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We must have known we didn’t have a sub keeper prior to Lee Evans being called up today then?
But with only 3 called up at that time we had no justification to call it off
Working Saturday’s is shit. Working Saturday’s when we’re at home is unbearable.
Unfortunately for many there isn’t much choice if that’s your job.
I wonder if the other 4/5000 are working today?Surly on match day there are more important things to discuss than crowds! We moan when opposing fans have a go at our crowds. I’ll start the ball rolling, I wonder if Grigg will play some part today.[/quote]
Cook has said, and I believe him, that he will field a strong team – this is different to the Carabao and Checkatrade, not least because successfully getting through to the Third Round can mean a big payday at a PL club, like last year.
I think Grigg will be on the bench, and depending how things are going will get some gametime just to bed him back in.I keep telling my father-in-law that Everton won’t go down (as he is panicking), but to be honest they need to start getting some points under the belt and quick. No team is too big to o down.
Are they still the only one’s that have never been relegated or have totally misheard that?
Everton were in Division 2 in 1930/31 and from 1951 to 1954.[/quote]
Spoken like a true former red gl[/quote]
Hahaha!
When Everton went up in 1954 Liverpool went down (so avoiding derby games again) until they came up in 62 when Shankly had taken over.I keep telling my father-in-law that Everton won’t go down (as he is panicking), but to be honest they need to start getting some points under the belt and quick. No team is too big to o down.Are they still the only one’s that have never been relegated or have totally misheard that?
Everton were in Division 2 in 1930/31 and from 1951 to 1954.
Ha ha Kevin lynch! Did he once send four off from the other side at Springfield? He was proper dreadful!cant remember who againstBristol Rovers, and he sent Graeme Jones off too.
Ian Holloway was their player manager and he was doing everything he could to get another player sent off, so the game would be abandoned, but Lynchy would have none of it. He let all sorts go.
I stewarded the tunnel, and I had to excort him off at the end. I advised him to hold back and let the tunnel clear (Springy’s tunnel was very narrow and congested) before I led him off and quickly up into his room.
My job then was to stand outside his door and let no-one in but the assessor, who was in there like a greyhound.
Every five minutes Holloway came; “can oi just ‘ave a word with the referee?” “Sorry, Mr Holloway, but no-one is allowed in”
He gave up after about 5 attempts.Playing against ten men is notoriously difficult.
They take away any striking threat, but have exactly the same number defending as they had previosuly, with an increased mind set of defending.
It’s nowhere near as easy as you seem to think.Well, Ive no interest in the Mickey Mousr cup, so there we go.Evidently, I wasnt alone in that.
That’s fine. Absolutely no problem with that.
But please, do not come back if/when we reach the final with thoughts about it.
By all means boycott the tournament. And that includes all the games, Accrington included.
I disagree with boycotts; as JR says if a Latics team are playing I’m there, I’ll never boycott them, but I fully respect your right to view things differently.
But please keep consistent.Don’t misunderstand me.
I am seriously concerned for the lad. I feel for his family.
But in doing that I do not subscribe to the mawkish “we need to know because he plays for us” mentality.
At this moment he is a young lad, who is “poorly”, and his family need space to deal with it and support his recovery.
Without us “needing to know” or speculating.Don’t know why we should think we need to be in the loop about someone’s medical condition.
Frankly it’s none of our business.
I wish the lad well.Or you might even have a bad DoggieIs that not just for German dogs?
Canine – nein, nein!Special K, he played for Celtic, Liverpool
Not to be confused with KK who played for Scunthorpe, Liverpool and Hamburg.
I’d just love it if you remember him.Sorry to butt in on your discussuion but the emphasis on the 1st team over youth development pre-dated Bruce.
Dave Whelan spoke of it when he first bought us. Paul Jewell also spoke about it & it was all about getting as high as we could to get the money in & then look at the long term issues of Academies etc…
On Steve Bruce in particular he was just following the same model as previous managers & I distinctly remember him saying when we signed those 2 Polish youngsters, that signings like this were the future route of Latics recruitment.
Let’s not also forget that Bruce was in charge when Whelan decided during the Jan transfer window of 2009 that the club was going to start to move towards self-sufficiency.
Therefore by the time Bobby arrived several months later, the dynamic of the club had shifted considerably & his pressure on Whelan to develop the youth side of things & invest in new facilities for them would likely have come no matter who the manager wasI was going to mention that it was also the case under Jewell, but didn’t bother.
I’ve heard a couple of accounts from parents who had kids at the club during this time who said their kids never came into contact with Bruce or his first team staff, whereas when Martinez came in there were noticeable improvements in the equipment they used, the way in which they were treated etc. Plus Martinez and Jones were regular visitors to training sessions.
The wheels may have been in motion when Martinez arrived, but he was certainly more of an advocate of developing youth players than his two (three if you count Hutchings) predecessors.[/quote]
I went to a few Development team games whenI could back then and Martinez (and sometimes Jackson) were often at the games
