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I think they were definitely let in so the police knew where they were as opposed to leaving them on the streets or in the town centre.
May not have happened if there was something riding on the game for us though.
What has them being Ex-Bolton got to do with it?
Do you really have to ask? The last 2 we have had have got us relegated.[/quote]
That’s nothing to do with them being ex-Bolton players though!
*Coyle didn’t relegate us[/quote]
Exactly. I also doubt they set out to relegate us because they once played for Bolton.
There are plenty number 2s who have stepped up and failed also. As you say cupwinners we can’t afford to get it wrong this time.
Paul Warne did a decent job this season at Rotherham considering the resources.
Because i for one still believe whelan is in complete control young sharpy is nothing but a puppet on a string does what he his told thats the whelan way
Also why do you say they should point the finger at us the fans ._during the prem days crowds where on the up ._ask yourself why did thousands vanish ._lots where glory hunters yes .But had the fanbase on the up kids turning up more used to see lots of latics shirts in town kid wise but its changed again
Because every year from year one in the prem got worse and became more of a struggle kept selling the cream and replaced with shyte thats why we are where we are the fans i know left because after the FA cup win ambitions of the owners ended their and then._.And was the start of the chaos and shambles we are in now
Sharpy mentioned lack of fans other week as if its the fans who have got us in this mess fans left because we Couldn’t keep hold of our best and we ended up with the shyte we had this season and its going to get worse before it gets betterrAre you sharpy by the way ?
Knowing the fact that the club spent their ENTIRE income on wages when we were in the PL, what did you expect Dave Whelan to do? Continue to bankroll us from his own personal fortune just so that fans would possibly stick around? How would you then feel if we were in the position that Portsmouth are in or to a more serious extent Darlington?
DW may well run things behind the scenes, but whoever it is that does will run things depending on the bank balance which as I said to Filmoss kind of dictates where we go but doesn’t allow for too many mistakes. Unfortunately we have made plenty in the last few years which is why we need to really really think the next appointment through.
Well I think we should be more than capable of holding our own in The Championship and if the club hadn’t made those absolute howler decisions both last but one season and this season then we would still be in The Championship and we would never have been relegated! We are not that ‘Little Wigan’ anymore and although we may not be a Prem side anymore or an FA Cup winning candidate, we are in my opinion big enough for the 2nd tier. Perhaps it would help if some of our fans dropped the ‘Little Wigan’ thing, moved into the 21st century proper and started to look ahead instead of behind them.I fully agree with that Filmoss, we should be able to hold our own but only for a short period of time. Eventually money will catch up with us, we will need to cut the wage bill and we will then struggle.
The basic fact is whether we see the club as “Little Wigan” or not we don’t bring much money in so we either run at a loss which could lead to bigger problems or we run on a tight budget which when you make the mistakes we have this season leads to possible relegation.
I think it goes off the transfer fees for the most part
Well that’s totally unreliable, depending on length of contract etc[/quote]
Only if there’s add-ons.
Whats a superfan?Ive heard of fairweather fans and supporters?
Anyone who stays past 80 minutes and goes to the game when it’s less than entertaining.
Thing is, were not a big club. We are a Rochdale/Bury that has been on a big journey. Years ago Stockport and Tranmere made it to what is now called The Championship and it was our wildest dreams that we could emulate them and get that far up the pyramid. We did eventually but we are still a relatively small club.
Look where those aforementioned clubs journey has taken them now.
We should thank our lucky stars Dave has given us some great moments but at times we should eat a little humble pie, take a reality check, have gratitude for being as high in the system as league one and enjoy our little club taking on the football establishment and big clubs with or without a massive financial backing.I agree 100% with your post donny.
My worry is that as we once were a premier league team who won a major cup, people IMO still expect that. We are indeed a small club as you say on the ilk of those said teams & people need to realise this. We had a fantastic journey that those said clubs would have loved to have gone on. And, the likes of tranmere & stockport tried to go on but ended up in non league.
Yes, admittedly, this season has been sh1t – we all know it has. But, lets be grateful for what we have had & have still got.[/quote]
Exactly. The fans that came in the Prem days expect us to be at that level and some of our longer established fans have for some reason forgotten who we are and where we’ve come from.
I’d have loved us to kick on and get 20k in the Prem every week but it was never gonna happen so sadly we had a shelf life at the top.
I agree with Nuneaton. We need an experienced head who will come in and re-shape the club from top to bottom. He needs to be given the full reigns and backed by the board.
Our last two appointments have supposedly been for the long term but we have reverted back to the early Whelan days of wanting instant success and that has left the club in a right mess. The new man needs the same backing that Paul Jewell was given. Bring in his own men, sign his own players and more importantly link the academy and first teams together to allow us to find the next Bainesy or those before him.
I won’t be there for a dead rubber of a game. If it was 3pm on a Saturday I would but I only go for a few pre match pints now anyway and so the little un can support his local team. Seen it all, been Europe won the FA Cup etc I wouldn’t go half as much if it weren’t for him. Better football at Ashton Athletic.If you are one of the ones berating others for not going, I presume you’ll be at every pre-season friendly, cos that’s all this is.
Yes it’s a dead rubber Tez but it’s still a league game. If we were sat in 12th place in January with no chance of going up and none of going down would you stop going? Did you stop going in the Premier League in the two seasons where we weren’t getting into Europe but weren’t getting relegated? Every game was essentially a dead rubber then.
