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Copy and paste from Jack Walkers obituary
He made his fortune from the steel industry before taking over as Blackburn chairman in 1991 and ploughing millions of pounds into the unfashionable Lancashire club, who were then in the old Second Division.
Walker appointed former Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish as manager and Rovers forced their way into the Premiership elite.
The word benefactor could have been invented for Jack Walker… football has lost a true friend.
After signing a number of high-profile players, including Alan Shearer for a then record fee of £3.5m, Walker saw the club win the Premiership in 1995 – their first title for 81 years.Now that Mr Whelan is what you get when you INVEST in your dreams !!
Copy and paste from Jack Walkers obituaryHe made his fortune from the steel industry before taking over as Blackburn chairman in 1991 and ploughing millions of pounds into the unfashionable Lancashire club, who were then in the old Second Division.
Walker appointed former Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish as manager and Rovers forced their way into the Premiership elite.
The word benefactor could have been invented for Jack Walker… football has lost a true friend.
After signing a number of high-profile players, including Alan Shearer for a then record fee of £3.5m, Walker saw the club win the Premiership in 1995 – their first title for 81 years.Now that Mr Whelan is what you get when you INVEST in your dreams !!
i think you know that all what has gone before us has not been for WAFC, we have just been the vehicle for his over inflated ego to travel on.
As you say, he has a month to proove himself.Copy and paste from Jack Walkers obituary
He made his fortune from the steel industry before taking over as Blackburn chairman in 1991 and ploughing millions of pounds into the unfashionable Lancashire club, who were then in the old Second Division.
Walker appointed former Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish as manager and Rovers forced their way into the Premiership elite.
The word benefactor could have been invented for Jack Walker… football has lost a true friend.
After signing a number of high-profile players, including Alan Shearer for a then record fee of £3.5m, Walker saw the club win the Premiership in 1995 – their first title for 81 years.Now that Mr Whelan is what you get when you INVEST in your dreams !!
thats all so and well but there is a big-big difference between walker and whelan,
walker was a life long fan with a dream,whelan on the other hand is not a fan and never has been,he used wigan athletic as a vehicle for a public relations/advertising campaign during the expansion of his JJB empire.
the cutbacks/downsizing now is because we are no longer are needed in his corporate plans for world domination of the health club/visi-vest industries.Dave Whelan the asset stripper. Are people now smelling the coffee?!A good mate of mine said thats why steve bruce left .he smelt a rat and then told mr whelan im no prisioner .be seein .ya i didnt believe him .but it make.s you wonder . at the moment he.wants to sort his club out or our club out its a laughing stock and a shambles and not just on the pitch we are the supporters we should know what going on .not left in the dark :oops: :oops: :oops:
Copy and paste from Jack Walkers obituary
He made his fortune from the steel industry before taking over as Blackburn chairman in 1991 and ploughing millions of pounds into the unfashionable Lancashire club, who were then in the old Second Division.
Walker appointed former Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish as manager and Rovers forced their way into the Premiership elite.
The word benefactor could have been invented for Jack Walker… football has lost a true friend.
After signing a number of high-profile players, including Alan Shearer for a then record fee of £3.5m, Walker saw the club win the Premiership in 1995 – their first title for 81 years.Now that Mr Whelan is what you get when you INVEST in your dreams !!
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thats all so and well but there is a big-big difference between walker and whelan,
walker was a life long fan with a dream,whelan on the other hand is not a fan and never has been,he used wigan athletic as a vehicle for a public relations/advertising campaign during the expansion of his JJB empire.
the cutbacks/downsizing now is because we are no longer are needed in his corporate plans for world domination of the health club/visi-vest industries.[/quote] nail on the head there blue :oCopy and paste from Jack Walkers obituary
He made his fortune from the steel industry before taking over as Blackburn chairman in 1991 and ploughing millions of pounds into the unfashionable Lancashire club, who were then in the old Second Division.
Walker appointed former Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish as manager and Rovers forced their way into the Premiership elite.
The word benefactor could have been invented for Jack Walker… football has lost a true friend.
After signing a number of high-profile players, including Alan Shearer for a then record fee of £3.5m, Walker saw the club win the Premiership in 1995 – their first title for 81 years.Now that Mr Whelan is what you get when you INVEST in your dreams !!
thats all so and well but there is a big-big difference between walker and whelan,
walker was a life long fan with a dream,whelan on the other hand is not a fan and never has been,he used wigan athletic as a vehicle for a public relations/advertising campaign during the expansion of his JJB empire.
the cutbacks/downsizing now is because we are no longer are needed in his corporate plans for world domination of the health club/visi-vest industries.[/quote] nail on the head there blue :o [/quote][/size]i missed the point that horc has made as well – whelan and his massive ego was also a major part of the equation
Gents
Whilst it is correct that Jack Walker was a true fan of Blackburn (and a gentleman to boot according to my father who was a director of a Blackburn company for thirty odd years), and Whelan probably invested in Wigan Athletic for egotistical or business reasons, Walker’s legacy to Blackburn is not an ongoing fairytale.
