Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Wed Sep 02, 2020 5:48 pm  

https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/football/wigan-athletic-administrator-plays-down-bidder-friendship-2959402 Looks like the Latics fan club has bent the ear of the administrator last paragraph. "They (the fans) didn't want (Ian) Lenegan, they don't want Smurthwaite, they want the Americans," he told Supporters Club representative Barry Worthington in a Q&A. "To be honest, I don't mind who buys it. But they have to pay the right price."

https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/football/wigan-athletic-administrator-plays-down-bidder-friendship-2959402 Looks like the Latics fan club has bent the ear of the administrator last paragraph. "They (the fans) didn't want (Ian) Lenegan, they don't want Smurthwaite, they want the Americans," he told Supporters Club representative Barry Worthington in a Q&A. "To be honest, I don't mind who buys it. But they have to pay the right price."

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Wed Sep 02, 2020 10:45 pm  

Delusional, sounds like they're expecting Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates to ride to the rescue.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Thu Sep 03, 2020 7:27 am  

muttywhitedog wrote:

The Liverpool at Central Park was a complete non-starter. It was 5 months after Hillsborough, and at the time the assumption by the world was that the disaster had been caused by rampaging scousers. Central Park had zero segregation and was a decrepit old ground.

Lindsay's comments about them being a smashing little club playing in our backyard were patronising. But then again, he was a slimy individual anyway, and wasn't universally popular with our support. It just showed him up to be an ungracious weasel.

You must be one of the worse element of Latic's to come out with comments like that as Lindsay was well respected by Wigan supporters, especially when along with Jack Hilton, Tom Rathbone and Jack Robinson, were responsible for one of the most successful periods in the history of the Warriors club.

Only show the nastiness that still prevails by some Latic's "supporters" against the Warriors with the latest example being the news that they do not want the Ian Lengan consortium, some Americans or even Uncle Tom Cobley to own their club and hoping of hearing any possible news that their Knight in shining armour called Uncle Dave will come to the rescue.

They should be grateful that anyone wants to own their little debt ridden club and accept the fact that Uncle Dave saw the writing on the wall after achieving what he wanted to achieve by winning a major trophy and after 2013, not putting in the same investment on players that he had done on the way up to the Premiership and the winning of the FA Cup and doing what he always has done when he could see one of his businesses going downhill, getting rid of it.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Thu Sep 03, 2020 8:24 am  

The phrase “beggars can’t be choosers” springs to mind with Latics. The sympathy I have for their situation is decreasing as each high and mighty comment i read from their fans. “We don’t want him, we don’t want that, IL is X, Smurfwaite is Y”.

Do they actually want a club? They’re acting like those that go Alberts in Standish every week thinking they’re better than they actually are, ten bob millionaires who actually think they’re something.

I was under the impression that if a buyer wasn’t found by 31/08 they’d be liquidated? I can’t wait for this to be over so the arrogant comments about how good they are, how Man City shouldn’t buy Messi because they’re club is only up for £5m, how Lisa Nandy isn’t doing anything despite her doing something, how Krasner is milking it to get paid more, how IL tried to screw them over, how the players that left are sell out’s and should have stayed, how great Whelan and his grandson were despite them selling it to the Chinese and barely lifting a finger to help their situation, how it’s all “the eggs” fault, how we don’t pay enough to play in the stadium, how Maurice Lindsay is still living rent free in their heads over 30yrs on, how they need two training grounds, how the stadium belongs to them, how Will Griggs sale for £4m last year could buy the club and how it’s all Wiganers fault for not attending games and supporting other teams and not Wigan Athletic.

I think I’ve covered everything. That feels lighter

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Thu Sep 03, 2020 8:29 am  

100% Warrior wrote:

The phrase “beggars can’t be choosers” springs to mind with Latics. The sympathy I have for their situation is decreasing as each high and mighty comment i read from their fans. “We don’t want him, we don’t want that, IL is X, Smurfwaite is Y”.

Do they actually want a club? They’re acting like those that go Alberts in Standish every week thinking they’re better than they actually are, ten bob millionaires who actually think they’re something.

I was under the impression that if a buyer wasn’t found by 31/08 they’d be liquidated? I can’t wait for this to be over so the arrogant comments about how good they are, how Man City shouldn’t buy Messi because they’re club is only up for £5m, how Lisa Nandy isn’t doing anything despite her doing something, how Krasner is milking it to get paid more, how IL tried to screw them over, how the players that left are sell out’s and should have stayed, how great Whelan and his grandson were despite them selling it to the Chinese and barely lifting a finger to help their situation, how it’s all “the eggs” fault, how we don’t pay enough to play in the stadium, how Maurice Lindsay is still living rent free in their heads over 30yrs on, how they need two training grounds, how the stadium belongs to them, how Will Griggs sale for £4m last year could buy the club and how it’s all Wiganers fault for not attending games and supporting other teams and not Wigan Athletic.

I think I’ve covered everything. That feels lighter

You missed Wigan Council out.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Thu Sep 03, 2020 8:30 am  

Akinwale Arobieke wrote:

You missed Wigan Council out.

Ah I knew I’d missed at least one

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Thu Sep 03, 2020 12:47 pm  

Akinwale Arobieke wrote:

You missed Wigan Council out.

JTB?

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:43 pm  

Browsing their forum a lot still seem unable to grasp the role of administrator. He's not there to ensure they've still got a good team after this!

There's a clownish level of stupidity and apparent ignorance of the plight they find themselves in. The American bid appears to me at least to be a unicorn which will never actually come through. I suspect Krasner knows that too but the Latic idiots keep chasing off genuine potential bidders with deeply unpleasant social media attacks. They may in the process be hammering the final nail into their club's coffin.
And from what i've seen of the fans, that would be no great loss to the sporting world.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Thu Sep 03, 2020 7:47 pm  

Ruddy Duck wrote:

You must be one of the worse element of Latic's to come out with comments like that as Lindsay was well respected by Wigan supporters, especially when along with Jack Hilton, Tom Rathbone and Jack Robinson, were responsible for one of the most successful periods in the history of the Warriors club..

Me - a Latics fan...

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Sun Sep 06, 2020 12:32 pm  

Says to day in this morning paper that the American joint bid want to by Latics training ground for 500K and the Latics for £1 and rent the stadium, it also say that Lenagan also want to rent the stadium which is up for sale for 4M so who will own the stadium ( Wigan Council ).