Re: Wigan to woo Sponsors in London : Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:03 pm  

Makes my blood boil!

Re: Wigan to woo Sponsors in London : Thu Jun 11, 2015 1:02 am  

Halfdan of t'wide embrace wrote:

Good luck to them.

The simple fact is few sponsors working at our level will interested in Wigan and few sponsors looking for a Wigan type investment / return would touch us. Unless you happen to know the CEO sponsorship decisions are business driven generally and, sadly, we currently appeal to very different sectors. Hopefully London may be able to piggy back a few deals if Wigan open doors for RL down south. Possibly a few converts to the sport too.

It will be interesting to see what their planned investment in London rugby league coaching is. A few token lessons the week before any such game will be nice PR but no more. Fund a development officer or two down here to replace those lost a few years ago and southern RL could win big time.

Not totally convinced how long this will last mind.

One word "Media"...

Re: Wigan to woo Sponsors in London : Thu Jun 11, 2015 5:59 am  

Jim Pooley wrote:

I reckon they'll do more and achieve more in the capital than we managed in 19 SL seasons.......good luck to them. Goes to show that the RFL were idiots for not letting him keep us as well as Wigan and Hughes was a gobshyte for burning bridges with him!

Love IL or loathe him the one thing he does is have a business plan for everything he does and it usually works .

Wigan are in a far better place now than they were before him . They own Central Park education and fitness centre . They own Orrell Stadium and training facilities . They have the cheapest ticket prices in Superleague and do more promotions than anyone to attract new fans . They do not own the DW but that was a a done deal before him . This all goes to show that just flinging money at something need to be done in a structured way with a plan and not the way London have approached it over the recent years .

I am not having a pop at London Bronco's a team i follow from afar (been to many games when in London not just Wigan games) just the way they run the business these days .

Await many bullets being fired in my direction

As always

Regards , EW

Re: Wigan to woo Sponsors in London : Thu Jun 11, 2015 6:16 am  

You are bang on EW. Any semblance of running the Broncos/Quins with any business sense went north with IL.

Re: Wigan to woo Sponsors in London : Thu Jun 11, 2015 7:20 am  

Paddock Punter wrote:

You are bang on EW. Any semblance of running the Broncos/Quins with any business sense went north with IL.

Sorry i missed you at Magic Paddock

Regards , EW

Re: Wigan to woo Sponsors in London : Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:11 am  

Paddock Punter wrote:

You are bang on EW. Any semblance of running the Broncos/Quins with any business sense went north with IL.

Uncomfortable reading for some, but absolutely right.

Re: Wigan to woo Sponsors in London : Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:15 am  

Good Luck to the Piemen. Promoting RL in London surely not! Hope they show the Broncos how to do it.

Re: Wigan to woo Sponsors in London : Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:29 am  

pronto wrote:

:) Uncomfortable reading for some, but absolutely right.

I'm no fan of Ian Lenagan, and certainly no fan of the H*******s link up - but you're right , sadly!

Re: Wigan to woo Sponsors in London : Thu Jun 11, 2015 3:01 pm  

Whilst I accept that Ian Lennegan has more of an idea on marketing than David Hughes. I am sure commercially they are much more professional than we have ever been.
What I would say is Wigan RLFC might be the biggest team in Wigan, but they are almost nothing in London. Mention Wigan around here and most people think of Dave Wheelan and Wigan Athletic.
Mr Lennegan should focus his attention on this mighty Northern Powerhouse based in Manchester, that is being developed instead of making waves in London.

Re: Wigan to woo Sponsors in London : Thu Jun 11, 2015 5:07 pm  

poplar panther wrote:

Good Luck to the Piemen. Promoting RL in London surely not! Hope they show the Broncos how to do it.

... and the RFL.