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That’s a hefty loss – worth noting that the £382,000 in FA Cup prize money and whatever TV revenue for the 5th & 6th round games made is included in that loss.
Hopefully the owners have deep pockets. I can see now why Whelan wanted out, as those losses would be unsustainable for a man with his wealth.
What’s the prediction on this season’s potential loss figure?
Here’s my take on why we are not:
1. Watmore is feeling his way back after two years out with career-threatening injuries. Wyke got crocked at Burton in his 2nd game (we signed him with an injury) and has just returned to action. Neither are up to speed.
2. For all his skill, Maja was positionally naïve, and the through balls played often ended up as goal kicks because he was caught on his heels. If he had Watmore’s pre-injury pace, then he’d be a hell of a player, but he hasn’t, and whilst his touch and finishing couldn’t be faulted, he was often in the wrong place at the wrong time. Grigg may not have pace, but he knows where to be at the right time and can stick the ball in the net. He’ll get no end of chances too, as we create around 20 chances a game.
3. Finally, and perhaps controversially(!), clubs have been raising their game for their fixture with Sunderland. This is backed up with stats. In our first 23 opponents, 15 lost their next game and only 4 won. Two of the three sides to benefit from these fixtures were Portsmouth (3 wins) and Barnsley (2 wins).
There’s also mutterings that we are interested in taking Powell on a free if we return to the Championship.
Griggs not even played yet and you’ve already booked a spot in the Championship ? Funny that.
[/quote]Try reading my post again. Pay particular interest in the word “if”, which I’ve made red and bold so you don’t miss it this time.
The fee may appear high for someone who constantly ends up on the bench or out on loan whenever he gets to the Championship, but if Cook was being honest about Grigg needing the likes of Massey, Jacobs and Powell to be at his most effective, then we have internationals Aiden McGeady and Lewis Morgan on the wings and a midfield that, Max Power aside, have all played regularly at a higher level, so the service is there. The only reason we haven’t been battering sides this season is because we played Maja up top, and he was a raw kid who, although very talented, would find himself in the wrong position and convert one chance in five.
There’s also mutterings that we are interested in taking Powell on a free if we return to the Championship.
Cant see how we were robbed buy taking a proven L1 striker off your hands.
But I’ll raise you a Macmanaman, Gibson & Vaughan.
Ah well league 1 isn’t that badIts fecking dire. Its a pub league, full of plodders and cloggers who raise their game twice a season, then invariably get battered the following game.
It seems quite clear that the new owners are happy to finish 4th bottom – something the previous owners failed to manage after winning League One. As I’ve said before, unless you have an owner who is throwing money around like confetti, then the first aim of a promoted club is survival the following season. The fact that its 26 January, Cook is still in post and there hasn’t been a lot of signings suggests that the owners feel the same as I do.
As it stands, even after a run of fixtures against hardened Championship sides, Latics are still 6 points clear of Reading. No side below Latics has picked up more than 4 points in their last 5 games, so the gap remains the same as it was at the start of the month. After Bolton on Tuesday, Reading now face a run of fixtures against Villa, Sheff Wed, Blackburn and Sheff Utd before facing Rotherham on 23 Feb. At the same time, Latics have some games where they will have a much better chance of picking up points.
I expect the gap between Latics and the bottom three to be more than 6 points come 5pm on 23 February.
Ask em if they’d like VaughanNo thanks. We managed to palm him off to you last January, having seen how shit he is.
What happens if you don’t go up mutty ;)Then there’d be a chance that we’ll see him next season playing for Wigan at the SOL ;) ;)
Happy to have him on loan, but wouldn’t be happy to sign him permanently. There’s a reason why Brentford loaned him out when they got promoted, MK Dons didn’t sign him when they got promoted and he spends all his time on the bench for you in the Championship.
I’ll put my mortgage on us staying in this league and take 20 dabs off mutty for finishing above Brentford.I’m confident you wont be homeless come May, but not so confident you’ll be £20 richer ;)
You’re on a sticky run – sure, but you’re on a sticky run against sides who have played at this level for many years. These sides don’t have a squad of players who are struggling to make the adjustment from 3rd tier football – they are packed full of decent Championship players and/or those who couldn’t quite cut it in the premier league. You saw that in its most brutal form yesterday with the quality of finishing.
It’ll get worse before it gets better, and I cant see you getting many more points until February, but there are definitely three worse sides than Wigan Athletic in the Championship this season, and that is all you need to survive and build on.
Some folk need a reality check. The squad is pretty much the same one that was relegated two years ago, then pissed league one last season, which suggests that most find the step up too much. Out of the players brought in, three (Gibson, McManaman & Vaughan) were part of a Sunderland side who finished bottom of the Championship, with just two home wins all season – hardly players who would strengthen any championship side!
The first objective of any promoted club is survival. If they can do that, then is the time to push on. 16th place in your first season back is a reasonable position to be in.
