Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te kaiwhakahaere o Wigan a Malky Mackay e kaha ana ko David Sharpe te tangata tino pai hei kawe i te karapu ki mua i muri i te 23 o nga tau i tohua hei tumuaki taiohi o te Rōpū Whutupaoro i tenei wiki. Ko te rangatira o Dave Whelan, 78 ona tau, i whakarere i ana mahi o ia ra ki ia ra i te DW Stadium i muri i te 20 tau i tenei wiki, a ka whakawhirinaki atu ki ana kaumātua. Ahakoa kua roa e whakaarohia ana te mahere whakaraupapatanga mo te whānau Whelan, ko te mea kei te haere mai a Sharpe ki tētahi tūranga mana i te pakeke o te tau, kei te whakaara tonu i ngā karu. Ko David Sharpe te tumuaki hou o Wigan Athletic whai muri i tana tupuna a Dave Whelan. I whakarere a Whelan i ana mahi o ia rā ki ia rā i te karapu, a ka tukua atu te tūranga ki tana mokopuna. Heoi anō, e mōhio ana a Mackay ki a Sharpe nā te mea i mahi tahi ia i a ia mai i tana whakanohotanga i Whiringa-ā-rangi, ā, ko te 23-tau-tau, i whakanohoia ā-ture ki te poari i te pō o te Kirihimete, i whai wāhi nui atu ki te tumuaki, ki a Jonathan Jackson i te wā o te rāhui e ono wiki i whakaritea ki a Whelan e te Rōpū Whutupaoro. A kua kite a Mackay i te nui o Sharpe kia whakapono ai kei roto i ngā ringa pai te kapa Sky Bet Championship. 'He mea ngāwari ki te whai i tētahi rārangi tuku iho e pā ana ki te 23-tau-tawhito tango i runga i te karapu whutupaoro engari kua ia a tawhio noa te karapu whutupaoro mai i te mea he tangata taitamariki,' ka mea Mackay. 'Kei konei ia rā, kei ia kēmu, ā, e mōhio ana ia ki ngā mea o roto o te karapu whutupaoro. Ka titiro ahau ki te wheako me te nui o te wā i noho ai tētahi tangata ki tētahi karapu whutupaoro. E mōhio ana a Malky Mackay ki a Sharpe, ā, e whakapono ana ko te 23 tau te pakeke, he tumuaki pai ia mō te karapu. 'Kei a ia ngā tāngata pai e karapoti ana i a ia, ā, e mōhio ana ahau ki ngā mea e akiaki ana i a ia, ki ngā mea e ngākaunui ana ia, ā, he uara pai ēnei mō te hiahia kia anga whakamua te karapu whutupōro i runga i te mātauranga me te kimi kaimahi.' I whakahua a Whelan i tōna pakeke hei take whakaoho i muri i tana whakatau ki te hoki whakamuri, ā, ka kōrero ia ki ngā kaiwhaiwhai o Wigan ki te poroporoaki i mua i te tukinga kāinga o te Rāhoroi ki Leeds. Ko Mackay anake i te...
I tohua a David Sharpe hei tumuaki rangatahi o te Rōpū Whutupaoro. I riro i a ia te mana o tōna tupuna a Dave Whelan i Wigan i tēnei wiki. I whakamoemiti te kaiwhakahaere a Malky Mackay ki a Sharpe me tana wheako i a ia e tamariki ana.