Not only that, IL stated that Wigan's backroom staff have trebled in that time too.

The figures show what an absolute shambles the previous regime were making with their mismanagement both on and off the pitch.

It does make you wonder just how much some of our highest paid players were actually on.

It may also have been how Whelan used the different revenue streams to be more tax efficient.

I think things were going through different companies at the time so we just hit the £2.5m to allow us to pay up to the full cap. However the whole, merchandising, sponsorship, coaching set-up etc were so far behind the times it makes you wonder how Whelan and Mo could be successful businessmen outside of the club.

Well they're trying to raise money for the academy, as I've just had a call on the club's behalf trying to get me to rejoin the Lotto scheme. The conversation was along the lines of being worried about Dires youth academy.

Look at the bloody size!! Cant wait to see him ripping it up in pink and white

good grief...he's been eating more weetabix than Feka (hope no one enquired about breakfast portions this time )

does look as though hes got bigger, cant wait to see him play again and if hes anywhere near what he used to be then can see him been in the england team at end of season was a world class player hopefully still is

He's not. It's the cameraman who's got smaller.

Bradford sacked Ryan Hudson and look what happened to him.

Says it all

Good point, however at the end of the day we havent sacked hock, we've put faith in him and some people are just going to have to get over it.

Hocks severed his punishment for his crime.
Personally I'm all for moving on and looking forward to him smashing up the SL once he once again finds his feet in the SL.

At the end of the day Hock served the time for what he did and Gleeson and Long, In my opinion and RL wise did worse.
That could be considered match fixing where as cocaine, though absolutely idiotic, does nothing to help his performance and so betting is probably worse than that. I cant remember but i think it may have been considered "insider knowledge" which is, again, illegal.

There is another thread about a palyer betting against his own team and one pf the poster quotes the rule/regs regarding betting