Next month I'd say, normally July(ish).

Ye i would have thought july hopefully just before the wire game.

I think they'll go after the Wire game so they can talk about the success of it.

Be interesting to see what happens, but if I were DW i'd be looking to move the Sunderland game to Sunday

You'd better get on the phone to him sharpish, or me and you will be having words.

The club should make a statement asap to stop fans flapping over this.

I personally think it won't be a problem this time. They will plan ahead and sort it out. Last time their was a weeks notice and that seemed to be Whelan's argument. That argument won't be valid this time (and I'm not saying it was then either).

Also I sense their has been some realisation by Whelan since that event in 2008 that he needs to support the rugby club at the venue. Remember Latics did defend us in the press earlier this year when many pundits were blaming us for the state of the pitch. They've also since allowed the Latics club shop to be used by the rugby on match days. Small gestures ok but they are signs to me that animosity might not be there like it possibly was two years ago. I sense Whelan knows he made an error back then. As MattyB's signature testifies he lost my money back then and he'll never get it back.

I hope your right

The football does not have to be moved, we could just play on the sunday if he gives the go ahead

I think the FA ruling is that another game cant be played 24 hours BEFORE a PL game

Judas

Dont think the FA/PL will allow them the move the game.

Why not plenty of PL games are now on a Sunday anyway

I don't see why we cannot play Friday and Latics on the Saturday. Last time it happened Whelan said he didn't have enough notice ( ie one week) and they couldn't turn the ground around in time. This time he has got loads of notice and let's face it, it doesn't take much time to turn the ground around. We have done it before on a Friday and Saturday and remember when we went to the KC one year and Hull football had kicked off at 12 noon and they turned the ground around quick enough for us to kick off at 6pm.
I think the real reason that we got turfed out last time was because Steve Bruce was giving Whelan grief about us playing the day before they were due to play Arsenal.Whelan just used the " not enough notice" reason as an excuse when if he had been honest he would have admitted that he was backing his football manager.

We dont know how much notice we can give dw as we are not nailed on to finish top, what happens if we can only give 2/3 weeks notice ?

Thats what I think will happen. The problem will come if we finish 2nd and have to play on the Saturday. Obviously that can't happen and I don't think that is latics problem. Its up the RFL to work round it best they can. That was an issue back in 2008 as well. The RFL could have solved all problems by letting us play on the Sunday.

That's an urban myth that doesn't exist.

What does exist is thisGround Sharing 4. No Club shall have or enter into a ground-sharing agreement unless the agreement contains
a legally enforceable provision to the effect that the playing of the Club’s League Matches shall always take precedence over the activities of the other party to the agreement.

Nothing there stopping us playing one day and the Latics the next.