If I'm being totally honest, I find Webbo's posts on RL really insightful. Would run rings around me on his understanding of the sport & I value his opinion.
I've said & done things I'm not proud of too so I'm not going to lambast him for that although I can understand why it has offended other posters.
Marvellous cartoon strip there.....drilling down beneath the gloss
Absolutely, and I've hardly tried to stop anyone - I've got bricks lobbed at me, I've chucked a few back because I mean it when I say that I was surprised at the reaction. I was thinking 'this is Dave f***ing Whelan we're talking about here'. I've heard first hand tales of how the grubby multi-millionaire has shafted people (like tradespeople who've done work for him, then he's bullied them into accepting a lower payment afterwards). And like I said, he could have put the stadium into a trust for use by both the football and rugby clubs, bound by watertight covenants, and still hoarded tens of millions of quid.
FWIW, we're all going to die when it's our time. And how I 'hope' somebody's demise happens has absolutely no bearing on what will actually happen. I've not threatened anyone, I've not called for anyone to harm anyone. I merely said that, when his time for croaking comes, I hope... well, I don't need to restate it verbatim.
Seems to have done a lot more bad things than good things, was accused of being anti-semitic and racist a few years ago, also some employees mentioned a "cheap slave labour" environment. One ex employee said something on the lines he would sell his own grandma to give money to his kids, astute business man but leaves a trail of misery with others.
Up to you all, of course, but can we put this to bed now and crack on with the usual chatter about rugby?
Quick comment from me regarding some of the comments on here. A little distasteful, perhaps but as attributed (incorrectly I believe) to Voltaire
“I disagree with what you say, however I will defend until death your right to say it”
For what it’s worth, I am likely the only person posting on this thread who has dealt with Mr Whelan and his family professionally (albeit in 2015…..) regarding car purchases and would choose not to deal with them again if it were up to me.
Can't stop the spirits when they need you.
This life is more than just a read through.
Always apt - but I will point out that 'free speech' doesn't mean 'you can say what you want without others being able to respond and criticise'. Those that scolded me had every right to express their own opinions toward me every bit as much as I did to make the initial comment and subsequently respond to them.
(I will say that one or two of the other forums (not RL) that I go on are very much more combative and impolite than this, and it's easy to carry over attitudes between forums!)
I think that’s all been dealt with very maturely for once!
Moving on…
Me too. I can't believe the weeks after us winning the 3peat, the most popular post on the forum is about Wigan.
I come on here daily, as I have done for years in the hope of seeing some Saints news or info about new signings from the people in the know, but I feel the forum as sunken into the depths of social media, where people can't wait to criticise someone's posts.
#Awaits criticism.
It's close season. Not much happens. Maybe somebody needs to start a thread on next season's kit and ask when the fixtures are out.