Exiled Wiganer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 4:52 pm
We are where we are for now, and the wheel will turn one day. We should have bought the ground when they were bust (happy days), but they have already shown they can’t pay for themselves, so it’s just a matter of time before another set of creditors is left high and dry. There’ll be another chance soon enough. We just need to be patient.
All we can do is support our team and our game in the meantime.
You are where you are now because of Delusions of Grandeur.
And by the sounds of it, you haven't learnt your lesson...
Delusions of grandeur.
Nice attempt at trolling.
How was that trolling?
Wigan were a successful club in a small time British League that massively overspent to keep on being successful.
When the success dried up for 2 seasons, you lost your home... shame.
Exiled Wiganer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 4:52 pm
We are where we are for now, and the wheel will turn one day. We should have bought the ground when they were bust (happy days), but they have already shown they can’t pay for themselves, so it’s just a matter of time before another set of creditors is left high and dry. There’ll be another chance soon enough. We just need to be patient.
All we can do is support our team and our game in the meantime.
You are living on fantasy island.
IL is having to dip in his own pocket every year as it is. What chance do we have of financing our own stadium with the pittance we get from TV rights, and 10-11000 spectators per game. Get real.
I am a staunch Wigan RL supporter, but I agree with Josie, I dont understand this " They are the enemy " nonsense.
You don’t finance a stadium off the back of a gate of 11,000 and certainly not off Sky TV money. If you are going to finance a stadium you do it off the back of a business plan that shows it’s a viable proposition. That plan would include income from other sources such as concerts etc which is what the Latics owners propose as far as I understand it. If IL and Wigan RL wanted to finance a stadium then they would put together the same sort of plan and gate receipts and Sky TV money would play a minor part in it. In fact I doubt Sky TV money would be included at all as that is paid to the RL club not whatever holding company was set up to own a stadium.
pedro wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 9:44 pm
we were champions in 1998....
Correct, but by then Central Park had already been sold to Tesco.
Wigan won nothing in the 1996 season, and by the time another trophyless season came around in 1997, the clubs debt was already spiralling out of control.
Blaze Meister wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 6:18 pm
You are where you are now because of Delusions of Grandeur.
And by the sounds of it, you haven't learnt your lesson...
Delusions of grandeur.
Nice attempt at trolling.
How was that trolling?
Wigan were a successful club in a small time British League that massively overspent to keep on being successful.
When the success dried up for 2 seasons, you lost your home... shame.
And yet we're still a big enough draw to tempt a Latics troll to spend his time on our forum.