Bear in mind that nobody envisaged the future meteoric rise of the English game back in the early nineties. The average player’s salary is now over £1 million, and Blackburn’s English record of £6 million (Sutton) for a player is small change these days. That can’t exactly be attributed to inflation.
Sorry for posting a link but..according to the Guardian link below, Walker spent £97 million of his own money on Rovers. Whelan has spent at least £60 million of his own money which isn’t bad for a non-fan.
You’ll also see in the article that Walker’s funding has now run out.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008 … blackburn1
Whelan, the man is a toad. Whelan the football club chairman however, is the reason the club is in the Premier League – no matter which way you look at it. Who else would have invested that amount of money in Wigan Athletic at the time?
It’s not a case of rose tinted glasses; it’s appreciation. Until I win the Euro Lottery rollover jackpot four times and have sufficient money to buy the club and bankroll it, I’ll be thankful of Whelan.
If he did sell up, and take as much money as he could with him, could you blame him? I bet his office has not exactly been inundated with letters of gratitude over recent years.
Dave Whelan the asset stripper. Are people now smelling the coffee?!
A good mate of mine said thats why steve bruce left .he smelt a rat and then told mr whelan im no prisioner .be seein .ya i didnt believe him .but it make.s you wonder . at the moment he.wants to sort his club out or our club out its a laughing stock and a shambles and not just on the pitch we are the supporters we should know what going on .not left in the dark :oops: :oops: :oops: [/quote]
Why should you know what is going on? Do you have shares in the club?
If you owned a pie shop, would you expect to answer financial questions posed by a bloke who comes in to buy a meat and potato and a cream slice every Saturday?
It’s a business sir, not a public service.
GentsWhilst it is correct that Jack Walker was a true fan of Blackburn (and a gentleman to boot according to my father who was a director of a Blackburn company for thirty odd years), and Whelan probably invested in Wigan Athletic for egotistical or business reasons, Walker’s legacy to Blackburn is not an ongoing fairytale.
Bear in mind that nobody envisaged the future meteoric rise of the English game back in the early nineties. The average player’s salary is now over £1 million, and Blackburn’s English record of £6 million (Sutton) for a player is small change these days. That can’t exactly be attributed to inflation.
Sorry for posting a link but..according to the Guardian link below, Walker spent £97 million of his own money on Rovers. Whelan has spent at least £60 million of his own money which isn’t bad for a non-fan.
You’ll also see in the article that Walker’s funding has now run out.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008 … blackburn1
Whelan, the man is a toad. Whelan the football club chairman however, is the reason the club is in the Premier League – no matter which way you look at it. Who else would have invested that amount of money in Wigan Athletic at the time?
It’s not a case of rose tinted glasses; it’s appreciation. Until I win the Euro Lottery rollover jackpot four times and have sufficient money to buy the club and bankroll it, I’ll be thankful of Whelan.
If he did sell up, and take as much money as he could with him, could you blame him? I bet his office has not exactly been inundated with letters of gratitude over recent years.
i think we are all in agreement with what he has done for us, that is not being questioned.
It’s now and the future that is worrying us.
Will he invest, to at least maintain the status quo, or will he continue to strip our assets now he no longer needs Wigan Athletic to boost his personal standing in the community etc.Gents
Whilst it is correct that Jack Walker was a true fan of Blackburn (and a gentleman to boot according to my father who was a director of a Blackburn company for thirty odd years), and Whelan probably invested in Wigan Athletic for egotistical or business reasons, Walker’s legacy to Blackburn is not an ongoing fairytale.
Bear in mind that nobody envisaged the future meteoric rise of the English game back in the early nineties. The average player’s salary is now over £1 million, and Blackburn’s English record of £6 million (Sutton) for a player is small change these days. That can’t exactly be attributed to inflation.
Sorry for posting a link but..according to the Guardian link below, Walker spent £97 million of his own money on Rovers. Whelan has spent at least £60 million of his own money which isn’t bad for a non-fan.
You’ll also see in the article that Walker’s funding has now run out.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008 … blackburn1
Whelan, the man is a toad. Whelan the football club chairman however, is the reason the club is in the Premier League – no matter which way you look at it. Who else would have invested that amount of money in Wigan Athletic at the time?
It’s not a case of rose tinted glasses; it’s appreciation. Until I win the Euro Lottery rollover jackpot four times and have sufficient money to buy the club and bankroll it, I’ll be thankful of Whelan.
