The comments about Lydon being CEO of the holding company are reassuring with Lenegan saying he wants to the run the club. Still can't see why he appointed Lydon because as I said before if he is a puppet what is the point? Sounds like Lenegan wants to be chairman and cheif exec which is fair enough but Lydon's role and influence therefore is a mystery.cpwigan posted:
What did you think of the interview Dave?
As I said had Mo appointed Lydon questions would have been asked about his experience so it is mystifying.
I would have been interested to see what Lenegan alluded to at the start of the interview regarding the ground. He said DW's plan for the ground were very good (or words to that effect) and acted as if DW had already spoken about this and had made an announcement at that conference.
As ever we only get the bits the press want us to see which often leaves out some significant detail.
The way I hard that was the club had a 25 year lease and DW had extended it as part of the deal. I was also interested to hear him say the commercial terms the club had secured were very favourable for the club. He compared this to his other interests at Quins and Oxford Utd implying it was a better deal than those where they do are also tenants (I believe).He clearly outlined how important the JJB lease / Orrell was. No easy task to secure that IMO.
So I think all the speculation about DW playing hard ball may have been wide of the mark. It sounds as though the deal the club has got on the grounds and commercials is good for club and for that to happen DW had to be willing to agree.
No doubt some will say any such good deal will have been because Lenegan was such a top businessman but at the end of the day DW was not in a position where he was forced to sell with Lenegan having him over a barrel so given what Lenegan has said, DW deserves some credit for selling the club in a viable state and form the sound of it Lenegan didn't have to push hard for this to be the case.
Dave
