Most of their fans are good people and I have no issue with them or the club, but there are a group of "Entitleds" who think it is their right to watch L1 football at a fraction of the price other clubs charge, and not only watch it for next to nowt, but have a team packed full of top notch players running away with the league and have the owner write cheques to cover this deficit, along with charging Wigan Warriors over £1m a year just to use the stadium on match days.

I'm guessing now they are tenants, these knuckledraggers will accept that the rent for using the stadium in its entirety plus for 25+ home games a season will be in excess of £2.5m?

The ground needs around £8 million investment.

Well if the stadium becomes the separate entity but still owned by our owner who out of charity bought the failing tics and if Wigan Ath were to fault on the rent surely they could be asked to leave and go to a more suitable stadium or even park (with jumpers for posts),only joking.
But isn't it great to take over and now the tics are beholding to Wigan Rugby and their owner to survive,oh the day of "the town is turning blue" are long gone now boy's.

I was aware Brian that a few million was required but didn’t think it would be so high. Some of it obviously due to age but I suspect that a significant amount due to lack of any expenditure over more recent years.
Some Latics fans still bemoaning “lack” of expenditure by Danson.

The irony of a wage bill at nearly £6m per year with the top paid player on £12k per week, and they are still moaning when our total cap is well below half of that

i'd cash the bronze DW tribute to himself in, and put that towards the repair bill

And with a rather jaundiced cynical hat on, it also separates it from oversight by the footy regulator coming in and as such any subsequent sale wouldn't be scrutinised as heavily as it might be & could pave the way for any carpet-bagger screwing us all.

Appears to be a good outcome for both clubs and hopefully Mike Danson.

I'd imagine the SMC will run the place well with the improvements that will benefit us all.

Get the seats all red & white.

Got a mate who is a Latics fan (honest I have!) and he’s heard that there is a possibility that the east stand maybe upgraded to accommodate corporate boxes.
From a personal point of view if there are major changes I’d love some standing areas but I suspect that I will be a long time waiting for that outcome.

What's the obsession some fans have with standing areas Itchy? I honestly don't get it. They're terrible!

An actual terrace would be great but I agree that the safe standing areas are pretty pointless. I've been in them a few times and everyone tends to sit down anyway.

I drove past the Orrell training ground on Tuesday, it looks as though there is a lot of work going on there.

Being upgraded to house the ladies RL team and the Latics ladies

I think I may have used the incorrect terminology Phuzzy.
I actually mean standing terracing as per Wire, Saints, Salford.
Personally I prefer to stand whilst watching a game. For me it adds to the atmosphere and I can avoid the perpetual standing up and sit down whilst people go past my seat to go to the bar and/or toilets.
I know the likelihood of getting standing terracing is nil but the owd fart in me still pines for that experience for an home game.