Lenagans talked about something similar since he's took over but we're still waiting!



Infact if it takes him until a couple of weeks before the season starts to sort out a sponsor this could literally take him 40 years so i'm not holding my breath!

That just about sums it up, Alex. Well said. I feel more 'sad acceptance' than anger.

To be fair to Lenegan, he's only been in charge five minutes. You might think it's a long time, but a year or two in business is nothing, and certainly not a timescale in which you can make sweeping changes. You certainly couldn't acquire, plan, apply for planning permission for, build finance and open something like that in the space of time that Lenegan's been here.

Aye fair do's in the respect of a clubhouse/bar type building being rushed through as it will take time but the real worry is that every other aspect of decision making since he's come in has taken an age, from signing players to sorting out the new shirt and so on.



This Noble situation will drag on aswell and nobody knows where they stand.



I suppose sometimes it pays not to rush into decisions but we can't afford to take too much time over certain things either like we've done so far.

Didn't he say some time back that he would be leaving the stadium to the people of wigan, as such the clubs would own a share apiece.



Disgraceful about turn in my mind. DW can take his sports and his stadium for me, I'd rather play Asda's car park.

Nope they had it spot on!!

you probably have more chance of going bust than us.



the money in football now is shocking because if we do get relegated that parachute payment comes into place.

The parachute payment is a drop in the ocean to a lot of clubs and the phenomenal debt they are in... (See Leeds). It will be interesting to see how Newcastle Utd cope with their parachute payment.



The clubs have to stay viable. Latics getting relegated would finish the club imho.

The reason I thought Rock FM had got it wrong was that the idea of Whelan giving something when he could get money for it seemed perhaps not in character. Obviously he is giving it over to the Latics.

Although we have a lease for (as I understand it) 25 years + 25 there surely must be some variables which come up for re-negotiation during that period.

The Latics owe zillions and Whelan has said he intends making them debt free. Their turnover this year must be in the region of £80m and that's the difference now between premiership soccer and the rest.

The Boston stand will probably be the North Stand where the away fans go. That way it won't affect 'tics fans who said they wouldn't sit in any stand named after a Rugby player.

Well if Whelan remains in charge I really can't see you going bankrupt. He's reluctant to really delve in to his fortune unless the fans start showing up on a weekly basis.



With regards to us going bankrupt, that's really not an option with the salary cap in place. It's impossible for us to spend anywhere near our total income on staff wages.

I'm also feeling like I won't sit in a stadium owned by the Latics...

He did say that yes.



Dave