Wigan Warriors - wiganrugbyfans.com • Re: 98 season
Jukesays wrote:
When he had those conversations who was the owner?
We all know that Whelan was ultimately in charge and although Mo for example came back late 99 until 2007 it was Whelan who as the owner was ultimately in charge.
Monie only came back because of Whelan, he would never have come back under Robinson. That's the point I was making
You cant blame Norbury as Whelans stooge for sacking Monie, when it was another one of Whelans stooges that got him to come in the first place.
As for the club being a complete shambles, he was right, but dont blame Eric Hughes. He was only part of the issue. Who appointed him? Who sacked West at the wrong time? Who employed Dorohay? Who continued to spend money on many numerous signings that, in which ever way you look at it from 94/95 ish onwards we didnt have the money to actually buy.
And that's before I go into the many other issues financially and legally we found ourselves in 96/97 that ultimately led to Whelans takeover.
I'm no Whelan fan by a long way, and Ian Leneghan beats them both hands down. But Robinson made some terrible decisions and was a massive part of the reason the club was in a shambles
Im not sure how much Whelan was in charge of signings. He may of owned the club but from what i see in Monies book, it was the chairman that was in control of that side of things. Monie himself says he fought the chairman (Norbury, not Whelan) and lost.
Regardless of who was ultimately to blame, had we kept Monie through into the early 00's, i would put my house on us going on another run of silverware. The calibre of players we had from 2000-2003ish with only one challenge cup to show for it is criminal.
Statistics: Posted by The_Enforcer — Thu May 14, 2020 10:07 pm