalty (misguided imo ) but anything whelans ever done was for the benefit of whelan and NOT wigan rugby fans. he saw a business opportunity and grabbed it.

even if he does only act in his own interest, we have undoubtedly benefitted from his actions, whether he meant it or not.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:03 pm  

jonh wrote:

Just like we would be at the Reebok, only you would have to travel to Bolton for home games.

We would, but FYI its Horwich

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:43 pm  

dave2311 wrote:

How about casting your memory back the the mid 90's when he saved us from extinction after Robinson had run us into the ground. I don't like Whelan or his business practices, but at the end of the day, he has put more money into the club than he has taken out of it, and without him we could be playing at the Reebok.

Without getting into this one again! Wasn't the JJB only given planning permission on the proviso it was a shared stadium and if so, who needed who most?

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:13 pm  

Phuzzy wrote:

Without getting into this one again! Wasn't the JJB only given planning permission on the proviso it was a shared stadium and if so, who needed who most?

I seem to recall this was the statement given out at the time

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:13 pm  

Who cares?