jrfatfan

You can’t and shouldn’t turn back the clocks. You only have to go to one of those northern soul sessions at Swinley LC or Pem Central LC and see what is taking place on the dance floor, to realise that.

I had to laugh at the video footage shown on SSN when they announced his baggies move.

He was on the training pitch looking like he hadn’t a clue what was going on, the players were generally jogging around, chatting with one another not taking a gods grain of notice what PJ was asking them to do.

When I heard he had left, that 30 second clip came to mind and I thought they had sussed out that he hadn’t got a clue about coaching so potted him. :lol:

I think that when we first started to punch above our weight and reach the dizzy heights of the prem, it was important to keep a small hold onto our roots. Having people like Barrow, Benson, Cribley and Mathias around, made sure we didn’t lose our true identity and kept the link with the wonderful historic past of Wigan Athletic Football Club, a decent little club from the Northern Premier League and beyond.

I was living the dream with a lot of other fans of my age, but it also hurt to know that many of the people I grew up on Springy terraces with, unfortunately had passed away and never had the chance to see us in the second tier of English football, never mind the top.

It’s with sadness that I now feel its time to shrug off any physical reminders of those “black and white” days and just leave vivid memories for those old enough to remember, to cherish and talk about with their kids, grand kids and great grand kids.

The football world now knows who Wigan Athletic are and where we have come from, being in prem for several years and winning the FA Cup has made sure of that. Whether they give a shiny shyte about it or not, is irrelevant.

So, lets start a new, out with the old backroom staff and players from the prem and build a team of fighters who have hunger for playing in the prem….. with Wigan Athletic.
Defying all odds is Wigan Athletic’s core value, so if it takes the signing of some bright up and coming young kids from the Scottish third tier or England’s Sky Bet league two, lets ger um, train um and play um. We’ve done it before, we can do it again. The club is in great shape financially, so whether its Whelan at the helm or not, we will survive.

From where I sit in the West, it seems like it’s Brian Kerslake who is doing the most confabbing with McKay, a coach that he has brought in.

Having said that, I personally would like to see all links from the old brigade severed. That includes Barrow, Black, Cribley and the various other back office staff.

I still have the belief that if Martinez had brought in an experienced, bin there done that sort of assistant, we would still be in the top flight. You only have to look at the Everton bench to see the likes of Jones and Lawrence sat there, to understand why we are were we are and why Everton are struggling.

There must be loads of ex prem league managers knocking about, who might jump at the offer of being a number 2. That for me would be a signing worth his weight in gold.

The cartoon geezer from the Gorilaz is more like him, top right

Not a bad article Griff, pity you had, you had, you had, to spoil it with a bit of the old Fred Elliott’s in the Frank Lampard bit.

What have I told you about getting your mates to proof read your work, a said what have I told you……. :P :lol:

Because he stayed at Liverpool for big bucks. :whistle:[/quote]

Smaller bucks, actually[/quote]

As I said he stayed at Liverpool for big bucks, who said anything about it being less bucks, same bucks or more bucks than Chelsea offered. :huh: