Ok so putting emotion aside for the time being.

1. Do you REALLY think Nobby would go into a SL campaign short of props?

2. Nobby wanted GB. He didn't get him. What happened to the CC money?

3. Wigan got rid of : TB, MH, MC.

WHAT on EARTH happened to the CC money?


If it was spent on "youngsters" then where are they?

Imo IL has a LOT to answer for. If Mo had been the chairman then the usual posters would have been frothing at the mouth, yet now they are silent.


Imo IL has had a woeful start to his tenancy. I give him 3/10.

Oh dear.

Been having a right giggle reading through some old posts on this forum.

Good grief

I have been and remain very positive about IL's impact on the club. My only reservation about him on that score is in relation to communication - whether it's the partnership fiasco or more strategic things (e.g. it would have been great if he had said publicly at the outset of his tenure that the goal was to put us back at the top table of RL, but I guess that's not the way he does things and actions speak louder than words!

)

So from me it's a 9/10 for what he's done for the club.

On the other hand, when IL speaks as a club owner on the threat from RU or the SC (which until recently he didn't seem to want to change), I'm far from impressed for the reasons set out on other threads. 5/10 for me.

I thought Noble was a coach and IFL was chairman, so not really sure where the comparison comes from?

Are you saying you would like Noble to take over as our Chairman?

The post from BK is an old one.

Let's be fair everyone. That original post was dredged up from 2009, before IL won us two major trophies.

By the sounds of it, IL has done quite a lot over the last few days to modify the SC so that we now have a better chance of holding onto our best players. I'm sure BK will appreciate that, even if he remains skeptical in other areas.

Great stuff.

The club is run far better now than it has ever been, this is down to IL.
We have won three trophies in the past two seasons under Mcguire whom Ian Lenagan appointed.
Clubs accounts from the 2005-6 are a train wreck! Now they are as they should be and Wigan RLFC is making a profit. Not too many sporting clubs do that.
That is down to IL
IL is responsible for the PEMBEC project for which the benifits will be long term.
Warriors community foundation is a project started under IL's ownership.
The club is at the forefront of change and innovation as is going forward at a great rate.
The prospects of the club have rarely been better both on and off the field, IL has brought this about.

Nice thread drag up!

It's a bit harsh on BK. No one gives the guy credit for speaking up on the SC for longer and more often and with more conviction than anyone (even me!

). In contrast to hordes of people who clogged up this board (including many Wigan fans) with nonsense, he was massively right on that huge issue and history has proven all of his predictions correct in terms of the damage to the game, RU raids etc etc.

Everyone should cut him a bit of slack on this. The noughties weren't the best time to be a Wigan fan and things often looked very grim. Maybe what seemed like the darkest hour was actually just before the dawn.

The club has been run magnificently since IL took over and I thank him for that. 10/10
Climbing into bed with a yawnion club, and no real details behind it. -10000000000/10 Its a fecking disgrace!
And I don't care if it was IL that brokered the deal. Yawnion clubs should be treated as the devil reincarnate.

I see, that makes sense now!

I would like to add this is NOT a dig at BrettKenny, it could have been anyone that posted it, it just made me laugh.

He certainly wasn't the only one who seemed unsure about IL when he first took over. One has completely vacated the site, as he made such stupid and unfounded comments that there was simply no way back for him. Others have gradually, and rightly, changed their tune.

Someone did this on the Wire board dragging a thread up from early 2009 and there were a lot of embarrassed posters on there reading what they had said about shipping Briers off to Barrow, putting Michael Monaghan and King on the next plane home as they were only here for the pensions.

Oh golly...

Who was that?

Andy Greg?

No.

It was no-one of consequence.

I think this thread should be locked, to be honest.

I'm sure IL would rather be judged on what he's achieved now than on his performance in the first few months of trying to sort out Mo's mess.

RHJ aka Red Hot Jalapeño

Cruncher, are you related to Lenegan or do you know him? You always seem to defend him no matter what he has said or done and it seems like no one is ever allowed to question him.

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Not sure if you noticed, but I asked for this thread to be locked to spare BK's blushes - he's the one everyone's laughing at here, not Ian Lenagan.

But I'll tell you what. Point out where you have problems with IL's reign, and I'll tell you if I agree or disagree.

Anyone who combs my website for similar match preview/reports boo-boos like this - is banned - simple as! :p

Indeed, I shouldn't have dragged this thread up, I apoligise.