They have loved our demise now the boot is on the other foot; HA HA HA

Edited February 17, 20215 yr by Casino

21 minutes ago, Biggish Dave said:

Nearer £15m - still a fair chunk lower than these buffoons

Cheers. And look how much trouble we had.  these boys really are fucked 

Still have the fans asking Nixon on Twitter who is going to be the next manager. Numb as piss stones some folk. 

Something Rubberkex posted on here a while back concerned me a little. Up to the 80s we would have still been attracting fans from Wigan and the surrounding areas.  Now, not so much.  The ground being away from the town centre too could mean we dont attract as much youth from outlying areas such as Farnworth, Little Lever etc that we once did too.

Wigan have always been tinpot but their hardcore has grown to around 8-9000 and I dont know what, if anything, Wanderers have done these last 10 years to attract a new generation of fans.  I worry that in another 20 years we'll be as tinpot as them. 

It looks like they'll be starting in League 1 with -12 points,with new owners (maybe), new playing staff on a massively reduced wage bill, and a new manager - sounds familiar somehow.

Enjoy.

5 minutes ago, Duck Egg said:

Something Rubberkex posted on here a while back concerned me a little. Up to the 80s we would have still been attracting fans from Wigan and the surrounding areas.  Now, not so much.  The ground being away from the town centre too could mean we dont attract as much youth from outlying areas such as Farnworth, Little Lever etc that we once did too.

Wigan have always been tinpot but their hardcore has grown to around 8-9000 and I dont know what, if anything, Wanderers have done these last 10 years to attract a new generation of fans.  I worry that in another 20 years we'll be as tinpot as them. 

Hardcore of 8k?

We will see

29 minutes ago, Casino said:

Hardcore of 8k?

We will see

Suspect they'll be getting 60-70 per cent of that top whack.

40 minutes ago, Duck Egg said:

Something Rubberkex posted on here a while back concerned me a little. Up to the 80s we would have still been attracting fans from Wigan and the surrounding areas.  Now, not so much.  The ground being away from the town centre too could mean we dont attract as much youth from outlying areas such as Farnworth, Little Lever etc that we once did too.

Wigan have always been tinpot but their hardcore has grown to around 8-9000 and I dont know what, if anything, Wanderers have done these last 10 years to attract a new generation of fans.  I worry that in another 20 years we'll be as tinpot as them. 

I can confidently say that, having (unfortunately) been on the inside during their finest hours, they always considered their absolute hardcore to be c4,500 when they were first relegated from the Premier League, and I doubt that has changed much.

Latics spent YEARS trying to target new fans in Leigh and Atherton but I can confidently report that we would quite comfortably outnumber them probably 10 to 1, if not more. Probably doesn’t scratch the surface compared to armchair City/Utd/Liverpool fans, mind.

There was never much intention to target Westhoughton, but they were always very keen on trying to pick up new fans going towards Chorley. 

1 hour ago, Casino said:

in response to reading of the need to cut the wage bill to 6 million

Lad called Zac Brown on Twitter coming out with some belters in response to Nixon ... 

So WHY are we selling the kids for nothing who are on cheap contracts and keeping the most valuable ones on the most money? It’s like we’re trying to implode

But don’t they understand once they buy the club they can slash the payroll themselves? At better rates than what we’re getting now?!

7 minutes ago, Benny The Ball said:

Lad called Zac Brown on Twitter coming out with some belters in response to Nixon ... 

So WHY are we selling the kids for nothing who are on cheap contracts and keeping the most valuable ones on the most money? It’s like we’re trying to implode

But don’t they understand once they buy the club they can slash the payroll themselves? At better rates than what we’re getting now?!

It's show-time folks.... 

1 hour ago, Burndens Bogs said:

It looks like they'll be starting in League 1 with -12 points,with new owners (maybe), new playing staff on a massively reduced wage bill, and a new manager - sounds familiar somehow.

Enjoy.

Why -12 ? Have nt they had pints deducted already ? 

could be minus fifteen points if they dont pay certain creditors more than 25p in pound.

Most on their forums are convinced the EFL have it in for them because they are 'little Wigan'. Well at least they are half right!

5 hours ago, Biggish Dave said:

 

The turd has only just hit the water. A lot of way to sink yet

That U-bend is getting closer

I think Howard is on their forum as piesrus, giving them some false dawns, either him or that custard bloke

1 hour ago, Ani said:

Why -12 ? Have nt they had pints deducted already ? 

Yeh fair point, i think i just wanted to inflict more suffering.

4 hours ago, Duck Egg said:

Something Rubberkex posted on here a while back concerned me a little. Up to the 80s we would have still been attracting fans from Wigan and the surrounding areas.  Now, not so much.  The ground being away from the town centre too could mean we dont attract as much youth from outlying areas such as Farnworth, Little Lever etc that we once did too.

Wigan have always been tinpot but their hardcore has grown to around 8-9000 and I dont know what, if anything, Wanderers have done these last 10 years to attract a new generation of fans.  I worry that in another 20 years we'll be as tinpot as them. 

Our crowds now are much higher than last time we were in this sort of position. Get it right on the pitch and they'll come.

1 hour ago, DomRepWanderer said:

I think Howard is on their forum as piesrus, giving them some false dawns, either him or that custard bloke

Or its Miami doing a cut & paste job 😁

Fuck it, I'm going in

18 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said:

Or its Miami doing a cut & paste job 😁

Miami hates every fucker outside the Bolton County Borough. 😄

33 minutes ago, Dr Faustus said:

Fuck it, I'm going in

You'll be sorry you did, some proper weapons in there.

3 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Our crowds now are much higher than last time we were in this sort of position. Get it right on the pitch and they'll come.

the fickle fuckers shouldn't have deserted in the first place

3 hours ago, Dr Faustus said:

Fuck it, I'm going in

What’s your monicker on there? What’s the thread? 

Edited August 2, 20205 yr by Mounts Kipper

6 hours ago, Mounts Kipper said:

What’s your monicker on there? What’s the thread? 

Still pending approval 

1 hour ago, Dr Faustus said:

Still pending approval 

Username wiganmustdie might not get you in 

theres already a "Jelly & Ice Cream' on just waiting for the moment 

5 hours ago, Dr Faustus said:

Still pending approval 

I'm calling you out as Nat Deeley, a long time lurker first time poster who posted this morning and mentioned us.