Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:14 am  

Egg Chasing wrote:

Should leave it there as a tribute to the fact we have a stadium in Wigan as opposed to playing at Bolton or elsewhere

Does Andy Gregory still have his scrap metal business?

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:44 pm  

looking positive now that most of the debt has been written off https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53851995

looking positive now that most of the debt has been written off https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53851995

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Thu Aug 20, 2020 10:32 pm  

Hopefully it means things progress quickly and they’ll need to. I had a look at what was left of the squad earlier and it’s not pretty. We couldn’t even raise an 11 as things stand, so a takeover needs to be done and players brought in pronto.

I had a read on the Wigan Athletic forum earlier and even now there’s still a fair bit of animosity towards a potential Lenagan consortium taking over. It really is pretty sad some of the opinions I read, especially when you consider the dire position the club finds itself in.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Fri Aug 21, 2020 7:16 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

Hopefully it means things progress quickly and they’ll need to. I had a look at what was left of the squad earlier and it’s not pretty. We couldn’t even raise an 11 as things stand, so a takeover needs to be done and players brought in pronto.

I had a read on the Wigan Athletic forum earlier and even now there’s still a fair bit of animosity towards a potential Lenagan consortium taking over. It really is pretty sad some of the opinions I read, especially when you consider the dire position the club finds itself in.

They should be thankful that any local people are interested in saving their little club.

Beggers can't be choosers!

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Fri Aug 21, 2020 7:34 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

Hopefully it means things progress quickly and they’ll need to. I had a look at what was left of the squad earlier and it’s not pretty. We couldn’t even raise an 11 as things stand, so a takeover needs to be done and players brought in pronto.

I had a read on the Wigan Athletic forum earlier and even now there’s still a fair bit of animosity towards a potential Lenagan consortium taking over. It really is pretty sad some of the opinions I read, especially when you consider the dire position the club finds itself in.

Some people did not like the thoughts of Whelan taking over the rugby .Latics fans have rubbed it since.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:46 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

Hopefully it means things progress quickly and they’ll need to. I had a look at what was left of the squad earlier and it’s not pretty. We couldn’t even raise an 11 as things stand, so a takeover needs to be done and players brought in pronto.

I had a read on the Wigan Athletic forum earlier and even now there’s still a fair bit of animosity towards a potential Lenagan consortium taking over. It really is pretty sad some of the opinions I read, especially when you consider the dire position the club finds itself in.

There'll always be malcontents. We've got a few of our own.

But to be fair, I'm not sure where the rule is written that a football fan must support his local RL team, or that an RL fan must support his local football team. Surely you can support, or not support, whoever you want?

I do agree that it's sad how some Latics fans seem to have lived in long expectation of Wigan RL disappearing under football's mighty heel. But more fool them. And if some still do, that's amazing.

But as I see it, the main advantage of an IL-led consortium getting hold of the football club will be that it secures the ground for the Warriors. The last thing we want is someone else coming in who knows nothing about this town and then proceeds to give us as tough a time as Whelan did.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Fri Aug 21, 2020 10:20 am  

I don’t have any sentiment or affinity to Wigan Athletic. My concern is how this affects us and the use of the stadium.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Fri Aug 21, 2020 3:31 pm  

They aren't out of the woods yet. Somebody still needs to stump up the cash knowing that it will not see them making any money, not for a long time anyway. I just can't see anybody (unless mega rich) taking that chance in these very economically challenging times. If they are liquidated IL can basically get it for next to nothing. Besides all that though, we have a long term lease in our favour on that ground. Nobody will want to lose guaranteed revenue on our rent and costs and if they don't want us there it would cost a good few quid to shift us.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:09 pm  

Just read on Total RL somebody saying a guy called Mike Danson has bought a decent sized stake in Wigan rugby. The guy is reported to be worth over £700m and if true you’d have to wonder if it has anything to do with a Lenagan consortium attempting to take over Latics. I’ve no idea if the information is accurate or not.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:27 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Just read on Total RL somebody saying a guy called Mike Danson has bought a decent sized stake in Wigan rugby. The guy is reported to be worth over £700m and if true you’d have to wonder if it has anything to do with a Lenagan consortium attempting to take over Latics. I’ve no idea if the information is accurate or not.

How much is IL actually worth? I know his Latics bid isn’t solely him but to have expenditure at the levels he’d have with both Warriors and Latics takes some substantial money.