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

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

Uncomfortable reading for some, but absolutely right.

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

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

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.

... and the RFL.

I read elsewhere that Wigan hope that this London game would piggy back on all that the RFL have done the game in London.
Sorry am I missing something here !
My belief is that they have done more for Bradford than they have for London. Most of that was putting money into a big hole in the ground.

If only we'd had a poster on these boards for 12 years saying exactly that, maybe things would have turned out differently....oh, hang on a mo.

Missed you to!