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What a joke!

The pages of ja606 further emphasise what a joke of a club WA are. Little more than a private fiefdom there are 5 articles on the entire Wigan domain all posted by fans of other clubs. Last season they took 274 fans to a PL away match and continue to draw on footballs resources with the sole purpose of massaging DWs ego and keeping him occupied in his dotage.

Come in Mr Whelan! Your times up!

posted on 12/6/11

(U2009) it seems that EVERYTHING you say is flawed, some of it is just BS, your knowledge barely exists, but overall your entire attitude reeks of sour grapes.

The list of teams you name as being 'small clubs' are all small towns and cities as opposed to to the giant cities of Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle etc. you compare them to, is it any wonder they don't attract the same following?

You lump Dave Whelan in with Al Fayed, one a man who's thrown money at a 'small club' he has no allegiance to, just for publicity, the other, the ONLY ex-football to own ANY club of note and the one from his home town too, yes he's chucked many a million at Latics, but it's far less than many 'big clubs' who still haven't got back to the PL have done over the last decade and he knows there's nothing to be made from doing so either, he does it for the love of his town and the passion he has for the game itself.

You lay much of the blame on SKY and most would agree that the billions SKY has pumped into the English game has altered the entire structure of English football, has it really made it worse?
Some will say yes, football is now business first, sport second, but this had been the case for decades already all SKY did help things happen faster, which isn't a bad thing either, before SKY came along with their giant chequebook, football was in the doldrums, even most of the massive clubs you name struggled to fill their grounds on a regular basis, the whole infrastructure of football was crumbling and the game as a whole was like something from the '30s.

Those same clubs you mentioned welcomed the windfall with open arms, Sheffield, Leeds, Nottingham, Derby etc. were all very happy to take their cut and spend, spend, spend, 'smaller' clubs saw their chance and some decided they wanted a piece of the pie, this is only fair afterall, why should a select few get everything?

We've seen more 'small' clubs take their place in the PL than expected, each one has brought something different to the game, some have used their slice of the pie wisely, rebuilding grounds and growing back into what clubs should be, an integral part of their communities, sadly few have done this,most followed other clubs policies of spending beyond their means and caving in under giant debt, which is the better choice?

Whatever your real views on football are, the best thing about the sport is the simply fact that it's run as a meritocracy, the good teams prosper and get promoted to the top, the poor ones fail and get relegated, as soon as this changes, giving importance to 'historical significance' (however that's tallied) and fanbase, the SPORT dies, becoming nothing more than a franchise system and while we may be on the way there already, any right thinking person should dispair that it ever goes that far.

posted on 12/6/11

What about the fans??

They built their clubs over many decades, Neither Wigan or Fulham were built by their fans, neither are self sufficient in the PL, the only ambition both have is to avoid relegation. They will effect this not on the pitch bit in smoke filled rooms where the owners will continue to carve-up the game and it's finances.

Both clubs were party to the increased para payments which means, in the event they are relegated, their income will supercede far better supported clubs thus giving them an unfair advantage and almost guaranteeing the effective end of relegation and promo from the PL. To emphasise this DW has admitted his and eight other clubs cannot compete with the clubs that will win the PL so he's been having talks with the other seven to introduce a salary cap which will further strengthen their companies and will see tens of thousands of English people have been disenfranchised and whatever they do their teams cannot gain promo to the PL.

The saddest result of all this is the PL will be further weakened and the PL championship will only ever be won by the current top six.

posted on 13/6/11

Now that I know original koppite is here to do the same as he did on 606, I'll never return, one mong (U2009) per site is more than enough.

posted on 13/6/11

That's right ignore the truth and bury your head in the sand, the truth hurts!.

posted on 16/6/11

Dave Whelan FC are an embarrassment to the Premiership.

comment by (U6981)

posted on 1/7/11

myhammers - I have tried to resist writing this but I can't. At least we are still in the Premiership!

posted on 1/7/11

Unsurprisingly, it's taken over 2 weeks for a single Wigan fan to be bothered enough to respond.

comment by (U6981)

posted on 1/7/11

Probably because we are too busy looking at the fixtures next season in the Premier League!

posted on 1/7/11

I'll save you any further wasting of your time: Wigan Warriors v Hull KR is not on that list.

posted on 1/7/11

What a duff exchange! One of the biggest RL clubs in the world homeless so that the most plastic football club can have a ground it can call it's own courtessy of the caniving DW.

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