seriously why would you all want a new ground you have got a great ground in the DW and i love visiting when bulls are playing there. I suppose our ground isnt much but still why would you give up the DW?

Because we play second fiddle to premiership football. Next easter monday we should be at home to wakefield because latics play man u on that day we have to play on tuesday evening. imo that will loose us money and that is only one incident.

why would we want a new ground the DW is still by far the best RL stadium in SL even if it is shared with a naff footie team (sorry latics but you are dire!)- its in a prime position on the edge of town, is reasonably easy to get to, has good parking, is a ten min walk from two mainline stations and fifteen mins from the bus station, the facilities are far better than the Halliwell Jones or the Stobart and we have a crowd capacity of around 24000 - no other SL ground comes close -

but we dont own the stadium and nasty opposition fans call us for it on internet message boards

i know, but i will always ask those people the same thing.

would you rather buy a Ferrari and incur all the financial losses, or would you prefer someone else to buy it but you get use out of it?

Do you seriously believe that the KC Stadium doesn't even "come close" to Dave Whelan Stadium?

In mine and I'm sure the majority of people's opinion the KC Stadium is superior to the Dave Whelan Stadium.

+1

Come on IL, build us a new ground because it would please internet surfers and upset Latics fans. We don't think you should enjoy your own personal money which you've worked extremely hard to get, we think you should waste it on a new stadium as ours is quite clearly not good enough and it would obviously be economically better to own a stadium.

And I'm sure you're unqualified to make such a ridiculous and unprovable statement. Not that this sort of thing generally stops you.

I'd love to have seen your face the moment Dave Whelan broke this story. Talk about kakking yourself.

Better option would be to buy latics and asset strip em to get the ground?

Blackbun were sold last year for approx £75-80m and are a bigger club than latics. You'd expect that even with them in the premiership you could buy them for circa £40-£45m. Given the silly value soccer players go for you could then sell the squad for around £20m, milk the parachoote payment when they go down, run them on a shoestring next year, sell wigan rl the ground for £5m and then flog em as a mid - bottom table championship team for £5-10m.

We'd get the staduim, latics bite the dust, costs leneghan all in all next to nowt, everyones happy bar a few skem head latics fans!!

We can but dream!

Just so we are clear where you are on this one; do you think the Dave Whelan Stadium is better than the KC Stadium?

As for "kakking" myself; I haven't even read the story but if it involves Lenegan buying Wigan Athletic then I'd suggest that Lenegan has already found his level in the world of football with Oxford United. After capital gains(?) tax the amount Lenegan cleared on this deal is a drop in the ocean compared to the money in premiership football.

Just for my information this business that Lenegan has just flogged was that Lenegan's main business interest? I thought he was also involved in some westish end productions as well?

He isn't buying Latics, so stop worrying.

As for the DW and the KC, they're both about the same in my book. But whatever I thinik, you are NOT qualified to speak for everyone else. Stop pretending you're the voice of the common man when in reality you're a troll constantly on fishing trips.

I'm happy to put up with the minor scheduling issues if it means enjoying the use of a top class stadium. I liked the Ferrari analogy; why put ourselves under financial strain for the nostalgia of having our own ground again. Let's be honest, if we hadn't moved to the dw, central park would still look exactly the same if not worse and we'd be no better off than the likes of cas or wakey imo.

Quote ="Stinky Turner" Quote ="Cruncher" Quote ="Stinky Turner"Do you seriously believe that the KC Stadium doesn't even "come close" to Dave Whelan Stadium? In mine and [uI'm sure the majority of people's opinion the KC Stadium is superior to the Dave Whelan Stadium[/u.'" And I'm sure you're unqualified to make such a ridiculous and unprovable statement. Not that this sort of thing generally stops you. I'd love to have seen your face the moment Dave Whelan broke this story. Talk about kakking yourself.'" Just so we are clear where you are on this one; do you think the Dave Whelan Stadium is better than the KC Stadium? As for "kakking" myself; I haven't even read the story but if it involves Lenegan buying Wigan Athletic then I'd suggest that Lenegan has already found his level in the world of football with Oxford United. After capital gains(?) tax the amount Lenegan cleared on this deal is a drop in the ocean compared to the money in premiership football. Just for my information this business that Lenegan has just flogged was that Lenegan's main business interest? I thought he was also involved in some westish end productions as well?'" www.whorunsit.org/appointees/07854023

Quote ="Stinky Turner" Quote ="Cruncher" Quote ="Stinky Turner"Do you seriously believe that the KC Stadium doesn't even "come close" to Dave Whelan Stadium? In mine and [uI'm sure the majority of people's opinion the KC Stadium is superior to the Dave Whelan Stadium[/u.'" And I'm sure you're unqualified to make such a ridiculous and unprovable statement. Not that this sort of thing generally stops you. I'd love to have seen your face the moment Dave Whelan broke this story. Talk about kakking yourself.'" Just so we are clear where you are on this one; do you think the Dave Whelan Stadium is better than the KC Stadium? As for "kakking" myself; I haven't even read the story but if it involves Lenegan buying Wigan Athletic then I'd suggest that Lenegan has already found his level in the world of football with Oxford United. After capital gains(?) tax the amount Lenegan cleared on this deal is a drop in the ocean compared to the money in premiership football. Just for my information this business that Lenegan has just flogged was that Lenegan's main business interest? I thought he was also involved in some westish end productions as well?'" www.whorunsit.org/appointees/07854023

Cheers, so the one he flogged was pretty much his sole current business interest.

If you hadnt moved to the DW you would have been bankrupt a long time ago!

Really? DW wanted to revamp central park but it was sold to tesco instead...So I suggest you are wrong

Naw ... with a name like ours, someone would always have stepped in and bought us. That's the advantage of being one of the top clubs in the game.

Edited for accuracy

i'm afraid i agree with the skinky one on his comment

my personal view is that the KC is currently the best stadium within the RL (even though it is like the DW and is a football stadium also)
The atmosphere at the KC is fantastic, due to the design, been there watching wigan and for internationals

Shame that Hull can't generate any atmosphere

i suppose at times we have the same problem at home. been several discussions over recent months /years about away being better atmosphere than at home
mainly down to everyone being together at away matches and spread over 3 stands at home
The DW on its day can match most stadiums, just dont think its bouncing often enough

Yeah there does seem to be a better atmosphere away in general because people can stand where they want, however the Brigantes are in S2 if anyone fancies transferring there.

KC best stadium in RL, but not been to Stains or Salford yet............

saints fans are getting excited about their new stadium, not seen pics yet but meant to be pretty impressive

also led to believe they've sold 9k season tickets which is a big advance on the knowsley road days i would guess