In Paul jewel’s words

Is the table lying tonight?

Come on lads we all love the same club. Just hope the form continues irrespective of if we love or hate Cook his tactics, his formations, his selections. I have my opinions and others have theirs but FFS we all want out club to be playing at the highest level possible.
At the end of the day if Cook does really well he will be off to a bigger club. If he fails at Latics eventually he will be out of the door.
We will still be here.

I think you will find that our academy was in fine fettle long before this lot took over the club. Robby had the vision years ago and was backed by uncle Dave. Pre Mr Whelan we didn’t have Christopher Park and Later Euxton. This lot have had fuck all to do with our fabulous set up that is down to Mr Whelan. They have just carried on from where our previous owners left off. Granted they are trying to maintain a very high standard and indeed are doing a good job but like everything else stu you are defending everything the owners and manager do even if they are making an arse of it. This club is where it is today because one man cared enough to bother. You can bang on about how good IEC and Cooky are but most of us who have spent an entire lifetime supporting the mighty tics know the script.[/quote]

Category C academy when the whelans left. Boys against toddlers.

Within 6 months, we’re a cat B and have acquired a new training facility.

We move up a level and start to play against bigger and better clubs who we continue to beat. We then go on our best ever FA cup run.

Yep…..the new owners have done nothing.[/quote]

Your a total Arse hole aren’t you. Why the fuck do you think we have progressed so much in such a short time. If you really believe that it is because IEC who in your eyes are perfect then you really have no proper concept of the game. We have moved up massively because of what has gone on before. Do you really think this lot have waved a magic wand and suddenly we are brilliant at every level below the first team?. Talk sense lad we have had lads playing for England at youth levels before IEC had even heard of Wigan Athletic.[/quote]

Where did i say we didnt? I love the whelans, im also quite happy with the job iec are doing.

Too many unwarranted insults have been thrown at the manager and players on this board. Just an observation like.

Whoa hang on a minute egg the likes of stu are constantly slagging off fans who have given a lifetime supporting WAFC (50 years plus) just because they have a different opinion to his brainwashed views. I’ve been posting on CL since its birth and all of a sudden only pro club posts are allowed? Totally out of order.

So it’s ok for stu, big Roy and yourself at times to post cryptic topics which slag off certain posters. Yet if Mr B or myself and donny etc write topics that don’t suit we are seen as the anti-christ

“who the F### wants to read their one sided ,persecution syndrome posts”

Do you really want me to embarrass you pal and pull your persecution posts up? No. Thought not but here’s just a few to remind you how wrong you’ve been proved.

Manager a total gobshite…….So,so desperate for goals and Massey starts .1 minute after conceding the knob brings on Roberts

Hes a tit…..single handidly f@@@@@@@ us over.

Put him on gardening leave and promote anyone from inside the club……he cannot be allowed to continue………

You might have noticed both Massey and Roberts started yesterday.

And on the academy Whelan invested bugger all on that score. Kept us category 3, playing at John rigby on sand and never produced a player. IEC have bought soccer dome, moved us up to cat 2 and ensured there is a smoother transition into the first team by investing for the first time in an u23 side. Those are the facts.

Was at all 3 games you quote and over a thousand more with it. Now get on with supporting the club rather than slagging it off at every bump in the road. FFS. We are Wigan Athletic not fuckin Real Madrid!