E’l Tell in the Sun

When you get to a certain age your mind does start to wander. :roll:
We will finish WAY above relegation this season. :D

To be fair, latcis haven’t been tipped to go down every season. from my recollections its been as follows:

05/06 – relegation
06/07 – stay up
07/08 – relegation
08/09 – stay up
09/10 – stay up
10/11 – relegation

Or at least it has in the stuff I’ve read

i don’t think that it is based on a lack of understanding of who & what Latics are.

I think its based on a realism & judgement of squad and manager that isn’t clouded by a passion for our club – that said I also acknowledge that there are those who just see “Wigan Athletic” and have us down for a relegation scrap

Whether we’ve strengthened the squad is up for debate in my opinion. Almost all of the new signings are unproven in this league – (i.e. McArthur, Alcaraz, Stam, Boselli) so we can’t comment either way as to whether they are an improvement or not. And the squad itself still has major weaknesses

Time will tell who will go down – personally i think we’re in a scrap with about 4 other clubs over those last 2 relegation spots (Blackpool I think are certs for the drop) – the others being WBA, Newcastle, Wolves & Bolton

Just coz you change your mind as often as the wind changes direction it doesn’t mean we all do!!! ;)

Not really. It’s just that all you’ve gone on about all this past week is negatives. Moan…moan…moan…whinge…whinge….whinge…

And you are obviously a bit peeved because I shot you down in flames on the other thread, with my reasoned opinions, and true assessment (having SEEN our new players) of our squad.

So this comment (above) was just a poor shot back at me. Very poor. Bad form, old bean, bad form.

You are coming across as one of the “Blllloooodyy Helllll!!!” brigade.If you are so negativep-minded, don’t bother going.(if it makes you THAT miserable)
The first person I hear moaning after about 5 minutes on Saturday, is going to get told straight. ;)

Yes agreed!!!

VAT – yet again you seem to have a real problem with anybody who holds an opinion which isn’t in line with whatever it is you’re believing in at that particular moment in time

You are feeling full of the joys of spring less than 2 weeks after posting numerous rants about what a disgrace Latics, Whelan & Martinez were coz Branble had been sold & X,Y & Z signings weren’t in place. All this based on watching 90 minutes of a meaningless friendly a week last Wednesday – Fine.
You’re entitled to your opinion just as you’ll be entitled to the completely different one you’ll be holding in 2 or 3 weeks time and just as I’ll be entitled to agree or disagree with it

As for your jibe that if I feel so negative don’t bother going – I support Latics coz they’re my club. It doesn’t mean that I think we’re gonna roll over every team put before us or that we’ll win a trophy/promotion – I thought we’d get relegated out of the football league in 1994-1995 but I still turned up for the first game of the season away at Carlisle to watch us get beat.
I’ll also remind you of that comment when the inevitable “They’re a disgrace” posts come rolling in from you at some point this season!!

As for being “peeved” that you “shot me down in flames” on another thread with your “reasoned opinions” & “true assessment (having SEEN our new players) of our squad, just a few points:
a) If you think i get peeved about what anybody thinks of anything I say on this board then you’re mistaken. I certainly wouldn’t care enough about people not responding to a hilarious “joke” I posted on the general board to write an open post to the moderators criticising them & the other posters on the site ;) To put it bluntly i don’t care – i come on here to talk, discuss & disagree about all things Latics
b) As I hold a different opinion to yours how can you have “shot me down in flames”?? I disagreed with your original post & I disagreed with your second one. I said I couldn’t comment on any of the new signings till I’d seen them & said I didn’t think the likes of McCarthy & Moses would have improved that much over the last 3 months – I still believe that. I also said that I don’t think we have a strong enough squad. You think we do & to back up your point started to talk about players we haven’t signed (new strikers & new left backs) -By talking about new signings you’re acknowledging that the squad needs adding to so how can it be strong enough, and if you’re talking about players who aren’t even here yet & who may never arrive I fail to see how that can be classed as a “reasoned opinion”!!! ;)

As for your last sentence and various other similar statements you have made in the past – they’re just laughable & I hope they’re intended to be