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Season ticket for sale.
You can have it for £50.
I mean, I will pay YOU to have it. Wouldn’t dream of actually taking money off anyone for it. 🤣
Mine came today. Glad Ive got it.
I actually think we will be something of a surprise package this season, and GC will get us actually overachieving. I just have a feeling.
Jamie Carragher parks his Porsche in Worsley Hall. I shit you not.
Near the island towards bottom of Montrose Ave. Seen him and his dad walking to the stadium.
Doesn’t matter one little bit to me if the stadium has a sponsor or not. Danson saw fit to take the ownership off WAFC and form a stadium company.
But my point is, we have NEVER made anything from stadium sponsorship anyway. Where as other clubs, like Bolton, have had several sponsors over the years. Its all more money coming in. Granted it would be a shared benefit of both us, and the rugby. Thats one thing Bolton, Preston, Blackpool, etc will always have over us. Any income coming into the stadium is all theirs. Where ours is split between 2.
Thats why SG has gone and the new CEO appointed. Met him at the memories session yesterday and he came across very well. His enthusiasm is infectious and was quite witty. He will definitely improve on sponsorship and investigate other revenue streams. As usual GC spoke very well, you can tell he knows exactly what he wants and will find a way to get it. He indicated that there had been 2 new signings yesterday with another very imminent. He was confident that there would be 4 or 5 new recruits before the window closes. I feel the most positive I’ve been for many years just before the new season starts. The whole mood of the club has been lifted. UTFT!! 💙🤍
I like all this.
I think we will do a lot better this season than people think.
Yep.
Listening to GC on the radio thing he did the other day, obviously he had to be very careful about what he said and how he answered questions regarding the ownership and budgets. But I clearly got the feeling that he is having to do the job with his hands tied behind his back. GC kept saying about how much money they’ve put into the club. Thats all fine and well, but if you aren’t going to then have a real go at it, what’s the point?
I, personally, am a fan of GC. I am glad he has come back. But if I were him, I would be thinking I’d dropped a clanger and was better off at Exeter.
It seems to take us forever to get a signing over the line. Why? Other clubs just seem to click their fingers. We’re all talking and saying “we need a striker”, and whilst we are saying it, Leyton Orient go out and sign two!
Are we actually backwards at signing players? Is it that bad that Brenda and Lucas Danson are having to copper up on an abacus? I really don’t like how long it takes us. They can’t even argue that it’s due diligence, after the Hindolo Mustapha nonsense.
Its winding me up. Really winding me up! It may be too simplistic a view, but surely a budget of what amount he has available is given to him. We know our wages limitations as well. Then surely it’s look at who is in our reach? It feels sometimes that we are being taken for a ride and just strung along.
The whole club is ON a downer, and being ran ON a downer. This needs to stop.
I think we can have a much better season than we were expecting.
If we play on the front foot like we did first half, we will win more games than not. Need a bit more depth in the squad, which I think GC knows and will bring in. I’d like another experienced head for balance in the squad. Obviously a goalscorer. But looking at the PFA trial game from last week, Daniel Johnson is available and I think he could offer us some wiley experience. I think he would be decent to have to bring on to see a game out. No strikers in it though, they’re all 35 year old journeymen.
Well…I called it.
Change my name to Nixon. 🤣
Clubs an utter shambles. Constantly shit on employees who have committed to the club. I no longer believe anything they say, and have no faith in these lot. Bet GC is regretting coming back. I would be.
Death by a thousand cuts. 😢
I feel exactly the same. Agree with all you’ve said there.
I actually asked my lad last night “if you could get a refund now on your ST…would you?”
Straight away he said “No. But only because I’d have nothing to do on Saturday’s.”
I actually just look at it as something for us to do together. He turns 21 next April, so I am grasping it whilst I can! I’ve already said I want to do Leyton Orient away. But more for an overnight stay and a mooch, than anything. And I’ve never been on Notts County, and we fancy that trip as well.
But Ive no expectation at all. Just hope we get and GC can get us ticking.
Diane Winnard said she had passed it on.
Rumours of allsorts going on at the club.
Apparently Gregor Rioch walked because they’d said GC would get the Tickle money in full and then went back on it, only giving him 500k.
There’s a lot of going back on their word from this lot, I’ve noticed. Came in advocating a self sustainable plan if developing our own players to sell on for profit, for the club with the aim to get back to the Premier League.
We’ve gone the other way, if anything. Relying on loans and short-term option players a lot of the time.
Latest rumour, Sarah Gilfoyle has walked/been sacked.
