From Mick Hogan:

Saints Home Game - Fully confident of a Sell Out / Near Sell Out.

Celtic Home Game - The club have put plans in place to achieve an extra 4,000 on the normal expected gate. (16K+ Gate)?

The Orrell situations a bit annoying.

thought that was funny when IL asked for the first question.. pointed to the person in crowd and said you'l have stand up i cant tell if your a man or a woman!!



he was gutted!

What situation

I assume the fact that it's not been done up.

Free tickets I presume

Nothings been done basically when they said it would be seen to.

Exactly! Someone asked if there's any plans to improve the ground at Orrell. It's only used for academy games where attendances can't be too high so don't see the need to spend what little money we have on it. That money could be better spent elsewhere.

Can anyone clarify how we only have £20K left on the cap if we have made an offer to Bird?

Surely we have £20K left plus whatever we offered Bird?

The alternative is we offered less than £20K for Bird and this would never fly (sorry)

The club are looking at a unit in the town centre in addition to the Hilton Street Shop which is to undergo a full re-fit!

I don't think he will go for an offer that cheep.

I was pleased with the forum. They told it like it is and they told it straight. Do people want them to lie about deals and make premature announcements? That is horrendously unprofessional and where we have gone wrong in the past.

As regards the lease situation, anyone who knows anything about business / landlord and tenant situations would know that what we have is a good lease. The "landlord" has the final say and it is fair to say that the landlord is biased. There are certain situations where we come second - there is nothing we can do about it - we need to accept it and move on whilst trying to forecast all eventualities as our club are doing. I have researched and discussed all eventualities on the above situation with many people on a council level, legal level, surveying level - its life and its business and people need to move on. The best we can hope for is that remarks about the pitch in the media go away and then the interpretation of the word "conflict" between fixtures is relaxed somewhat.

I am however extremely embarassed about so many of our fans who go to those events (we all know the random crazy lady I'm talking about

)but I suppose every club has them. So many people tonight just complained complained complained - a bit like this messageboard at times. I suppose Ian is right in that no one ever reports the good - the interest is in the bad. People like to vent, complain and question but never praise, congratulate and commend people.

I am thoroughly impressed with Ian Lenagan's commitment, Mick Hogan's achievements and plans and I was inspired by Noble's attitude tonight. I am proud of my club for what it is doing and where it is going. That does not mean I won't criticise / complain when it is due - but I do wish more people would be proud and happy SOME of the time

What came across though was poor PR by IL / by the club.

They do not promote good news. People being appointed. IL stating we just do it is not good IMO. You have to defend the club. IL is the voice of Wigan.

Like him or loathe him Lindsay was a master publicist

Presumably the Bird offer is subject to someone going out on loan (my guess would be phelps given the rumours).

I never mentioned the Shuddersfield game. Lets face it the reason we might not be able to spend to the full cap now is all because of you!

was the pie and peas any good

All they need to do is not get stuffed by Saints this season.

im sure IL was hinting Pirtek where going to be the sponsor but i probably missed something he was saying.

I thought Hogan was a bit vague to be honest, he seemed to be very tight lipped, didnt really say much apart from the shirt is unveiled next fri (sure he meant the 23rd)

I was impressed with what Nobby had to say, he really does seem up for this year

Pie was nice

Apparently they've pulled off a miracle getting the shirt sorted at short notice... next season's shirt is getting started next week, such is the work involved

Sounds to me then that if that's all the money we have going spare, it's a good job Trent decided he didn't want to see out the last year of his contract here, or we could have been in dire straights! A lot of wages left the club at the end of last season, without too much coming in to replace them by all accounts. Can't see Smith being on that much, nor Pryce ro Roberts, which only leaves Riddell - will he be a money earner? And will they be on more than Calders, Higham and Trent were?

Seems curious the club said they were interested in positions and haven't filled them - lack of ambition there, perhaps, if they obviously think we're weak in those areas.

Were you all expecting an announcement? FFS they tell you everythng that's going on, there's no way you can be party to negotiations with unnamed parties. I'm certain a bloke called Phil McKracken asked a question tonight...

Just take their plans for the future and get on with it....

Exactly. You also can't expect the guy to slag Whelan off.

He's a business man at the end of the day and will only divulge what he wants to divulge. Be thankful that we have a club who are willing to do this and not do everything behind closed doors leaving us constantly in the dark..

a) Pemps has ruined the future by mentioning Pirtek. Trust me, it would have been a multi-million deal without Pemps.

b) The best point of the evening was made by Bill McCracken...

So who might they be then?