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Very good post Garswood.
Is it just the older fans who remember pre Dave Whelan that appreciate what he has done for our club. Always amazes me how he is slated by so many on here..
I’m never amazed by anything I read on here. I’m amazed you are ;)
I can remember about 10 years up till Whelan taking over which were as bleak as it gets supporting a football club, without actually going bust. Anyone starting supporting after that will have only ever seen the good times, mixed with some stability and plenty will be doing the Wigan walk now.
It will become easier to stay in the pub or house this winter than wander down the Latics, that’s for sure, even for some of those Loyal voters. Grown men doing a loyalty test :silly:
Oh dear, playing the “Goole Away” card, are we? How much did you throw in Stan’s bucket then, Superfan?
I am confused though; I think you said in earlier post that you only go now because of your son. For someone who claims not care that much, you don’t half do some moaning[/quote]
What a horrible man you are, forever putting people down, you need counselling or at best a metal Bob cap ![/quote]
I think you’ll find I only have a pop at knobheads. And most of those knobheads are clever enough to realise that most of the time it is just their opinion I’m having a pop at. Banter, I think they call it.
Others, however – and I’m looking right over at you now – are just plain knobheads. Now run along, the grown-ups are talking
I can remember about 10 years up till Whelan taking over which were as bleak as it gets supporting a football club, without actually going bust. Anyone starting supporting after that will have only ever seen the good times, mixed with some stability and plenty will be doing the Wigan walk now.It will become easier to stay in the pub or house this winter than wander down the Latics, that’s for sure, even for some of those Loyal voters. Grown men doing a loyalty test :silly:
Oh dear, playing the “Goole Away” card, are we? How much did you throw in Stan’s bucket then, Superfan?
I am confused though; I think you said in earlier post that you only go now because of your son. For someone who claims not care that much, you don’t half do some moaning
I only go for the little un now to be honest, I couldn’t live with him supporting anybody else. As for me I’ve seen everything I ever wanted to see following this club and never thought any of the recent stuff possible beyond my wildest dreams.Makes it all the more galling to take this fire sale and the slagging off of the players that got me past the wildest dreams into reality.
Reminds me a bit of that second season in the Prem when we really could have kicked on but the £ signs in Whelan’s eyes lit up and he put matchday prices up by huge amounts, with no regard for the supporters. Lost a few quid and a good few supporters that year through greed. He’ll lose more supporters now, whether they be JCL’s or otherwise.
A poll on here won’t show up who used to support another club and is now ‘a Latic through and through’banging the ‘Loyalty’ drum. I know plenty who don’t go so much now but used to go with me week in week out in the 80’s. In the main they can’t be arsed with how football has gone and Latics’ January antics fall into that category.
Latics’ January antics = preserving the club’s future.
With every post you talk more and more shite. Fair play though, you at least went one post without having a pop at Mackay
This clear out is one thing but to dress it up as being only about people who want to play for the club still being here insults my intelligence but looks like most have you have bought into it.Some achievement in itself.
I wish I was the only clever enough to see what’s really going on at the club. Go you!
Most teams chuck a few quid at the situation to get out of it, we’ve gone the other way, most unusual, Whelan on his way out on his return from the sun imoI had you down as quite intelligent, albeit a tad boring. Seems I was wrong.
Off topic but in reply to Simmpool,I have to admit Cowie is absolute dog shite who brings nothing to our side whatsoever!
Ah, I see we have a new number one scapegoat.
Admittedly, he isn’t the most spectacular player and certainly not the answer to our problems, but “absolute dog shite” shows to me an absolute lack of understanding about football.
Bring back Roger Espinoza, eh?[/quote]
Why Espinoza? You have lost me there mate! Cowie is awful and it don’t take no rocket scientist or like yourself a football expert to see that! You were singing his praises not so long back, saying he did a lot of work off the ball etc and now you say he is not the answer to our problems! By the way,I hardly think that 2 posters stating their opinions on him constitutes a scapegoat![/quote]
In your opinion, he is awful. In my opinion, you don’t know what you are talking about. He does do a lot of work off the ball and does an awfult lot of tidying up after people and he rarely wastes possession. Some of you should try to watch the game properly from time to time instead of constantly sniping at eveything you think you see. I brought up Espinoza because he is the kind of inconsistent, headless chicken-type footballer that the great unwashed seem to like to see.
I’m not relying on two posters, especially not the two in question on here. I do spend some time outside of this forum, believe it or not, and have had many a sensible yet heated conversation about the relative merits of Don Cowie and others. Rarely has the debate sunk to someone offering nothing more constructive than “he’s absolute dog shite”, however.
