Wigan Warriors • Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid
Ruddy Duck wrote:
I have never itimated that the Warriiors is playing-second fiddle to Warrington Wolves, only that compared with a few years ago, the town of Wigan is not attracting investment on the same scale as Warrington for the reasons I have stated about the roads around Warrington being far better both in and around Warrington than what they are in and around Wigan.
A situation which as result of having a joint stadium has seen Wigan no longer staging big games like for example, in the next World Cup. Games which not only bring money into the towns economy, but also show that Wigan is still the most well known town for the game of Rugby League.
Where Rugby League is concerned, the Warriors are as far as I am concerned, always been superior to the Wolves and long may it remain so!
I commute into Warrington daily and work all over Warrington at all times of the day and night. The roads (Winwick Road, Sankey Way, Cromwell Avenue, Manchester Road, Chester Road, Wilderspool Causeway) are just as bad as Wigan’s. To suggest that as a link to the level of investment in Warrington RL shows your distinct lack of knowledge of the area.
I’m not sure the bit about internationals is entirely accurate given we have had Ashes and Tri Nations games at the stadium which have been full houses in the not too distant past but I can understand why you’d make that point as we, for some baffling reason, haven’t been given any World Cup games. Though that may be down to the stadium being unavailable (speculation of course).
Your last sentence is bang on the money. The reason we have the resources and financial might we do (clearly not on Warringtons level with finances) is because of how well run we are and the model we have chosen in promoting and developing youth in the first instance rather than generally spending big on NRL imports. Warrington would do well to heed that lesson IMO.
Statistics: Posted by 100% Warrior — Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:35 pm — Replies 899 — Views 82943