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hes a great guy an u treated his badly pathetic u lot
Maybe he was/is, but on this board he added nothing and wound up almost everyone else on the site.
The 2.5million was just a random number. If somebody bids around 2.5mil for Figueroa, good luck to them.Cash is all Whelan is in it for, he’s gotta lucky that Bruce and Jewell? have picked up good cheap players so Whelan can sell them for more.
Where is this 20mil Warchest he’s promised season upon season, were are ANY big name signings? He spent roughly £36million since we got promoted to the Premiership and sold considerably more. I mean Charles N’Zogbia is our record signing for Christ sake.All he’s after is money money and more money, he doesn’t care for this club he cares for his bank balance.
Well, I’m good mate but I’m no mind-reader. How was I to know your main argument was a constantly moving feast, to be shifted as soon as someone proves you wrong?
As for big name signings, who do you seriously expect to see here? If N’zogbia costs £6m, what’s the going rate for a “decent” player and how do you think that a club like Wigan (not Dave Whelan personally) can justify spending that kind of money?
As for the war chest, to the best of my knowledge, Whelan famously said ONCE (prior to the first premier season, not every season) that he would match the prem/TV money of £20m with £20m of his own. But, Jewell didn’t spend it.
If you have read Whelan’s book, which you probably haven’t as there aren’t many pictures, you’ll know that the wage bill at the end of the last championship year was £3m and by the time we kicked off in the premier league 3 months later it was £35m. So, we are now in the 5th year of an annual wage bill of £35m. Not much left of the the TV money after that’s been paid, I wouldn’t have thought.
All this, of course, is on top of the money Whelan spent GETTING Wigan to the premier league when there was nothing like that kind of TV money available to him. Now, I suppose you want him to spend every last penny he has on WAFC, but if keeping a few million of HIS money to himslef makes him a stupid, money-grabbing t**t then I guess he’s guilty as charged.
Don’t get me wrong, as strange as it may seem, I am not actually Whelan’s biggest fan – he definitey has a number of faults, but fleecing WAFC financially is not one of them, in my opinion.
And finally, as someone who spends most of his time posting abusive and insulting replies on this board, don’t try getting all chatty and chummy about my lad’s lego just because you know you’re losing your argument.
So he’s not then? Explain to me your reasons why he isn’t then I’ll just completely dismantle your arguement.You’ll note I confined my response to the allegation of money-grabbing.
I can’t comment on whether he’s a t**t and I’m willing to lay good odds that a straw poll of any number of people you’d like to think of will conclude that he is anything but stupid.
Fek me why did I not get voted best poster on here?Cos I did :D
What I don’t get about all these people who want half of our teamsquad thrown on the scrap heap is who do they think we will replace them with?
If these people are correct and we are absolutely bobbins, who in their right mind would want to come?
Soon as somebody bids anything over 2.5mil and Whelan will see the ££££ signs and jump at the chance, stupid money grabbing tw@.
Of course he is, and what a good, thought-out, reasoned argument you put forward.[/quote]
So he’s not then? Explain to me your reasons why he isn’t then I’ll just completely dismantle your arguement.[/quote]Cattermole, £4m (I think)
Valencia, £16m
Palacios, £12mAll considerably more than £2.5m. And in terms of keeping the club financally viable, very good deals – especially on top of all the other money he has invested.
So, if a mediocre player like Figueroa is adamant that he wants to go, I’d take £2.5m though I expect we would get nearer £4m, especially if Bruce wants him in January.
Dismantle my argument? I wouldn’t trust you to dismantle my lad’s Thomas the Tank Engine lego set.
Out of interest which job working for Whelan did you have and expected him to give you a living for nothing? Warehouse picker or Poole’s pie tester?
Soon as somebody bids anything over 2.5mil and Whelan will see the ££££ signs and jump at the chance, stupid money grabbing tw@.Of course he is, and what a good, thought-out, reasoned argument you put forward.
It’s a pity that it has to come to that but, unfortunately, some people simply add nothing and yet take more away.
If Sunderland come in for Figueroa in January, what do you think Whelans response will be from these two replies:“Im sorry Steve but as we have no cover and have a depleted squad, the lad can not be allowed to leave unless he wants to at the end of the season.”
”We can pick up a replacement from Trinidad. £5m and he’s yours Steve.”
So, what do you reckon will be Mr Whelans stance?
All depends upon how much Figueroa wants to go. As we saw with Cattermole, if a player is desperate to go he will go and Whelan can do nothing about it.
Leaving him rotting in the reserves is not an option, that’s not how football works these days.
So, if I had to stick my neck out, I’d say answer b)
Would it not be possible to put Thomas at left back freeing the zog to do what he does best i know it weakens the midfield but with geet a load of midfielders to pick fromIt must be better to have a centre-back there. Maybe move Boyce over and bring in Amaya – or even play Amaye himself at left-back
Sussed it out now griff 3 pints int sams before match just times it nicely for half time piddleSimilar for me – 3 or 4 in the Brick, let it work through the bladder during the walk to the ground, quick safety before kick-off and that normally sees me thru to half-time.
That said, if I’m not driving… :shock: :o
i said i was not posting again but i have to say this.the penny dropped and i know now that mainmon is parakeet which is arky.a old man with to much time on his hands.Arky’s done some good multis and some truly awful ones. If this is him, it’s his worst yet. Not funny, not provocative, certainly not clever – just plain dull, and cheesing everybody off to boot
What i can’t understand about this no booze lark at the football game is that you are allowed to take a hot cup of coffee,tea up there sooner get drowned by beer than scalded by a cup of bovril or the likeI think the rule is to prevent over-aggression brought on by that first-half pint. Never mind the 26 you’ve had before the game, mind!
Edman was injured in the reserve game against Blackburn a couple of weeks ago bad head injury apparently .Well, he’s in good company – that Fellaini fella from Everton has a bead head too :shock:
Anthony said to me basically that plans were in place and “watch this space”.Still watching.
Precisley; we need a TV to watch in that space
