Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Sun Jan 10, 2021 7:30 am  

Egg Chasing wrote:

I wouldn't put it past him

Latics fans might change their mind if Ian Lenegans last interview was put on you tube he was passionate about saving both clubs .

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Sun Jan 10, 2021 8:47 am  

Egg Chasing wrote:

Bolton has always been a better ground.

The main stand facilities at Huddersfield are good, but not sure on the rest of it with an outdoor concourse. Typical of a Yorkshire based ground that the away fans get sh*t on in bad weather.

Of course, Whelan being the terrible person he is built it on the cheap.

It sure is and has more leg room among its many better facilities.

As for Whelan, he did not build the DW stadium which bears his initials as he only contributed around 20% (7 million) of the full cost of £35 million with the remainder coming from grants and a 14% (£4.9 million) share of the Council.

A short while ago, a supporter asked me how I would feel as a Council Tax Payer if the Council bought the Stadium. More than likely, the same as I felt when it was revealed that £4.9 million of Council Tax Payers money had already gone into the building of the Stadium.

When the Stadium was built, it should have been put into a trust with a covendant that the site should only be ever used for sport and never be put into the hands of any individuel to sell for a profit, especially someone like Whelan who has only ever been interested in himself and never the people of Wigan.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Sun Jan 10, 2021 9:10 am  

Ruddy Duck wrote:

It sure is and has more leg room among its many better facilities.

As for Whelan, he did not build the DW stadium which bears his initials as he only contributed around 20% (7 million) of the full cost of £35 million with the remainder coming from grants and a 14% (£4.9 million) share of the Council.

A short while ago, a supporter asked me how I would feel as a Council Tax Payer if the Council bought the Stadium. More than likely, the same as I felt when it was revealed that £4.9 million of Council Tax Payers money had already gone into the building of the Stadium.

When the Stadium was built, it should have been put into a trust with a covendant that the site should only be ever used for sport and never be put into the hands of any individuel to sell for a profit, especially someone like Whelan who has only ever been interested in himself and never the people of Wigan.

The council hold the key to what is developed on the land, the administrators released a statement a good while ago saying that Whelan tightened up the covenants relating to the land and that it can’t be sold on for future development of retail or housing without council say-so.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Sun Jan 10, 2021 9:29 am  

DannyT wrote:

The council hold the key to what is developed on the land, the administrators released a statement a good while ago saying that Whelan tightened up the covenants relating to the land and that it can’t be sold on for future development of retail or housing without council say-so.

Exactly. He's already essentially done what ruddy duck wants and hasn't saddled the good people of Wigan with the debt.

Ruddy is probably one of those who thinks DW made a profit from his ownership of Latics.

This would never have happened under the gang of four.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Sun Jan 10, 2021 9:31 am  

jaws1 wrote:

Latics fans might change their mind if Ian Lenegans last interview was put on you tube he was passionate about saving both clubs .

They'd change their mind if they were a success on the field I would imagine.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Sun Jan 10, 2021 10:37 am  

IL has said a couple of times now that whilst he will support the soccer where he can he has no interest in owning and running it.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Sun Jan 10, 2021 1:34 pm  

MattyB wrote:

IL has said a couple of times now that whilst he will support the soccer where he can he has no interest in owning and running it.

Which latics fans cant see. They think him owning the ground means he owns the club.

Then again...most of them think latics own the stadium

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Sun Jan 10, 2021 2:50 pm  

Egg Chasing wrote:

Which latics fans cant see. They think him owning the ground means he owns the club.

Then again...most of them think latics own the stadium

Yep. It's not some innate anti-RL mentality that we're trying to reason with here. In most of these cases it's innate blind stupidity. And that's a much harder condition to cure.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Mon Jan 11, 2021 8:40 am  

DannyT wrote:

The council hold the key to what is developed on the land, the administrators released a statement a good while ago saying that Whelan tightened up the covenants relating to the land and that it can’t be sold on for future development of retail or housing without council say-so.

So Whelan did at least do something good which did not involve his own pocket.

Great to know

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:25 am  

Egg Chasing wrote:

Exactly. He's already essentially done what ruddy duck wants and hasn't saddled the good people of Wigan with the debt.

Ruddy is probably one of those who thinks DW made a profit from his ownership of Latics.

This would never have happened under the gang of four.

Are you for real?

Whelan would have sold the Latics and the Stadium long before he did long before he did if it was losing money.

Remember, he is the man who sold them for a profit to the people in Hong Kong who did not put any money into the Latics or the Stadium and created the mess we have now which has not been helped by a second rate administration company who then sold them to another cowboy outfit from Spain.

And why are always so defensive of Whelan?