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This is a thread of posts condemning the behaviour of a few p1ssed-up kids. I dont see anyone condoning their actions.
Whats your point here SDW? Is there a point, or are you highlighting that the vast majority of Wigan’s approx 3000 travelling support yesterday find that kind of behaviour unacceptable?
As an aside, I take it the scrap at the end of the Southampton game has faded from your memory already, so dont pretend that trouble doesnt occur at football games.
Scrap at the Southampton game?
You mean 20 or so of their scrubbers throwing coins at women and children.
Shame on latics ey?!?!?!?
Take that tin hat off and admit your chubby chasing little club should be ashamed of itself.
Is it rent week? Make the cheque payable to Wigan Athletic F.C
Thanks
Hate to be pessimistic (Not like me) but unless Oldham win (Which they won’t) then our cup run is over. Sh*t draw.Could of been worse.
I was happy to avoid Man Utd or City, Oldham still have a chance albeit a small one and Everton though very good this season are definately beatable.
I have to admit I was a little bemused that the majority on here think we would struggle in the championship if we went down…
I think the only kick in the nads is all the senior players out of contract would be off in a shot but I dont hold much hope of any of them signing on if we do stay up so its not a major problem for me.
All the players in contract I am led to beleive have a significant relegation wage drop clause ( a contributing factor in our usual end of season escape? ) which will leave us in a position that if they went to go they will go for a reasonable price.
Then you have the likes of Mcmanaman, Dicko, Fyvie, Lopez and Golobart who I believe would have an opportunity to shine at that level.
Maloney really would be the Messi of the championship for me he seems to get better every time he plays.
Our club despite having the second lowest attendance on the PL and one of the cheapest set of tickets in football is still 100% financially secure.
If we went down I am sure there would still be money to spend to buy good championship players.
And in all honesty I think we would have bigger crowds than the last time we were in the championship despite the lower average away followings or are Wiganers really as fickle as they seem ?
Also I think if we stay up Roberto may be off at the end of the season but if we go down I honestly think he would stay.
And on a final note we are not going to get relegated so its a fruitless discussion ;)
Jonny, with all due respect we have been in the top flight for 8 seasons on the bounce now and people STILL say to me it’s a rugby town ! Also the media STILL don’t really take us seriously and often hint that the clock is ticking. As for the BBC and MOTD ! Don’t get me started ! FA Cup win for me, the very fact that WAFC will be on the roll of honour and something else that no Wiganer can have ever have envisaged in their life ! Preston won the FA Cup ( Twice ) and look at them now but ask any Nob Ender about history and they will gladly remind you that they DID indeed win the cup twice. Even AFC Wimbledon have triangle corner flags at Kingsmeadow despite MK Dons really being the previous winners of the cup ( Debatable amongst fans of both clubs ! ) and they are proud of that history, a history that can NEVER be taken away from them ( try telling one of their fans that they have never won the FA Cup ! ) The FA Cup to me will always be special and it is such a shame that a money orientated monster has come between it and the fans. All the lower league teams still left in the competition including a certain Blue Square Premier side will cherish their respective big days out in the coming few days, it will provide a break from the norm and humdrum of their usual match day experiences just as our latest cup exploits have to many fans but in a strange reverse scenario ! We aint had a great deal to cheer about this season and so why not lift morale and have something that is within touching distance, silverware that is there to be won, something that can NEVER be taken from us !
And Phil, with all due respect you’ve just reinforced my argument!
Wigan RL have been, arguably, the most famous British Rugby League team since around 1923, whilst we’ve been in the top league of English football for just eight of the last hundred-and-odd years.
Now that Rugby League is not the media’s pet project that it was in the early 90s, and English football is being televised across the world, the longer we stay in the Premier League, the more exposure we get.
If we stay in the Premier League, millions of people see us play football. If we won the FA cup and got relegated, half the football watching world will have forgotten about that and us in a couple of year’s time.
We need to stay here for as long as possible so that kids watching us now become adults who remember nothing other than Wigan being one of the country’s top sides.
I doubt many of your Preston supporting mates were around when they last won the cup, and they’re clinging to it because they have f’ck all else to gloat about since they were relegated in the 60s.