Now, Espinoza. If it’s absolute dog-shite you want…
Can understand your example but footballers salaries just like football finances are in a bubble of their own and have become ridiculous and even at Championship clubs like Latics the 40, 15 and 12k p/a are weekly wages.
Wigan Athletic FC seem to be one of the few clubs who seem to try and keep the finances real. Compare us with Bolton and Blackburn and their ridiculous debt levels.
Good point though. Players are humans like everyone else all be it in their own different world.Whoosh!
So what do we do ? carry on with players that just aren’t good enough ?. Name me one player that’s going or gone you are totally gutted about ?If they were any good we wouldn’t be in the trouble we are in right now. We didn’t even go through a small period of the “new old manager syndrome” were you bang a couple of results out we are that bad.
This is slightly worrying, I am starting to agree with you.
Well, more accurately, you are starting to agree with me ;)
The silence from Whelan is deafening! Closing down sale. Below par loan players brought in. Fans hardly raise an eyebrow let alone speak up. Does anybody care? What happened to those meet and greeters who were prepared to get to the ground early to let their feelings for the club show? About time some spoke up now to let those running the club know how we feel and I don’t mean a fans forum with 5 puddings nodding eagerly as Jonathon Jackson jerks em off in the home changing room!Perhaps it is entirely that kind of mentality and eloquence that is the reason why those who are paid to run the club couldn’t and sholdn’t give a flyer about your opinion.
You seriously think that the club needs a bunch on know-nowt fans to tell it that we have serious problems? Get a grip!
Off topic but in reply to Simmpool,I have to admit Cowie is absolute dog shite who brings nothing to our side whatsoever!Ah, I see we have a new number one scapegoat.
Admittedly, he isn’t the most spectacular player and certainly not the answer to our problems, but “absolute dog shite” shows to me an absolute lack of understanding about football.
Bring back Roger Espinoza, eh?
I see Rotherham are cruising it 3-0 at halftime, that has us 8 points from safety with a couple of tasty looking fixtures coming up!
Here is an interesting article to get your head’s round! It does see us as doing worse than average mind ! Nothing wrong though!Who are these people who are saying there is “nothing wrong”. Just because some people are calm and measured and have a sense of perspective (and probably have better things to worry about) doesn’t mean they aren’t aware of, or concerned about, the club’s problems.
Or is it only the miserable bastard, cyncial, negative sneerers who have all the answers. Sorry, all the questions. Other than sack Mackay, scorer more goals and buy better players, I don’t hear many answers coming from the Darkside Class of ’15.
As for players not wanting to be here. Probably down to the manager and good luck to them, I wouldn’t want to be playing under him either.Actually, probably not. Just because you don’t like him, don’t rate him, don’t want him at the club, and will be really, really pissed off when he gets cleared of the charges very shortly, doesn’t mean that everything at the club is his fault. Probably far from it, in fact.
5-4 Now for the drop! My 9-2 is looking like it could be the betting coup of the century! :)
9-2? Betting coup? Hardly[/quote]
I thought it was a cracking price considering how shit we have been for months on end! :)[/quote]
Doesn’t come across well. I like a bet and I know there’s no sentimentality in betting. That’s why I only back FOR us and, like yesterday, when the opposition are at an attractive price (Huddersfield 9/4), I can’t bring myself to back against us because I’d feel pretty shit picking up my winnings if (when) we lose. I hope your winnings are of some comfort as you’re browsing next season’s League 1 fixtures.[/quote]
I really believe that we will go down and my bet wasn’t ever going to tempt providence, it was meant to soften the blow of something that is out of my hands! I wouldn’t mind losing my stake obviously but what will be will be and should we go down I will have subsidised my season ticket! :)
I was on a 0-0 bet yesterday and it would have been that had they not gotten lucky![/quote]What season ticket? I suspect if we go down you will be among those who we won’t see for dust.[/quote]
Aha but at least he’ll have £5.50 in his sky rocket!
Call me optimistic in the extreme but I still think we’ve enough quality, albeit got rid of a lot of quality, to get out of this. We’d have even more chance if we had a motivational manager suddenly shocked upon us but I’ve given up all hope of that.[/quote]
Trust me, it will cover my season ticket! Why would I want to fuck off Griff? Crowds will be down to circa 8,000 but I will still be here ![/quote]
Oh, I don’t know. I just expect that quite a few people who weren’t around when we were last a regular fixture in League 1 wil slink off whence they came if it happens again.[/quote]
Will you be attending more Utd games?[/quote]
Pretty lame, that.Will you be watching all 90 minutes seeing as the crowds over the bridge will probably be lighter?
