I’m still not grasping why Lenegan’s involvement as part of a consortium (where he is thought unlikely to be the major money man) ...equates to “the rugby owning us”
RL as a sport is potless...the club without Lenegan’s support would be broke....it’s only the fact that rugby costs are (relative to football) comparatively cheap that they can keep going but the whole sport is on a financial knife edge......football is too (despite being awash with money it is far more creative at wasting it)
As for the bloke who may or may not have been in charge of a travel company that’s gone bust ....I don’t actually know ...but if so could you blame him when pretty much all your customers have stopped travelling through fear or at various times have been banned by law from doing so ? (.he’d have no television money or transfer fees to fall back on !)
As for that mon Lindsay the only time he got near us was when Whelan put him on our board! .....now
that was outrageous.....and by the way how many of you stopped going then?
I’m not necessarily saying that a consortium involving Lenagan would be the ideal option (I’m somewhat concerned that he’s 75 for a start) but it has some merits and I certainly wouldn’t turn it down if it were the only option or eventually proved to be the best one.
I too go back to the mid/late 60’s and whilst having been ‘religious’ in following Latics ....I also used to go to the rugby maybe a third or half of their games, but the Lindsay and Robinson regimes put paid to that....and I’ve written tirades against them in the original CL mag and occasionally in the Mudhutter and I’ve had many a (largely civilised) row and (less civilised) rant against
some of their ‘numb as a wet piss stone’ followers (I especially loved correcting them on their own subject
) .....all that said .... time has gone by ....the principal actors have long since left the stage.
I don’t allow the thicker element of their sport to wind me up, I prefer to discuss things with a fair few friends and acquaintances who are rugby supporters and with whom I don’t nor have ever had any problem.
Time to move on .....regardless of whether Lenagan becomes involved or not.