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Let’s not just make Jamie Jones the scapegoat here .The defending for all three goals was absolutely shocking.
Not felt this dejected for a long ,long time.Its not just the realisation we are nailed on to get relegated.It’s also this takeover business.The admin ‘not putting a time limit on it ‘ says to me they are going to drag it out for as long as they can.
Got to feel sorry for the Academy lads who have been released.We asked them to step up when no one else was available and that’s how we repay them.It’s a cruel sport at times !
When the Chinese pulled the plug we did not actually owe anything. They withdrew all future funding.Strictly speaking we did not actually have to immediately go into administration. It was on the advice of our admin team ( I wonder why ?).Could Royle and Jackson not have approached the EFL to ask for say one month to find a new owner ? I might be talking complete nonsense here but surely that would have been a better solution.
They actually gave no notice of administration, the first anyone at the club knew about it was the afternoon before Stanley, Watson and Krasner walked into the stadium. I was sat in JJ’s office 11am that morning, where he told all that had gone on in the previous 36 hours, including him begging for them to not put us in administration as we would find a buyer if they gave a bit of time. This was something they had been planning for months I feel…….. The EFL actually knew about it before JJ, as the admins had already contacted them…..
Sounds to me like the EFL and the admin have an awful lot of explaining to do regarding what was the right course of action for Wigan Athletic.As we know it will all be swept under the carpet and no one will be held accountable.
If we’d found one. It’s month 7 now and we still don’t have one.
The Chinese wanted to liquidate us and were advised to put us into admin as they would get some money back.
The admin keep telling us we would have been easier to sell as a Championship club.Don’t forget the squad and assets we had at the time made us a lot more attractive to buyers.I just think it was a bit of a knee jerk reaction ( probably encouraged by the admin ).They could have got their money back had we been sold .As I say ,if no buyer after a month then put us into administration.It was all too rushed.
When the Chinese pulled the plug we did not actually owe anything.They withdrew all future funding.Strictly speaking we did not actually have to immediately go into administration.It was on the advice of our admin team ( I wonder why ?).Could Royle and Jackson not have approached the EFL to ask for say one month to find a new owner ? I might be talking complete nonsense here but surely that would have been a better solution.
Agree. Was thinking re-start in the sense of breathing new life into Wigan Athletic, whether in L1 or L2. The club, stadium, training ground come at knock down prices. The annual accounts position should be helped by the League salary cap now side by side with the allowable losses. An excellent opportunity for someone.
Completely agree with you
On that basis would relish the challenge of re-starting Wigan Athletic. Maybe someone else able to act might be of the same opinion. A good opportunity.
I picked my user name after the main stand at Springfield Park but I also thought we would have to start again.However ,I now think why should we ?we have done nothing wrong.It’s our duty to keep this great club going out of respect for the supporters who formed the club at the Queens Hall in 1932.I am sure there are some people out there who would love to see us go under ,let’s not let it happen. believe !
That’s the important aspect….they were powerless to stop it. You only have to look at Companies House to see what happened.
I am not disputing he was powerless to do anything but don’t forget he was the one who introduced the Chinese to Dave Whelan in the first place with his Far East connections.My point is why does he keep coming up with these counter offers when it looks like a deal is nearly over the line ? particularly when he does not seem able to come up with the necessary funds himself.
I don’t think for one minute he would actually choose to go to Barnsley.Like others have said he might end up there due to circumstances beyond his control.But would Barnsley want a player who does not actually want to be there?
Tomorrow’s statement from the admin will probably be something like this:
STATEMENT FROM ADMINISTRATION 22/01/21.
To the uneducated , Nothing to report this week ,will report again next Friday.
PS. Will probably sell a couple of academy players next week to our mates at other clubs ,obviously well below their true market value. Will use the same agent who has somehow managed to sell a whole squad of players for less than Wigan were offered for one player last season.
Lisa Nandy might be re-assured but I am certainly not.This Stanley fella comes across as a nasty piece of work ,his opinion of the fans as uneducated says it all for me.He has run rings around prospective buyers and I have no doubt he is doing the same with Ms Nandy.We need a Dave Whelan type character to go in there and nose to nose it with him.
Ruined my weekend that goal
Usually feel the same ,but this takeover saga has just left me drained.I just appreciate the work being done by Leam Richardson and his team.
It suits the admin to keep this going as long as they can ( I think twelve months is the maximum ).Throw in a couple more player sales and they are laughing all the way to the bank.
I would still like to hear the Spanish side of the story.They did say at one point they would wait as long as it takes to buy us and nothing would put them off.Then ,suddenly ,they drop us like a stone.Something must have happened.Is it the admin moving the goalposts yet again? Just as we were waiting for confirmation of the sale stories started to emerge that clubs were interested in buying Kyle Joseph. Was that a coincidence or was it the admin actively trying to sell him from under their noses ?