I’d rather be talking about our recent games against Man Utd and Arsenal than when we won the FA Cup in 1938![/quote]
We will never loose”its a rugby town” the journos and tv pundits cant help there selfs,so millions across the world will hear this.It comes on tv at 3.30 on sundat it will be 3.45 when it gets said :whistle:[/quote]We will. When Rugby League goes bust in the next few years ;)
I dont think the semi finals should be at wembley as it takes some of the magic of the final away and it is purely a money making exercise for the FA.
But if/when we make it I will be going ;)
Problem is while the £70 million sky money seems ridiciculous for next season it is showing no signs of slowing down with more and more people tuning in to the premier league around the world every season.
In another 4-5 years that will be £100 million and that gap between the PL will get a wider and wider.
I think common sense tells us we want to be on that PL ship when it sails away however what will be will be and I will be there for the ride whatever direction we are going in.
No, I think it WAS genuine.
Just back-tracking now for legal reasons.[/quote]
Yeah because when you are back tracking for legal reasons the best course of action is to immediately accept liability in written form even though you have no reason to doubt the information you had in the first place was anything other than genuine.
My Heart says win the FA Cup but my head completely agrees with Standish’s first post.
Lets get this right though they are not mutually exclusive.
Its not out of the realm of possibility that Henriquez will win it for us on Sunday and Kone can tear Reading a new one afterwards.
If we dont beat Reading we really will have our backs against the wall for the remainder of the season.
Back four with a quicker tempo for me.
We have played some really good stuff when reverting to a back four this season yet when we play the 3-4-3 our wing backs have been sh*t to say the least.
Couldn’t blame him if he went.Naturally, players want to progress and succeed during their careers – you can’t knock him for that.
Realistically, he’s never going to win much at Wigan.We just need to hold out for the best possible fee when the time comes, and actually stick to our asking price.
Saying that.. I don’t think McCarthy is anywhere near as valuable an asset as McArthur at the moment. McArthur has outshone him big time recently, yet he will never get the same sort of recognition for some reason (probably the fact he’s 4 years older).
Fine by me he can be the new Ian Kilford
I am not comparing ticket prices at all, I am saying that £300 at the end of the day is a fair chunk of money to many ! Why do people always try and justify the cheapness of our season tickets ? If I am being honest I would say that on the whole this season I have not had too much enjoyment from my outlay of £300. Anyone who has will be from the easily pleased section ! All I can say is it’s a good job I am minted !Beers are on you pre Liverpool then? ;)
I would have him over any of our forwards !
Nah, He is one of those United players they get from time to time that get carried by the rest of the team. Butt, P Neville, Gibson, Sharpe, Carrick, Richardson, Bellion, Kleberson, Manucho, Djemba Djemba, Obertan. Put those type of player in any other side and they look extremely average and soon disappear.
You dont half talk some shyte you.
P Neville would look extremely average in any other side? :silly:
Have you seen him for Everton? He’s been captain fantastic for the best part of ten years!!!
Wobble Wobble – dont like you very much.[/quote]
Just because Neville is a good “leader”.. doesn’t make him a great player.
He is far, far from being a great player – he’s just versatile.The phrase “Jack of all trades, master of none” springs to mind.
I actually agree with the most part of Yosser’s post.
Welbeck isn’t a good player – how he can be considered international quality is beyond me.
Put it this way, if he was in our side – playing EXACTLY the same as he has for United in the past 12 months or so – he wouldn’t be in the England squad.
He gets picked because he’s a United player – and that automatically makes him worthy of an England call up (apparently).
Despite the fact he is a very average, bit-part player.[/quote]TBH my post was just an impression of the girly dig he had at me earlier in the year.
No Phil Neville is no Christiano Ronaldo but I think if you ask any Evertonian they will consider him a great player and adds the sort of metal to a team that I dont think we have had since Cattermole left.
As for the rest :
Nicky Butt : 2002 World Cup – World class performance !
Sharpe – Quality player who unfortunately liked to party a bit too much and got him in trouble with Ferguson.
Carrick – Most underappreciated midfielder in the history of the PL and is a massive player for Man Utd and has been for years!
Bellion, Kleberson, Manucho, Djemba Djemba, Obertan – All these hardly got carried at united they were crap while they were at the club.Putting Butt’s World Cup performance aside he might have a point on Nicky Butt, Richardson & Gibson.
But I would have both Richardson and Gibson here tomorrow given the choice.
