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Wigan chairman Dave Whelan speaking on BBC Radio 5 live about Callum McManaman’s challenge on Massadio Haidara:
“The ball was there. Young McManaman went in for the ball and got the ball as clean as a whistle, but in the follow through they collided. The referee saw it all, he had clear view on that.”
Why does he have to get involved?
Clean as a whistle? No
Collided? No, that needs two involved
Clear view? No, he didn’t!
Collided? No, that needs two involved
There were 2 involved. The Newcastle player had forward momentum & so did McManaman (albeit the latter with much more speed & force) & they collided. Not saying it shouldn’t have been a foul or a red card but it was a collision of sorts
For me the problem is that McManaman, in his haste to get to the ball first, misjudged the speed & bounce of the ball so that his right foot only glanced the top of the ball & followed through in the way that it did.
Had he connected with the ball with the meat of his foot then his follow through would have been different & the incident would not have occurred
But a referee can take into account that the speed with which he ran in & kicked at the ball was both excessive & dangerous & worthy of a redThe vilification of McManaman & Latics in general since the game is gettin on my nerves & no doubt Whelan’s hence why he’s spoke out- albeit he probably could have chosen his words a bit better. And I’m sure I once read an interview where he was slating the player who broke his leg & the challenege
Thankyou Dave. Took the ball and Mc. showed the enthusiasm to keep us up in the greed is good league.
I’m not defending Whelans remarks but no one seems to mention that the linesman was yards away with a perfect view.
The way i see it, Everyone, Jack of us is sticking up for WAFC and our players on this subject. I think Whelan is right to join in.
Good on you big Dave!! goodpost
I don’t condone bad tackles, but Jim White was pressing and pressing for him to back down from his opinion of the tackle. In good true Whelan tradition he wouldn’t budge so fair play to him.
When all the media and football fans everywhere are wanting Macmanaman hung drawn and quartered, our chairman once again has stuck by his players and defended our corner.
From Matlock to ManU
What a journey!
Sat opposite in t’Springy Stand…we saw Callum get the ball and then matey went down…
Watched replays…balls in air…callum gets ball then follows through with his momentum. Yes he’s caught him, its a contact sport.
Watched the footyfirst highlights, commys on there weren’t outraged where they?
Missed the bust up outside the tunnel as I was bursting for a leak :oops: :woohoo: That Newcastle chap should be done not Callum
I think it was an attempt by Dave to take some of that glaring spotlight off Callum. Gets people talking about him rather than Callum…. Good on him
Top man Dave.
A football man through and through.
Cant imagine Abromovich saying that, Blackburns chicken farmers or those parasites Hicks and Gillett (thankfully departed….)
Though I appreciate what he was trying to do, it hasn’t really taken the heat off Callum has it? By claiming it was a fair clean tackle – which, let’s be fair, it wasn’t – he kept the debate alive.
That said, good old Rio Ferdinand has taken the heat away now ;)
It’s easy to pull out of a tackle in slow motion. What I saw from the East Stand was a committed challenge which happened very, very quickly.
Callum won the ball and then collided with the player.
Well done Dave for speaking up. The media have jumped on the Newcastle bandwagon, anything to slate Wigan Athletic.
Anything that annoys Pardew suits me.
This is now turning into the Geordie,s own version of Hillsbro, the feckers will still be going on about the tackle in 20 or so years, Pillocks
Did Macmanaman apologise for the challenge do we know ? I know Uncle Dave still to this day says that he never received an apology from anyone at Wolves after his unfortunate incident and so if anything he should be making sure that an apology is made. To say that the tackle was as clean as a whistle is pure folly from Whelan I’m afraid ! Mr sound bite strikes again !
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