Quote ="Cruncher".
But that doesn't make it any easier to bear. I honestly believe that it's high time Wigan started looking for a future away from the DW. As I say, I don't know if it's possible, but it must surely be something we starting thinking about seriously. We can't go through this period of uncertainty every time Latics get themselves in trouble.'"
That’s the point I’ve just made above. Unfortunately it’s also all perpetuated by what the latics fans communicate to the bahranis and what they take as fact.
The problem is, apart from their fans and new owners, we all know that they are not sustainable above a league one level without haemorrhaging serious money! Their new owners are throwing stupid cash at them atm to ensure they go up...yet when they go up they’ll be back to a wage bill of 18-20mil a season (which will still be the lowest in the division) and will result in them scrapping to just stay in the championship with losses again at over a million per month!!
The only way they break that cycle is if they get lucky and can bounce straight back into the prem in 1-2 seasons, yet that’s extremely unlikely as there’s 16-18 clubs in that division all capable and attempting to achieve the same thing!
So the reality is we’re back to boom and bust, and how long the bahranis will be prepared to lose money at a rate of knots while mostly being a yo-yo league 1/championship club as the last 10 years have shown!
The likely reality is the current owners will do exactly the same as the Chinese in 3-5 years, and the whole thing repeats itself.
The best thing for both clubs would be shared ownership of the ground with the council...similar to Huddersfield 40% each ownership with the council 20%.
it stops the stadium being at risk of the financial troubles of either club and the daft cycle that latics are in damaging both clubs long term future.
As leneghan pointed out the best thing for them in the long term would also be being owned by a Wigan / local U.K. consortium who make them a sustainable club.
Until all of that happens the rollercoaster continues but we’re unfortunately taken along for the ride as their owners also own the ground.
