dazza wrote:whilst theres all the hullabaloo about the sale
but a genuine interesting thought although hyperthetical i accept
but where would we be now had jason never come into the club with his sidekick ?
would we still be in existence ? would we have had the glory days of league 1
whats peoples opinions
Returning to the actual question, it is an interesting one. Obviously, it is all speculation, but in the absence of anything concrete to discuss...
It is easy to forget the chaos at the club that went before Whittingham's involvement. A Brazilian buying the club without any finances, an Italian found asleep in the Board Room because he didn't have the money for a hotel, who also wanted to build an underwater casino, a Kuwaiti (or Qatari?) student who supported Morecambe because he'd played us on FIFA, wages unpaid... and on, and on...
So yes, there is a reasonably high likelihood that we'd have gone out of business by now. I think promotion to League One had as much to do with COVID as anything else. Games played in empty stadiums and some bigger clubs were arguably impacted financially, more than we were. It was still a brilliant achievement, but I think external influences had a huge influence.
Basically, yes, they brought some much needed stability to the club for a period, but then the chaos returned. Someone must be writing a book...