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Radio 5 Live, Sat, April 14th, 2007,...Dave Whelan, "In Wigan, rugby will always be king"
'I was certain, positive, convinced, and yet..........unsure'
'It's only rock 'n' roll, but I like it'
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[quote="Mark"]Great game of rugby league. Fantastic atmosphere, Wigan were breathtaking and dominant in all areas for the first 25 minutes, coupled with us making alot of dumb mistakes,then fortunately they brought McIlorum on which helped us back into the game. I thought some of the tries we scored to get us within two we're out of this world stuff. Towards the end we had to force it a little and we had a few things go wrong, i.e Monas kick on the first for King and Solomona going off who was causing havoc. Wigan were clinical in their eventual execution of us. Proud of Wire today and gave us a little glimpse to the future. Silverwood was awful as per, but I expect no less. Tomkins is a world class player and by far the best english player in SL. Wigan are a champion side and would be a worthy winner of taking our title as challenge cup. Good luck over the next month and a bit.[/quote]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_23997.jpg |
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Anyone heared about lenegan so called buying the ground off whelan?
Got told this off a latics fan
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Ive heard this, but if hes selling latics on theyll be worth cack all without the ground. Id love for IL to buy it though and charge the rats for playing there.
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| Quote: king warrior "Anyone heared about lenegan so called buying the ground off whelan?
Got told this off a latics fan'"
yes.
and with the source i got it from i deem it to be true.
Whelo wants out. its down to how much IL wants it for the club of WRL (in terms of if he see's it worthwhile for the club) |
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| Quote: the-Bowtun-Warrior "yes.
and with the source i got it from i deem it to be true.
Whelo wants out. its down to how much IL wants it for the club of WRL (in terms of if he see's it worthwhile for the club)'"
Without our own ground WRLFC is always going to be pretty worthless, if IL did buy the ground for us it would be massive and propell us to the biggest club in SL IMO. Plus the other stuff he could do, proper store in the ground, museum, tours etc etc. |
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[quote="Mark"]Great game of rugby league. Fantastic atmosphere, Wigan were breathtaking and dominant in all areas for the first 25 minutes, coupled with us making alot of dumb mistakes,then fortunately they brought McIlorum on which helped us back into the game. I thought some of the tries we scored to get us within two we're out of this world stuff. Towards the end we had to force it a little and we had a few things go wrong, i.e Monas kick on the first for King and Solomona going off who was causing havoc. Wigan were clinical in their eventual execution of us. Proud of Wire today and gave us a little glimpse to the future. Silverwood was awful as per, but I expect no less. Tomkins is a world class player and by far the best english player in SL. Wigan are a champion side and would be a worthy winner of taking our title as challenge cup. Good luck over the next month and a bit.[/quote]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_23997.jpg |
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| I heard and think it's been in the press he wants rid of latics
Hope we get the ground be so awesome  |
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Dropkick Murphy..we actually saw and heard a mass of bouncing and scarf and flag waving to Dale Cavese that drowned out anything we could muster.. It stopped us singing our own celebratory songs, it died out seconds later when we accepted we couldn't be heard over the Wigan lot
Celebrations muted from us, job done from them. Most fans who slag them off are jealous their own club's support is nowhere near that good
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sally cinnamon..Why not discuss Wigan? It's a rugby league message board. Wigan are the most famous brand in rugby league
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Tre Cool..Saints fans are hopeless unless it's a cup final or grand final. Wigan fans are so much more loyal and passionate
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the flying biscuit..Wires havent been massively succesful over the years, but I've spoke to Brian Bevan And he spoke to me and i wouldnt swap that for Wigans History, ever
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Ande..on the TV i could only hear the Wigan fans with about 10 to go
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Saint94..Every team is in your feckin shadow, we all know
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I don't think he will buy the ground.
If he does it will be as a massive fan and not a business man. It cost 25million to build and would probably cost more than that to buy off Whelan. Will it give him that sort of return if he buys it?
