Whelans Grandson….

Sorry but I disagree, there’s no sentiment in managing a business. If I had been on the board of directors for many years, I would resent the appointment of a young 23 year old rooky as my chairman, just because he happens to be the current chairman’s grandson. There seems to be enough unrest at the club at the moment that needs to be sorted out ASAP, without throwing another spanner in the works.

Part of the reason we are in this position IMHO, is that sentiment has got in the way with the likes of Barrow, Jones and a few others being kept in the fold too long, people who have never played at the top or managed / coached at the top.

I believe that if Martinez had chosen a Ray Wilkins or a Steve Clark type character to be is assistant when at the helm, we would still be in the prem.

Off the field Wigan have been the most amateurish team ever to grace the prem. I’ve not got time to list the many examples of this, but every one of the posters on here will have referred to that at sometime over the duration that we were in the prem. The infamous empty seat press conference, being one cringe-worthy example.

You are probably right in the fact that David Sharpe will at some point, be the Chairman of Wigan Athletic Football Club. At the end of the day it’s Whelan’s toy and he can let whoever he wants play with it. I don’t begrudge him that honour one little bit, but I can only see an implode situation if he goes down this route too soon.

Lets agree to disagree on this and see how things pan out. I just hope that the boy is not put under the same amount of business pressures that may have contributed to his dad’s tragic ending. :(

I think if there was a queue of people lining up to take the club off Whelan’s hands we wouldn’t be in this situation.