Didn’t turn up for the meeting at Whelans tonight. Something definitely feels amiss. I emailed her today with these comments regarding improving the matchday experience…
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Good Morning,I hope my email has been forwarded to you.I understand that there is a meeting being held tonight, to discuss improving the matchday experience. I am not sure entirely what this is going to entail, but I myself have a clear idea of what is needed with the clubs current situation. I’ve been a Season Ticket holder for 40 years and have a good idea about the game. An encyclipaedic knowledge of the game, to challenge any quiz master. Obviously I have seen many good times, and tough times as a Latics supporter in my time.At the end of the day, we need fans through the turnstiles. Bums on seats. That’s the first thing. It’s a cliché, but without fans, football is nothing. What gets people into a ground and into the seats then? Being entertained by the team on the pitch. It sounds very simplistic, but it is true. Thats not to say you are always guaranteed to win, no, there are never guarantees. The Nazi’s didn’t like football as they couldn’t manipulate results. We, at Wigan Athletic have proved ourselves many times that a result is never a given. The FA Cup Final in 2013 being the perfect example.But supporters want to see a competitive team. One that is as good as it can be. Ok, you don’t always get what you deserve in football. But it’s seeing that team giving it their all and competing with opponents. Wiganers WILL back a team that’s doing well. Its common knowledge that season ticket sales are down. The only way to get those people back, is to have some degree of success on the pitch. The people can be very fickle. We’ve had a tough few years and in all honesty, have been in constant decline as a club on the whole, since 2020. Things were stabilised with Gary Caldwell’s return last season, and with him at the helm we have that solid basis to build on. Gary saw us to safety last season. I back him to progress us as a club. But I do feel he needs more backing off the board. We sold Sam Tickle and that money should have been given straight to Gary to rebuild with. I feel we are 4 or 5 players short and if we were to spent 300-400k each on 4 or 5 players it can be the difference between challenging in the top 8, to having a relegation fight on our hands. I know Sam Tickle was sold for an ‘undisclosed’ fee. But considering Bristol City have this week spent 5 mil on Ballard from Leyton Orient, I can’t help feeling we have let them have Sam too cheaply. Given he is an established player over 3 or 4 seasons and an U21 cap. Ballard has had one decent season. I am not sure who is doing our ‘bidding’ in transfers, but I think they are too soft.The whole thing about us having a club model based on self sustainability as a club and producing our own players to sell is something we seem to have gone back on as well. We have brought so many loan players in, actually developing other clubs players, rather than our own. We’ve also let Bettoni go for a small fee, and seen Leo Graham walk away. The fans are at a really low-ebb, I can tell you that much. We have a squad at the time of writing, that has 19 players with the league season start a week away. That’s far too small. I know you’ve said about us having a smaller squad this season, but we need a squad of 26 players, minimum. Considering we play 46 league games, Carabao Cup, FA Cup and BSM Trophy. We are talking around 52 games at least. Get a few injuries, suspension, or illness, and we would struggle. I would definitely say minimum 26 players. That should give us enough back up and options to switch things around.But the crux is, the first thing we have to do is be competitive on the pitch. Until we are and until we are getting the people through the turnstiles, forget everything else. I have explained to many people why the prices on the concourse are quite expensive. We are paying more per barrel of beer and per pie or hot dog, than someone such as, say, Manchester United. They have a greater footfall and attendance and sell a lot more, hence they do deals such as ‘4 pints for £12’ and things like that. If we had 25k every home game, then maybe we could put the prices down. And that all makes sense to me. But attendances will only improve if we are doing the business ON the pitch. And until we are, and things such as bands, singers, jugglers, etc is just a fools errand. There’s no point.I can say with full confidence that people are going to watch the football, not a singer, etc. However, if we are doing well and the crowd is up, people in a happier mood, then that’s the time to do things like that.I would definitely say the tannoy system needs sorting out. We can’t make out what is said in the East Stand. I would cut-out the recorded crowd clips use as well. Thats quite embarrassing. I’d say the pre match atmosphere needs pumping up…volume, lively, more varied music. Its too repetitive and boring..same songs all the time. The club could put a link out to request a song or a ‘matchday playlist’…I’ve seen other clubs do that.I would also suggest that when the team is read out, they don’t read out the players sponsors. It’s far too long winded and people lose interest. Have the sponsor on their photo on the screen. Likewise when subs are made. It’s not needed. It just needs to be along the lines of “Coming off the field, please show your appreciation for number 7, Fraser Murray. Fraser is being replaced by number 20, Callum McManaman”. Clear, sharp, supportive. That’s all it needs. Perfect.I hope what I have said is ok and is of some use. I am quite up-front in what I say, and thought I can get it over better in a email to you. If you think I should still come down for a chat, I’d be happy to do so. I just want the best for Wigan Athletic. I want us to prosper and progress.Kind regards,Cup Winners, yes I agree fully.
Unless things change, I really fear for our club. I don’t know how Gary Caldwell can work like this. I actually think we are worse than Exeter. I am not sure he was painted the full picture when he agreed to come back.
Our 2 first games are Cambridge and Leyton Orient.
Cambridge beat Preston in a friendly a week ago and Orient beat Royal Antwerp last weekend as well. Ive thought all along Cambridge is a tough first game. They’ve got the promotion bounce about them.
Dreading this season now.
Leyton Orient sold Ballard today to Bristol City for 5 mil.
Not being funny but surely Tickle was worth just as much? Been a stalwart for 3 or 4 seasons. Capped at U21s as well. Considered best keeper outside the top 2 divisions.
So why so frigging cheap? Orient casually getting 5 million off them.
I HATE what these bellends are doing to our club. Honestly, and I can only be honest, I wish I could go to the club and get my money back for my season ticket. Imagine if you paid money for a car, and before you received it, realised they’d changed the back seat, the steering wheel, and the stereo system. Surely you’d have cause for a refund due to being mis-sold?
Yeah, well…