So the new Latics owner is changing the colour of the seats from red (which we don't play in) to white (which we do).

Sounds like a closet Wigan RL fan to me.

warringtons ground was paid for them by Tesco as part of the planning permission, I imagine a fair chunk of Saints was also with its proximity to it, its what councils did to get grounds and social clubs built, Tesco stopped doing this about 5 years ago (I think it was about then)

Just been to a presentation from the chief executive and the launch of the new fan engagement programme at the stadium. I urge Mr Lenagan to get his fingers out of his ears and do something to rival what’s being put in place.

I'd actually argue that he's already been there, done that and got burnt/bored of it.

Tbh, I can somewhat understand why IL doesn't do it anymore too. Some of our fans are, at best hard work, and at worst - absolute knuckle dragging morons. Look at the comments on FB, or Twitter and then imagine dealing with that day in, day out for 10 years. Imagine organising a fans forum (like he used to) and having your time wasted by questions about breakfast cereals.

Take the Millwall games as another example. Most reasonable fans will say that it didn't work out, but will be able to grasp the reasons for trying what he did. Some other fans however can't grasp simple ideas.

Fair play to the new latics mon. It's his new shinny toy and he's doing all this stuff. I do wonder where it will all be in 10years time tho.

Don’t disagree with a lot of what you said at all. Was just painful to see what is going to be a huge and sustained campaign to capture new and old fans and then I compare that to the lack of energy and drive coming from my other other club. I just want a bit of willing, anything other than the silence we have currently. I should add, it was Radlinski’s equivalent Mal Brannigan who leads on all the club infrastructure who was presenting the vision and plans.

good I hope they get back to the Prem, great for the town

Feels like the energy Lenagan and his staff had when he first took over but it’s gone by the looks of things and who can blame him in many ways.

More than happy with the energy being put in to Latics. I think the seats idea is a bad one but from the sprucing up of the stadium, through to signing players of a far better standard than I expected, the start from the new owners has been really positive. I just hope they don’t plan longer term to keep putting things in place that will push the rugby clubs nose out because it’s not good for anyone.

Always a shelf life for ownership as well as players/coaches and it feels we’ve hit that now. I suppose the key to good leadership/ownership is knowing when it’s time to go and for that you need strong people around you and not just the dictatorship that ownership can often bring. It’s been a steady managed decline at the rugby, whether it’s the awfully stale match package for try music or the general malaise around the recruitment. We all want the same thing in the end.

Didn’t know that. Either way, it’s a good deal for both.

To be honest I don’t much care about the colour of the seats but I can understand the perception that removing the red could be construed as a symbolic first step of removing the rugby.

I suspect there will be a few more complaints once fans see the front of the stadium tomorrow.

Saw it on the news earlier, It didn't look good

Correct, and if people like 100% Warrior could not care less about the Stadium becoming a total Football Stadium, I can assure them that are plenty people in Wigan who do care and see the move as a kick in the teeth not only to the Warriors but to the Rugby town of Wigan.

Not to mention, the supporters of other Rugby League clubs laughing their heads off with what has happen to Wigan Warriors.

The problem today is that there are too many who do not care about anything!

That evidently was not the meeting when Whelan did stand on the platform and stated that if a joint Stadium was ever built, it would never be owned by either his beloved Latic's or the Warriors and would be owned by a independent stadium company.

That's how two faced, Whelan was with the help of his cronies like Ernie Benbow and John Martin (Resigned from the Warriors board of directors on the promise of a extra £25,000 by Whelan on top of the £250.000 compensation for the loss of the Riverside Club in the Tesco Sale)

If Whelan had anything about himself when he sold the Latic's, he would have donated the Stadium to the the town and people of Wigan and be run by the Council with sponsorship rights of the Stadium to pay for the care and maintenance of the Stadium.

And from I understand, it is not just about the colour of the seats, but the removal of everything that has anything to do with the Warriors and the game of Rugby League, including the club logo on the front of the Stadium and any pictures of past players in the foyer and corridors, etc.

The sickening part is that like the Latic's playing squad, it is being done by people who do not even live in Wigan and a owner who lives in another country.

Apart from their supporters, what true Warriors supporter can feel sorry for them now?

I like how you’ve changed what I’ve said to I’m happy with a “total football stadium”. That was never said, or implied. But then again that’s the level of you.

I said I don’t care what colour the plastic is that my occupies, nor would it bother me if a mural of Andy Liddell was to appear. It’s never bothered me in 20 odd years. It’s not something I, or you, or anyone else has even bothered with. The stadium seating was never in our colours anyway other than white! It isn’t our stadium. It never has been, or ever will be. FWIW I do think we should have our own stadium but as was pointed out yesterday; Saints and Warrington dropped on with Tesco who paid a large portion of the build costs alongside their respective councils. We won’t have that luxury. We don’t desperately need a new stadium. We could do with one but we don’t need it.

You only have to look at how critical I’ve been of the club, RFL and SL of late and that tells you I do care about our sport. You can’t try and band me in there Ruddy.