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| Quote: Grimmy "Glad this has been made public now. Maybe a lesson for the club to at least put out a holding message next time letting people know it was coming. Got to say I'm disappointed with Hardaker. I'd like to think if an employer took a chance on me after doing all the things he has done, that I would need a much better reason that that to try to get an early contract release. Not quite on the same scale but it reminds me of what Hock did. We got some good performances out of both but there's no appreciation there for the club going out on a limb.
I was worried when they said only £73k left under the budget before KR corrected that we had money for a halfback on top of that! George Williams - it's funny how no one ever wants to 'try a new challenge' for the same money or less.'"
I’m hoping when they talk about player welfare but maybe being too nice in the past is a nod towards telling Hardaker to get his head down. If he wants to live in Yorkshire that’s his choice but his job is at Wigan and he has a contract. He’s a very good player and the club can’t just roll over. At his best he’s one of the best players in the league, so if Cas, Wakey or whoever want him, we should be getting either a healthy amount of cash or we should be getting a player of a similar standing in return. There’s not many Zak Hardakers at Cas or Wakey but guys like Trueman, Evalds or Tom Johnston should be in any conversation or they should be told where to go.
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| Sounds like 2 years of hell.
You cannot complain now. That is a mirror on the situation of the club at the minute.
Time to get behind them.
And whoever the feck is ringing the ticket office and giving the staff their wants to hang their heads in shame!!
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| Quote: cadoo "Sounds like 2 years of hell.
You cannot complain now. That is a mirror on the situation of the club at the minute.
Time to get behind them.
And whoever the feck is ringing the ticket office and giving the staff their poop wants to hang their heads in shame!!'"
That really bugs me I have to say. People too thick or self-entitled to realise who or what is really at fault. They need to get over themselves.
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| Very glad the details are out. Enjoyed reading both articles.
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| Quote: cadoo "Sounds like 2 years of hell.
You cannot complain now. That is a mirror on the situation of the club at the minute.
Time to get behind them.
And whoever the feck is ringing the ticket office and giving the staff their poop wants to hang their heads in shame!!'"
There are always some who, whenever there is a vague sense of dissatisfaction with the club, take it as an invite to go open season on everyone involved with Wigan RL.
Are they real Wigan fans? Most probably think they are.
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| Quote: cadoo "Sounds like 2 years of hell.
You cannot complain now. That is a mirror on the situation of the club at the minute.
Time to get behind them.
And whoever the feck is ringing the ticket office and giving the staff their poop wants to hang their heads in shame!!'"
Apparently, Lam and the two female administration members of the club staff who have been with the club for many years were subjected to all kinds of disgusting abuse, which included foul mouth language.
What kind of supporter is the club and the game attracting these days?
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| I would like to thank Ian and Kris for releasing he blog. They’ve either listened to the frustrations of many or intended to do it anyway, if the latter it would have saved a whole lot of angst if they’d stayed it would be released in due course.
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| I like the bit about free streaming hoping to build it into something to generate money
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| Those forum minutes are embarrassing, no wonder they didn’t want anyone there.
I’d be very worried if I were a Wigan fan, seems a very amateurish setup indeed with people well out of their depth.
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| Quote: FearTheVee "Those forum minutes are embarrassing, no wonder they didn’t want anyone there.
I’d be very worried if I were a Wigan fan, seems a very amateurish setup indeed with people well out of their depth.'"
Thanks for your concern
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| Quote: FearTheVee "Those forum minutes are embarrassing, no wonder they didn’t want anyone there.
I’d be very worried if I were a Wigan fan, seems a very amateurish setup indeed with people well out of their depth.'"
In what way?
Whilst I'm currently not liking the way IL and KR are running the club, I don't think I'd ever say they were out of their depth. They've had plenty of success at the club and whilst, you being in the mist of a rosy period at your club, might be clouding your judgment slightly, we all now success is a cycle. They are no more out of their depth than McManus was 6 years ago.
If it's from a Marketing POV then I 100% agree.
The good news however is the club know this and are looking to bring in a Marketing Director in. I'll admit I have concerns tho. IL doesn't seem to get Marketing/PR & if the new person can't sway him, or change his approach then it's a non-starter. I work in Marketing and I've seen plenty of boards and owners who just don't get it. The best firms, imo, are the ones where the Marketing Director has a real voice on the board. We had that with Simon Collinson and I do think he had the pull and power to coax IL into being more open.
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| Quote: FearTheVee "Those forum minutes are embarrassing, no wonder they didn’t want anyone there.
I’d be very worried if I were a Wigan fan, seems a very amateurish setup indeed with people well out of their depth.'"
Yeah, sure.
We were grand finalists last year (again!), we're fourth this year despite all the chaos and injuries.
It's the end of the world for Wigan RL.
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| Quote: FearTheVee "Those forum minutes are embarrassing, no wonder they didn’t want anyone there.
I’d be very worried if I were a Wigan fan, seems a very amateurish setup indeed with people well out of their depth.'"
Awe bless!
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| Personally i wouldn't be bothered if we told latics to stick their ground and took us to the Sports village.
I would love a packed stadium every week with a bit of atmosphere.
A half empty Dw isnt great anyway.
What do people think and if we cant build our own and end up away from the DW ( Theoretical scenario) where would you prefer, Leigh ( still in Wigan Borough) or Bolton?
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| Quote: Tricky Dicky "Personally i wouldn't be bothered if we told latics to stick their ground and took us to the Sports village.
I would love a packed stadium every week with a bit of atmosphere.
A half empty Dw isnt great anyway.
What do people think and if we cant build our own and end up away from the DW ( Theoretical scenario) where would you prefer, Leigh ( still in Wigan Borough) or Bolton?'"
either, both better than the DW
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