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I'd be amazed if Lenagan was able to pull this off - it would certainly be the final nail in the coffin of the Wigan turning blue myth.
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[b:2boqkfe7][color=#800000:2boqkfe7]WIGAN RLFC - SL ERA
WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONS 2017 & 2024
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CHALLENGE CUP FINAL WINNERS 2002, 2011, 2013, 2022 & 2024
LEAGUE LEADERS CHAMPIONS 2010, 2012, 2020, 2023 & 2024
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Nobody more than me would love for to this happen...........
..........but I just can't see it..!!
Would love to be proven wrong though please IFL.
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If Whelan is keen to sell the Latics - then why would he look to sell the ground to Lenegan?
From a business point of view it makes zero sense, and one thing you can't accuse Whelan of is being a bad businessman. Add in the fact Premier League rules state the Latics must have primacy of tenancy (awaits the "they won't be in it next season" remarks that have been made every year for the last 6 years) and you've got a rumour that makes no sense whatsoever.
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| Quote: Wigan/Leeds Andy "If Whelan is keen to sell the Latics - then why would he look to sell the ground to Lenegan?
From a business point of view it makes zero sense, and one thing you can't accuse Whelan of is being a bad businessman. Add in the fact Premier League rules state the Latics must have primacy of tenancy (awaits the "they won't be in it next season" remarks that have been made every year for the last 6 years) and you've got a rumour that makes no sense whatsoever.'"
They would be primary tennant, wigan rugby would be owners, latics tennants |
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| Quote: Tricky Dicky "They would be primary tennant, wigan rugby would be owners, latics tennants'"
So no different to now but we'd pay £millions for the privilege.
And this would be attractive to Lenegan how? |
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| Whelan can sell the stadium and wipe out a large chunk of Latics' debt (his interest free loan). He might feel that a debt-free club playing at a low-rent stadium is a more attractive buy than a club owing millions (to him!) and the millstone costs of running a stadium. He gets his investment back and leaves the club "debt free", just like he did with Orrrell RUFC!! Big Dave always plays his cards close to his chest 
Maybe IL thinks he can run the stadium as a commercial success? He is trying to buy the stadium for the club at Oxford United, albeit on a smaller scale. |
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| Quote: Orrell Lad "Whelan can sell the stadium and wipe out a large chunk of Latics' debt (his interest free loan). He might feel that a debt-free club playing at a low-rent stadium is a more attractive buy than a club owing millions (to him!) and the millstone costs of running a stadium. He gets his investment back and leaves the club "debt free", just like he did with Orrrell RUFC!! Big Dave always plays his cards close to his chest ![]()
A wild guess would be that the DW would cost anything between £15m-£20m to buy, maybe more/maybe less. From a commercial point of view the numbers would just not stack up for Lenegan given it costs us less than £200k a season to rent the place.
Add in the fact the prospective buyer for Latics would then have nothing to show for their purchase apart from a number of championship level players and a manager out of his depth and therefore "it's a no from me". 
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[quote="Mark"]Great game of rugby league. Fantastic atmosphere, Wigan were breathtaking and dominant in all areas for the first 25 minutes, coupled with us making alot of dumb mistakes,then fortunately they brought McIlorum on which helped us back into the game. I thought some of the tries we scored to get us within two we're out of this world stuff. Towards the end we had to force it a little and we had a few things go wrong, i.e Monas kick on the first for King and Solomona going off who was causing havoc. Wigan were clinical in their eventual execution of us. Proud of Wire today and gave us a little glimpse to the future. Silverwood was awful as per, but I expect no less. Tomkins is a world class player and by far the best english player in SL. Wigan are a champion side and would be a worthy winner of taking our title as challenge cup. Good luck over the next month and a bit.[/quote]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_23997.jpg |
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| Quote: Wigan/Leeds Andy "So no different to now but we'd pay £millions for the privilege.
And this would be attractive to Lenegan how?'" He would be getting rent off latics plus all the money from the bars and food areas
Not a clue how much a year it would be but i bet it would be a nice chunk |
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