Typical, pathetic, club-centric, desperate-to-buy-success Pie Eater. Last time you took your club to the brink of bankruptcy and beyond and sacrificed your stadium for it.



Times have changed and the rest of the league aren't interested in being dragged with you in a spiral of Wigan-driven wage inflation, all motivated by the obsessive/compulsive demands of Wigan fans to return to the "glory days" when all the other clubs would stand aside as they bought every available trophy.



The game is bigger than the selfish desires of Wiganers.

No they didn't. That's why Wigan are squatting in Dave Whelan's stadium and it's why thousands of pie eaters now push trolleys on the old hallowed turf.

Did they almost bankrupt themselves as a result? YES.

Leneghan is to frugal to let it happen again. Thats the bad old Pie past.

You sure about these?

Jealous??

I think you may want to re-word that bit. They may have made a marginal profit but over the years the lost more than they made, hence why you now lease a stadium from your Wendyball friends and your old famous historic ground is a carpark

They made such big profits they had to sell their ground to pay off their debts and rent from the local football team.

It'd be great to have a couple of 30something rugby union players in the game, as well as a tanned reality TV star! *shakes fist at salary cap*.

Gareth Thomas??

He was a specific opportunity for a Welsh club. Reasonable gamble, he did ok but the sums didn't add up.

Only desperate to buy commercial success for the sport. Frankly I wouldn't want Wigan to end up with those 3 old RU players in terms of buying on-field success. My preference would be for Hull (say) to get them, to get their stadium full again. I don't care.



It's a fact of life that Wigan and Leeds are the most important teams (as of now) to the sport's commercial development. Dragging us back won't move the rest of you forward.