Laughing Stock…..

That just about sums it up to a tee, Dave my boy!!

Didn’t you turn on Martinez when he really needed the support in the dark winter months?

You were wrong then, your wrong now.

Martinez is as safe as houses in his job, NOW is the time to tackle head on the carnage behind the scenes in the Latics squad.

We have a section of players who are not upto Premiership standards, another section who believe they are too good for this club, and finally half a dozen who we can actually build a team around.

Martinez has said time and again the 9-1 defeat to Spurs was a turning point, today is another. Brush it off as a regular defeat and we are doing the club, the fans, the players and the management staff a huge disservice.

We need to learn from games like this to make us a better team.

Amen to that Vat.

No, I’m off to Turkey for pleasure, AND work, a week tommorrow.

Didn’t you turn on Martinez when he really needed the support in the dark winter months?

You were wrong then, your wrong now.

Martinez is as safe as houses in his job, NOW is the time to tackle head on the carnage behind the scenes in the Latics squad.

We have a section of players who are outright not upto Premiership standards, another section who think they are too good for this club, so turn up when they so choose, and finally half a dozen who we can actually build a team around.

Martinez has said time and again the 9-1 defeat to Spurs was a turning point, today is another. Brush it off as a regular defeat and we are doing the club, the fans, the players and the management staff a huge disservice.[/quote]

READ MY PIECE FROM YOTAC:

“I’ve been unable to fathom why there are so many with anti-Martinez sentiments myself. In fact, halfway through the season, I found myself getting dragged into it myself. (Shames me to say, but hey, I’m being honest!)
Luckily, I took time out to consider everything, and I came to the conclusion that we have a man in charge of us with GENUINE affection, and passion for the club. You can see what he’s trying to do, in getting us playing a nice, attractive, passing style. The problem this season, is that he’s been lumbered with a ‘mish-mash’ squad of players. Some who don’t WANT to be here, some who aren’t up to playing the style, and frankly some who need getting shut of. Yes, it’s been a hard season, but to go from one extreme to the other, with playing styles, it was always going to take a transitional period. The best thing is that we have had certain players who have come through (I.E. McCarthy, Diame, Watson) and it certainly gives us optimism for next season. The football we have played has improved as the season has gone on, and the players got used to it.
Roberto has come across as very articulate, and open to the fans. Perhaps he could possibly learn to say LESS in aftermatch interviews, as if he’d been at any other club, he’d probably have talked himself out of a job, by now.

And yet there were still comments from people on Sunday who were saying “He’s no good, this mon! Get someone else in”. To which my question is “Go on then, who?” That soon shuts people up. The best they will come up with will probably be Curbishley. It makes me laugh, what has Alan Curbishley ever done in management, that is so great? Look at Burnley, they got Brian Laws. And Hull, with Ian Dowie. Christ, does that make Brian Flynn a contender for our job?

No, we are lucky. We have a manager with genuine affection for the club. He really DOES care about Latics. So does Graeme Jones. Did Steve Bruce and Eric Black? Yeah, course they did. That’s why when they went to Sunderland, Black came out and said “We’re at a PROPER football club, now”. (As opposed to what? A tin-pot club like Latics?)

All I hope is that Mr Whelan gives Roberto a helping hand this summer, with some transfer funds and some sense regarding player departures. Because no matter how good a manager Roberto is, or can be, if he doesn’t get the tools to do the job, he may as well not bother.

Imagine how different Leonardo Da Vinci would have been, if he’d only had a pack of felt tips.
Or if Eric Clapton had got a tennis racket……instead of a guitar.”

I thank you.[/quote]
Martinez has the resources at his disposal to put out a team that, on their day, can beat any in the top four.

They are also capable of looking second best to the worst teams in the division, and getting the kind of thrashings which come around once in a generation.

Something is obviously very wrong behind the scenes, now is the time to bring that out into the open, not protect players who have let him down time and again.

do you eat food near your keyboard?.i do and them crumbs are a nightmare. my backspace button would not work last week because one of them pesky crumbs had fallen through the spaces inbetween the keys thus stopping said button from working. i say this because i am guessing you have the same problem with your fullstop button? or perhaps your just a sad multi looking for a bite :lol:

Shakes head and wonders where this site went downhill. :roll:

I need say no more.[/quote]

it went down hill when the multi’s took over. nathan barley rise of the idiots/ cockney latics rise of the multi’s :roll:

You’re wrong Dave, there are some posters on the message board that need a really big reality check and drag the board into a relentless succession of drivel posts.

The site I feel is excellent in its content and information, there is a huge difference. Remember these lads do this as a hobby using their own spare time, just so that this drivel can have a place.

The good thing about it, is that it can all be brought back up next season when things are so much rosier after Senor Martinez has done exactly what was asked of him (maybe not in the way imagined) – survive.

His next task is to build, I wish people would look at some of the results pages on this site and see that these are NOT bad times.