According to bilko on facebook our new shirt sponser is "houses for homes".

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I'll probably get shot down with "what does it matter as long as they've offerred the most" but I really don't understand how we are not able to attract a decent offer from a national company that's a household name.

I think it's pretty obvious that isn't the plan for Wigan's shirt sponsorship. It's about promoting local companies, nationally; it's refreshing to see.

As I have just posted on the FB announcement...

Sponsors are about business and money, don't get me wrong, it's lovely when clubs such as ours do charity shirts (Wigan & Leigh Hospice, Joining Jack, etc) but sponsors are about revenue and revenue only. I struggle to see and quite honestly don't believe that a local social housing project offers financial gains equal or greater to that of the biggest airline in the middle east and one of the top ten in the world.

Wigan, the biggest RL club in the Northern Hemisphere and the most well known name in RL history on a double winning season, a massive missed opportunity to bring a big money, big name, multi national corporation sponsor not only to the team but to the Super League itself. Decided to show a compassionate side instead, yes the sentiment is lovely, but Wigan RLFC is a rugby team and a business, not a charity.

Great news, maybe they can sort the Warriors out with a home of their own

Local sponsors are much more involved, both also have charitable initiatives which if you look at the announcement is the main point of this by investing into that

I'd rather have O2, Sky, Vodafone, Ford and get a bit less than have Big Bobs Beans or Derek's Chippy and them pay more if I'm honest.

what about paddywagon tours?

Have to agree with this also.

Whinge, whinge, moan.

Oh dear, you lot really will moan about ANYTHING!

Who Cares!!!! Wigan are a business and it will have been whoever offered the best deal.

For the people complaining, what is the turnover of this 'local' company? How much are they paying us? And what are the other commercial benefits involved in the deal?

I can't see it being a six figure sum, yet again we lose the chance to market the Wigan name, no doubt the fans will have to pay extra elsewhere to offset the loss for a mediocre shirt sponsor

I am absolutely fuming with this news. I am sick of us having sponsors nobody's ever heard of. It's got us nowhere in the last few years. We'd win a trophy or 2 if Coca-Cola was on our shirt.

yeah because that's what happened when we had Applicado on board! Are there any worse fans than ours for moaning about nothing?

Spot on Grimmy. What more can we ask for as fans of Wigan? Some people are habitual whingers. It's quite clear that whoever we get a sponsor, it will be because people in a better position than us to know, have deemed it to be the best deal for the club. We don't know the figures or details of the deal. It could be incredibly lucrative for all we know. What we do know is this club has delivered since Lenagan took charge, so I for one am happy to let him run the club how he sees fit. And if a sponsorship deal does include commitment to local community then that's great as far as I'm concerned. Because that helps to secure our future talent.

What next? Our trophies aren't shiny enough?!

I'm not d, aslong as they keep winning matches, wearing the Cherry & White.

If we did get a major brand sponsor, there would be people saying that it was just more money for IL to trouser...

They would but we're very fussy! Its hard nowadays to find a home with a massive trophy room!

Plenty of space at an address over St Helens way called Langtree Park I believe but it's too far out of Wigan and looks a bit tinny for our liking.

We'll have to stick to renting and winning...tough life

You also forgot being profitable.

How very dare you !

Big Bobs beans are top drawer, and Dereks chippy is the finest in Lancashire.

Not really a moan, that's just your interpretation. I'm just saying I'd prefer a bigger sponsor if I'm honest, with a larger company maybe we would gain publicity on the back of them rather than accept a few extra quid for Brians Barbers or Sun Shack.

I'm sure paddypower would have sponsored us and advertised us to a larger market by marketing the odds of our game either on TV or to a wide audience on the Internet.

The rugby fan in me says who gives a sh*t who the sponsor is as what happens on the field is the main thing. The fan that supports the whole club and game in me says this isn't really good enough tbh. A club of our stature should be having big companies falling over themselves but it isn't happening for whatever reason.

I'll soon get over it when the wins start to roll in though.

There's something else. Our far superior ground is owned by a born and bred Wigan man and not by the banks.