Dark days ahead for Saints https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-leagu ... 8d91d1z22o Covid loans and having your own stadium isn't as lucrative as it seems. In all seriousness, What was the IMG remit again? The game needs some Paul Wellens 'Honest Discussions' about where it is headed and with the new tackling protocols next season, how the hell can it be sold as entertainment.

Dark days ahead for Saints https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-leagu ... 8d91d1z22o Covid loans and having your own stadium isn't as lucrative as it seems. In all seriousness, What was the IMG remit again? The game needs some Paul Wellens 'Honest Discussions' about where it is headed and with the new tackling protocols next season, how the hell can it be sold as entertainment.

https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/wigan-wa ... 96426/amp/ Dark days ahead for Wigan.

https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/wigan-wa ... 96426/amp/ Dark days ahead for Wigan.

Probably wishful thinking on my part but hopefully there's a local highly successful billionaire businessman out there who can cover any losses until we grow the business into profitability

Pocket change.

Will any of the clubs ever be profitable again? It’s hard to see with the way it’s going

I know McManus has said there are going to have to be cutbacks at Saints, where do you see these falling?

Petrol for the appeals car.

Whereas Saints are owned by a consortium of boy scouts



Honestly, in a week where Wigan, Leeds and Saints have all reported losses, with ours being the smallest of these losses may I add, an attempt at point scoring from Wigan fans towards Saints is truly truly bizarre.

For a group of fans who boast about being "never ignored," you talk about Saints an awful lot.

I think the key point to be taken here are in the notes and projections, Wigan's are all positive and expecting an improvement whereas Saints ones seem to be negative and expecting things to get worse.

Let's be honest though, neither club is really on it's and we will both be top level clubs for a long time yet.

We've been through this before. Saints and Leeds suffered more than anyone through Covid for the simple fact that they were unable to use their stadiums for non matchday activities

We now have the deal with Liverpool which will help each year in terms of income all year round. We've already seen the state of the art pitch that they paid for. I'm pretty sure that at some point we will go back to holding concerts again to generate more income

McManus has categorically said that losses won't affect player investment and we will continue to spend full cap.

Wigan are in a very fortunate position with Danson but hardly self-sufficient. Similar to City in that regard, if he for any reason pulled out they would be as royally f****d as Saints and Leeds

I take no delight in seeing large losses for any RL club, I'm reading that the COVID loans make up a significant portion of these losses which are hopefully only temporary.

We've always suffered with a lower turnover compared to others due to loss of matchday revenue due to funds going to external organisations rather than our club.

It is comforting to read that turnover is expected to increase from £6.5m to £7.5m (although how much of that is cup winning success revenue and how much is fanzone & retail is unclear yet,).