Quote ="Cruncher"It does amaze me that some folk appear to be harping back to the Dave Whelan era as if what was happening at Wigan RL then was actually preferable to what is happening now. The same with Mo during his first stint.
There is actually no comparison.
British RL and Wigan in particular are under attack as never before - the NRL and RU are chasing every one of our star players, dangling massive carrots, while we are still hamstrung by a stringent salary cap. This is a problem Mo never had to deal with the first time around, and the second time around - i.e. when Whelan was pulling the strings - we lost the likes of Robinson and Farrell, and only by a miracle called Club Great Britain hung onto Radlinski, so wishing for a return of that era is a fallacy too.
But what actually worries me is that IL - who we know reads these message boards - may get pig sick of seeing this endless skepticism about his control of the club, not to mention the constant suggestion in some quarters that he's milking the club for cash, and decide that it probably isn't worth it any more. I mean, on the other message board there is virtually a 'Lenagan out' campaign - God alone know who those guys think they are, or why they're trying to do it. But they surely can't be genuine fans. All this stuff about 'the club is in the gutter' - with no substantiating evidence ever offered is utterly disgraceful, and goes well beyond simple lack of enthusiasm for club policy. It almost feels libelous to me.
If IL put us up for sale again, there is no guarantee that a we'd get another fan in charge of the club, or someone with the vision to keep us at the top the game, which is where we've mostly been under IL (people actually seem to forget that), or someone who'd be willing to 'pile masses of his own money into the club' - something else that certain people keep saying as if a) it could ever be that simple or b) IL doesn't already do that.
No doubt I'll be called a 'happy clapper' for voicing such an opinion - that popular catch-all phrase - but frankly I don't care. It the truth hurts some people, then good. The truth should.'"
Sorry Cruncher but your notion that RL is under attack as never before is pardon my French, .
You are old enough to remember Monie moving to the Warriors and taking the likes of Betts / Platt etc and soon after the SL War. Anything happening today, is small potatoes compared to that era. We also had the advent of Union professionalism to contend with too.
I read all the forums and nowhere is there a Lenagan out campaign unless your are becoming paranoid. The stupidity of such a notion is that Dave O posts on this and most other forums. So by your premise, RLfans must be operating a Lenagan out campaign too. Clearly it is not. Nor are any of the forums. Every forum acknowledges his achievement but they are balanced by genuine concerns for the game and their club.
IL does not operate as a fan. He has always made that clear. So your suggestion is simply scare mongering. You know because you are a keen supporter that IL is not prepared to invest his money in the club (how many times has he said so
) other than what he spent to buy it, money that will be returned if or when he sells the club. Whose to say our club cannot be bought by someone with more money and be happy to spend it?
You are a happy clapper because you are never prepared to criticise anything done in the name of Wigan RLFC and that makes you unrealistic and lack balance. The truth seems to hurt you more than other here and elsewhere. Is Dave O no more a fan than you? I would say more personally given every game is an away game and his views are more realistic and balanced than yours.
Sorry Cruncher but your notion that RL is under attack as never before is pardon my French, . 
You are old enough to remember Monie moving to the Warriors and taking the likes of Betts / Platt etc and soon after the SL War. Anything happening today, is small potatoes compared to that era. We also had the advent of Union professionalism to contend with too.
) other than what he spent to buy it, money that will be returned if or when he sells the club. Whose to say our club cannot be bought by someone with more money and be happy to spend it?