If he did sell up, and take as much money as he could with him, could you blame him? I bet his office has not exactly been inundated with letters of gratitude over recent years.
i think we are all in agreement with what he has done for us, that is not being questioned.
It’s now and the future that is worrying us.
Will he invest, to at least maintain the status quo, or will he continue to strip our assets now he no longer needs Wigan Athletic to boost his personal standing in the community etc.[/quote]
Maybe the Wigan public also need to invest in Wigan Athletic.GentsWhilst it is correct that Jack Walker was a true fan of Blackburn (and a gentleman to boot according to my father who was a director of a Blackburn company for thirty odd years), and Whelan probably invested in Wigan Athletic for egotistical or business reasons, Walker’s legacy to Blackburn is not an ongoing fairytale.
Bear in mind that nobody envisaged the future meteoric rise of the English game back in the early nineties. The average player’s salary is now over £1 million, and Blackburn’s English record of £6 million (Sutton) for a player is small change these days. That can’t exactly be attributed to inflation.
Sorry for posting a link but..according to the Guardian link below, Walker spent £97 million of his own money on Rovers. Whelan has spent at least £60 million of his own money which isn’t bad for a non-fan.
You’ll also see in the article that Walker’s funding has now run out.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008 … blackburn1
Whelan, the man is a toad. Whelan the football club chairman however, is the reason the club is in the Premier League – no matter which way you look at it. Who else would have invested that amount of money in Wigan Athletic at the time?
It’s not a case of rose tinted glasses; it’s appreciation. Until I win the Euro Lottery rollover jackpot four times and have sufficient money to buy the club and bankroll it, I’ll be thankful of Whelan.
If he did sell up, and take as much money as he could with him, could you blame him? I bet his office has not exactly been inundated with letters of gratitude over recent years.
60 million!.WHERE,S THE LAST 5 YRS PREMIER LEAGUE TV REVENUE GONE :?:
Horc, I personally think there will be no further investment – in fact, I’m certain of it. He isn’t getting any younger, so he wants to get his house in order.
He family will be looked after, which you cannot fault the man for that, and he is trying to leave the club debt free and owners of their own stadium.
I honestly cannot imagine who would buy us once Whelan has gone and that is the worrying bit. There’s isn’t enough money that could be left in the club to sustain it for life, and we’re hardly a sought after commodity are we?
Horc, I personally think there will be no further investment – in fact, I’m certain of it. He isn’t getting any younger, so he wants to get his house in order.He family will be looked after, which you cannot fault the man for that, and he is trying to leave the club debt free and owners of their own stadium.
I honestly cannot imagine who would buy us once Whelan has gone and that is the worrying bit. There’s isn’t enough money that could be left in the club to sustain it for life, and we’re hardly a sought after commodity are we?
I hope you are wrong with your first point as this squad is not going to keep us in this league.
Looking after his family is understandable, but the amount required for that is peanuts in comparison to running a football club.
As for your third point you are probably right, but surely there is another egotistic individual out there who would like to get his name in lights and mingle with the stars.
We’ll have to wait and see I suppose.
Roll on Saturday. Our name is on the FA Cup this season???
Gents
Whilst it is correct that Jack Walker was a true fan of Blackburn (and a gentleman to boot according to my father who was a director of a Blackburn company for thirty odd years), and Whelan probably invested in Wigan Athletic for egotistical or business reasons, Walker’s legacy to Blackburn is not an ongoing fairytale.
Bear in mind that nobody envisaged the future meteoric rise of the English game back in the early nineties. The average player’s salary is now over £1 million, and Blackburn’s English record of £6 million (Sutton) for a player is small change these days. That can’t exactly be attributed to inflation.
Sorry for posting a link but..according to the Guardian link below, Walker spent £97 million of his own money on Rovers. Whelan has spent at least £60 million of his own money which isn’t bad for a non-fan.
You’ll also see in the article that Walker’s funding has now run out.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008 … blackburn1
Whelan, the man is a toad. Whelan the football club chairman however, is the reason the club is in the Premier League – no matter which way you look at it. Who else would have invested that amount of money in Wigan Athletic at the time?
It’s not a case of rose tinted glasses; it’s appreciation. Until I win the Euro Lottery rollover jackpot four times and have sufficient money to buy the club and bankroll it, I’ll be thankful of Whelan.
If he did sell up, and take as much money as he could with him, could you blame him? I bet his office has not exactly been inundated with letters of gratitude over recent years.
60 million!.WHERE,S THE LAST 5 YRS PREMIER LEAGUE TV REVENUE GONE :?: [/quote]
Wages, and a damn more besides….It takes nearly £50,000,000 per year to employ the most basic if staff.
Our players wages alone 2007-2008 was £48,000,000…..
It’s a lot more now……
Wake up, smell the coffee…. if you can’t bo bothered, go
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