Fao the darkside

For various reasons, not one of them would even entertain the idea of coming to Wigan, Horc[/quote]

With all due respect Griff people were saying the same thing last season when some of the darkside were putting forward Hodgson & Allardyce as alternatives to Bobby
One of them went to West Brom (owned by a guy notoriously prudent with the club’s purse strings) and the other went to a Championship side

Now I don’t know if any of O’Neill, Hughes or Curbishley would come to Latics if offered the post but you don’t know for sure that they wouldn’t either.
Its a pointless question coz Bobby is very unlikely to get the push but if he was, if you don’t ask you don’t get

I suspect that Hughes would turn it down as he seems to think he is above some of the lesser clubs around
O’Neill I wouldn’t be so sure about – he was prepared to jump into the sinking ship that was West Ham last season until they publicly mishandled Grant’s departure. I know West Ham would have offered him more salary but it shows he’s prepared to look down in the depths for work
Curbishley – unless he’s happy with his TV work & doesn’t wanna move from down south I don’t see any reason as to why he’d turn it down

I should point out that I’m not seeing Bobby should or needs to go just that the I feel the “there’s no-one else out there so we may as well stick with what we’ve got” argument is pretty weak (in relation to Martinez not Whelan)

Hughes has not really set the management world alight has he?

Folk on here were talking about Jol a few years back before Bruce came back…but even he’s struggling with Fulham (QPR game aside).

Souness anyone? ;)

I would try and get Keegan back into the game ! Is he still up for it ?

Would he come that is the question[/quote]

I don’t see why not. I think he would like the challenge and it would be great for the club !

this post is one that crops up on a regular basis from martinez supporters with nothing of any substance to say in his defence.

We cant change the manager because nobody decent will come.

They then praise the fact he is changing the club from top to the bottom,yet no one can see any discernable differences apart from the reserve team doesnt get stuffed every week – but that could also be explained that most clubs in the premiership only play youth team players in their reserve games now, the only real change under martinez, is the first team has got constantly worse despite his rhetoric.

Lastly the flight of fantasy dished out more than any other, “martinez is ok but his coaching staff are the problem” – what utter poppy cock – martinez, as you stated, has started to implement his ideology on the whole club with the full backing of his mentor, but seemingly he doesn’t have the ability to identify or employ a decent coach ?
I am afraid you are and always have been clutching at straws to even contemplate offering this as a credible arguement into the continued tenure of martinez, the truth is and always has been he is not half the manager that his supporters, the media or david whelan claims he is.