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If they went bust would anyone bar a few reprobates in Wigan notice owt different?Prufrock wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:53 pmI do genuinely hope they don't go bust. Really wouldn't wish that on anyone. I was hoping for long drawn out agony, saved at the last minute but live to fight back in doldrums. But they look proper fecked.
Does anyone remember around Bassini time if we really knew much about FV. I remember he obviously threatened to sue but can't remember how sure or in the light they were.
A points deduction and trimmed budget to take them out of the top 6 chase was enough for me.
They're still people. I'm sure some of them are all right. I mean, unlike almost any other team I dislike I've never met any who aren't nobs, but there must be.BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:57 pmIf they went bust would anyone bar a few reprobates in Wigan notice owt different?Prufrock wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:53 pmI do genuinely hope they don't go bust. Really wouldn't wish that on anyone. I was hoping for long drawn out agony, saved at the last minute but live to fight back in doldrums. But they look proper fecked.
Does anyone remember around Bassini time if we really knew much about FV. I remember he obviously threatened to sue but can't remember how sure or in the light they were.
That would piss me off more if the prick still turned out for them!officer_dibble wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 11:10 pmForced to play Magennis and McLean plus the under 16s all season will do for me!
We didn't know much as to FV per se, but we knew there was a consortium that had been leading the race as it was announced in the Feb that the deal was pretty much done with a consortium including Shazza and Parminder Basran who we believed had been trying to land the deal since the Club had been put up for sale the previous year...Prufrock wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:53 pmI do genuinely hope they don't go bust. Really wouldn't wish that on anyone. I was hoping for long drawn out agony, saved at the last minute but live to fight back in doldrums. But they look proper fecked.
Does anyone remember around Bassini time if we really knew much about FV. I remember he obviously threatened to sue but can't remember how sure or in the light they were.
I guess I wasn't suggesting I want them to disappear as a club. I don't. Every town deserves to have its own football club. I meant more that had Bolton Wanderers - football league founders gone it would have been a disaster and beyond rivalries would have been significant across the game. Sure the social media banter but generally people would have cared. Bury - people cared beyond that town.Prufrock wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 11:34 pmThey're still people. I'm sure some of them are all right. I mean, unlike almost any other team I dislike I've never met any who aren't nobs, but there must be.BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:57 pmIf they went bust would anyone bar a few reprobates in Wigan notice owt different?Prufrock wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:53 pmI do genuinely hope they don't go bust. Really wouldn't wish that on anyone. I was hoping for long drawn out agony, saved at the last minute but live to fight back in doldrums. But they look proper fecked.
Does anyone remember around Bassini time if we really knew much about FV. I remember he obviously threatened to sue but can't remember how sure or in the light they were.
Without getting paid?Prufrock wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 11:35 pmThat would piss me off more if the prick still turned out for them!officer_dibble wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 11:10 pmForced to play Magennis and McLean plus the under 16s all season will do for me!
More popcorn please!GhostoftheBok wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:48 pmWigan fans are currently so traumatised they're cheering on the idea of having to pay rent to play in the stadium they currently own. Amazing stuff.
That touches the real issue, though.Worthy4England wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:05 pmMore popcorn please!
As others have said, want them to come through, but preferably at an irrecoverable NW Counties standard or maybe at a pinch Div 2!
Let’s get this straight. Wigan were celebrating selling 4000 season tickets. We’ve sold 15,000 as a league one club. And we’d sell more if we went up and they didn’t up prices too much.GhostoftheBok wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 3:03 pmThat touches the real issue, though.Worthy4England wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:05 pmMore popcorn please!
As others have said, want them to come through, but preferably at an irrecoverable NW Counties standard or maybe at a pinch Div 2!
Wigan fans are talking about owners coming in and running the club on a break-even model, which they say they'd be happy with. However, when they talk about what a break-even Wigan looks like they see a Championship club that spends some time in the Prem now and then. In reality, they are a club with a similar scope to Lincoln City and the thing that separates them is the stadium. They're still hungover from the Whelan era - as some of ours were (maybe some still are?) from Eddie.
The new EFL 30 day regs may also scupper them. HMRC debt has been added to the list, so if they don't clear that sharpish new owners won't be able to buy players from other clubs for 3 windows even if they have the money.
We've seen this week how realistic football fans are about what their club can and can't do on a budget. Shrewsbury fans have been attacking their owner for not showing the ambition "befitting a club of this size" by taking them to the Championship. They get crowds of 6400, on average.
I didn't compare us to Wigan.BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 3:56 pmLet’s get this straight. Wigan we’re celebrating selling 4000 season tickets. We’ve sold 15,000 as a league one club. And we’d sell more if we went up and they didn’t up prices too much.
There is no comparison between us and Wigan.