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Whatever I, or anyone else thinks about the game of RL as a whole, Wigan RL, their level of support…to ask any set of fans to travel 400+ miles in total for a home game is beneath contempt. It wasn’t just a “bad” idea, it was one that was an utter disgrace and a kick in the whatsits to the Wigan fans. Glad to see that it failed miserably both in terms of support and more importantly attracting the “Blue Chip” sponsors they were hoping for.
Watched us since we got in the league so even though I don’t remember much of those early years, Ian McNeill has to go down as one of the best managers we ever had….forget Dave Whelan’s, Larry Lloyd’s etc, everything we’ve been privileged to see, especially those games we will never forget were made possible by his team getting us into the Football League. Know Gordon Milne is hugely respected by those who saw his teams and as for Ray Mathias, he did an unbelievable job in the 80’s, then lead us to Wembley and almost the play-off final in 99….on top of that, he is an absolute gentleman.
Of course, none of that in any way takes away from the wonderful job Paul Jewell did for us, never did we think that we would play against the likes of Man Utd, Liverpool, Spurs etc in a league fixture or get to a major cup final, yet he made that happen.
My thoughts exactly, I think Colclough needs to toughen up a bit more so hopefully a bit more first team football will help him. I’d have been gutted if we’d let him leave permanently as I think he’s got huge potential, he could go on to be a real star for us.
We all know football is too expensive and £24 POTD is a lot for todays game, but in terms of our fans, unless you can only get to half the home games this season, why people wouldn’t buy a ST is beyond me. As the town hasn’t exactly lapped up the cheap tickets, the club have to look to make some matchday revenue
Been to Brocstedes Park to watch my mate play in an amateur cup final about 3 years ago. Not saying I would go to the game, but wonder if Ashton will try and move that game to the Sunday, know a few lads who went on Sat as we had no game, reckon they’d get a few more going to that game if it was moved. That said, Halifax will surely bring a few (I presume its the ex-FL club)
That’s before my time, but remember us playing Bournemouth at SP in 87 (week before Leeds FA cup?)
…snowed and game ended up being abandoned after about an hour..orange ball might have been used then.Football has gone mad if we’re in the realms of paying an agent £25m as part of a transfer of a player. Maybe its naïve, but never understood why an a player needs agent…if a player wants a 5 year deal on 100k a week, why does he need an agent to ask for it? Agents should be sorting out extra’s like house-viewings, schools, sponsorship deals etc.
Utd and Juve, should join forces and tell Pogba the £25m is down to him
Surprised nobody’s said it, but the wages Fletcher must be on surely means there’s more chance of us signing *Norman Stanley Fletcher
*Kids, ask your dad or watch UK Gold
There’s a feelgood factor about the club again, feels like we’ve got “our” club back. Got a fan as chairman and no matter what happens, a manager and a group of players who have connected with the fans and will give everything they can. Today’s just a reminder that none of what’s happened in the last 38 years would have been possible without the hard work of Jack Farrimond and the other directors of the club who fought tirelessly to get us in the league.
That we should never forget
Thank You each and every one of you who made the Football League a reality for Wigan Athletic FC
Warnock is a no-brainer, decent player, got a lot of experience and seems a decent sort who fits in with the togetherness that this squad seems to have.
Like Vuckic, seems to be a very skilful player, not sure if he delivers everything he’s capable of but I’d have him back..possibly on loan.
Not convinced about McAleny, handy player to keep an eye on if he’s available later in the season, but not sure he offers enough for us to give a permanent contract to.
Nothing wrong with the concept of the playoffs, think the original idea was to help try and increase gate revenue in the lower leagues, particularly the 4th Division as it was at the time, possibly the difference between a March clash between 8th and 9th getting 2,500 or 3,500 on. When you’re talking about gates that small, it can only be good for clubs if potential of playoffs makes games attractive to 500+ more spectators than they might otherwise have been.
Can see the argument for making it 1 leg home advantage to higher placed team….nothing wrong with that, but current setup is fine, everyone knows rules from Game 1 to 46. Just hope we as a sport, NEVER introduce playoffs to decide league winners and wish they’d get rid of a trophy for being the best team over a fortnight…ridiculous idea whoever came up with that.
Can’t stand Allardyce, but to be fair to him he’s done wonders to keep Sunderland up. Defoe apart, they are in the main a truly awful side, the poorest he’s taken charge of imo, but he seems to have got them going and from what I;ve read/seen, Kirchoff has hade a huge difference to them.
Their fans must be made up to send the Geordies down, but what’s happened there and at Villa should serve as a warning to them, keep playing with fire and eventually you’ll get burned. They have been utterly garbage for far too many years to keep getting away with it
Speed at which they sold out, Latics fans occupying nearly all hospitality sections, Blackpool fans encouraging giving ST’s to our fans etc, doesn’t make sense not to make more tickets available. Think they will be our fans in various parts of the ground and travelling without tickets, but Latics have obviously done their best to get more tickets and have now made it possible for everyone to watch the game.
Not sure how from a WAFC point of view, its turned into a farce, club should be applauded for their efforts here
Was a very hard-fought game, two closely matched sides out there. Thought we got off to a really good start, played our football, got the goal and imposed ourselves on Burton, controlled the majority of the first half without threatening too much to get that 2nd goal. Once we conceded, we lost the momentum, allowed Burton to take control and never got that control of the game back.
Was disappointed with how we weren’t able to get a grip of the game after the equaliser, Power never really got going, Jacobs worked hard but overall it was a game that became a bit of a physical battle which we found hard to win. Thought Jussi could possibly have done better with the goal and McCann and Wabara were unable to have an effect on the game, expected McCann’s experience to enable him to exert a calming influence in a tight game, but unlike Warnock who was excellent, McCann conceded possession too easily, too often.
Very good point overall, we’ve played some lovely football this season, at this stage its just about getting over the line Finally, the ref….clamped down on a couple of Burton fouls early on, booked a player (harshly I thought) for diving but then seemed to fall for Burton players wanting free kicks whenever we went near them and gave a seemingly endless number of free-kicks, not allowing the game to flow
We tried to do it for the Reading game when we were promoted to the PL, for reasons mentioned above, it wasn’t possible to house Readings fans and Wiganers in same stand.
As for the original question, as it stands Ritchie De Laet is in line to win a Premier League and Championship winners medal in the same season…unusual double, wonder if its ever been done in English football history.