Seeing as how we're all going on about Whelan I might as well share my families experiences with him. People assume my hatred of Whelan comes from the fact I'm a rugby fan but it comes from the way he treated my grandad when he worked for Whelan at Rathbones. My grandad was one of Whelan's top bakers for many years and had to have some time off to have a triple bypass. Firstly my grandad had a company Merc from Whelan but two days after his operation Whelan sent two of his goons around to my nan and grandad's house who practically barged past my nan when she opened the door, took the keys off the hook and drove off with it.

Then a few weeks later my grandad returned to work (much sooner than he should have done) went to his office, opened his desk drawer to find that his recipe book that he made himself and written over 30 years (so long before he even worked for Whelan) had gone, when he confronted Whelan about it he claimed that it was his property and not my grandad's. A few other things happened after that and my nan and grandad got a lawyer and were ready to take him to court but then something happened (I'm not sure what exactly) and were then advised they should leave it.

Its slowly returning. The women playing a fixture at the DW would never have happened under any of the previous owners. Pictures outside the front entrance went up pretty quickly. I would imagine as refurbs come round as part of the standard cycle, more joint sporting club wigan will become evident. The owner has had to dig deep just to save Latics from folding, so I understand that he probably doesnt see a complete makeover as the #1 priority right now.

It would be nice to have the flags hanging from the South stand again - they looked great.

Saw a post on twitter during the week showing a couple of chaps on abseils tinkering with the DW sign above reception at the stadium.

Obviously raising speculation that a stadium rebrand is imminent. Makes sense as a new sponsorship brings in revenue and its been years since Whelan actually owned the ground, so it's well past its due date (maybe the only thing delaying would be the seat changes to remove the DW logos from inside) - massive job in itself, may as well change all 25k seats.

Whoa whoa
Some other Mug is going to have to do it! My knees definitely won't take it anymore

Wonder if they can trade in that god awful statue for scrap metal too. A nice new one of IL, or better still Uncle Mo would be a suitable replacement.