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Excellent result. Points away from home won’t keep us up on their own though. We need to start winning home games.
Very good post Garswood.Is it just the older fans who remember pre Dave Whelan that appreciate what he has done for our club. Always amazes me how he is slated by so many on here..
I only had one season pre DW and still get what hes done for the club. You just need a bit of common sense.
Sorry can’t agree with you…..yet.
So he’s played for a Highland Hillbilly XI and Northampton reserves.
From what I can gather from the ICT supporters he only started scoring when they stopped lumping the ball up to him on his own. Shouldn’t have took a rocket scientist as he’s a miniature.So if we play him with support and he does well it begs the question why did we have to wait for him to come along before we did it, if we play him on his own, like so many before, what was the point?
So to compare the 2 at the minute, without him kicking a ball for us and then saying ‘that’s the difference’ speaks volumes for the blind faith attitude on here from many and the scapegoat mentality of a WAFC supporter I.e Delort
You’re lucky I’m in a good mood after that Inverness comment or you’d be on a ban ;)
From an ICT site
Mckay struggled for quite a while here when the former manager had a style of play which involved lumping the ball upfield to the 6′ 4″ striker. After a while of this being pretty unsuccessful he finally realised that Mckay is only 5′ 7″ and we started playing it on the deck a bit more. There seem to be a couple of types of goals in the compilations here which represent the type of situation in which Billy will score. The first is having players who will clock his running off the ball and in particular his diagonal runs which invite team mates to slip the ball behind the defenders and into his path. The second is getting wide and drilling in low balls into the middle.
But there is more to his play than just scoring goals and he has often made excellent contributions to games even when going through a bit of a barren patch in terms of goals. He works hard and pressures defenders, he can hold the ball up pretty well and lays it off well. He can also drift wide and take defenders with him making space for midfielders coming from deep. He loves to go for goal as all strikers do, but he has good awareness of others and is not selfish.
One reason why strikers often flop is that folk expect too much too soon. Players like Billy score goals when they are on the same wavelength as their team mates. It can take quite a while for people to gel but football fans and many football managers can be very inpatient. If the crowd gets on a striker’s back because they haven’t scored in the first 4 or 5 games then they get to feel the pressure and either snatch at chances or hesitate. We’re a patient lot up here and like to give players a chance to show that they can realise the potential the manager saw in them when signing them. Billy might not save you from the drop this season, but he may well be a major factor in you bouncing back up next year.
I’d rather watch Delorts youtube vid to be honestExcuse me for asking but are you by any chance?
A relative or friend of Andy Delort?
Andy Delort?
In love with Andy Delort?Wigan Athletic can confirm that Northern Ireland international striker Billy Mckay has been transferred to the club from Scottish Premiership side Inverness Caledonian Thistle for an undisclosed fee.
The 26-year-old striker travelled to Wigan to undergo a medical and put pen to paper on a long term deal at the DW Stadium and will be eligible for selection against Ipswich Town, subject to international clearance. Mckay will take up the number 10 shirt.
Manager Malky Mackay said he was delighted to get the deal over the line.
“We’ve been looking at Billy for some time,” he said, “he lives to score and his record over the past two seasons speaks for itself, where’s he’s scored a lot of goals and been deadly for Inverness.
“He can’t wait to begin the next part of his career and we are delighted to bring him on board, we feel he has the potential to make a great impact at Wigan Athletic, he’s a player who comes alive in the box, a sniffer around the opposition goal and certainly a type of player we feel can do well with us.”
Although Mckay plays in Scotland and represents Northern Ireland, he was born in Corby and came through the ranks at Leicester City, eventually signing for Northampton Town under current Sheffield Wednesday boss Stuart Gray, in 2009.
After two years at Sixfields, Mckay moved to Inverness Caledonian for whom he has now scored an impressive 54 league goals from a 121 games, including five in his last five Scottish Premiership games, which has pushed Thistle to 3rd in the table.
He earned his full first full international cap from Northern Ireland in a 0-0 draw against Malta in February 2013 and has so far earned eight caps.
Pretty sure that some of our fans want us to p*ss the money we have up the wall and end up like Portsmouth or Leeds.
Saying that, they’ll then be moaning that we should have balanced the books better.
Leeds United centre-half Jason Pearce has signed for Wigan Athletic from Leeds United for an undisclosed fee.
The 27-year-old joins Latics having made 99 league appearances for Leeds, having previously played at Bournemouth and Portsmouth.
He passed a medical at the DW Stadium today and put pen to paper on a long term deal before travelling with the team ahead of tomorrow’s Sky Bet Championship match against Ipswich Town. Pearce will wear the number 28 shirt.
Latics manager Malky Mackay welcomed Pearce to the club, saying:
“I’m delighted that he has agreed to join us. He’s someone we’ve been tracking for a while, a really powerful centre half, a leader and a warrior on the pitch, who has captained every club he has played at, and is exactly the type of player I want at the club.
“He’s hungry to play and will hopefully quickly become a fan’s favourite for the example he sets on the pitch. We’ve spoken to a lot of people about him and every single reference has come back positively, in that he is the right character we are seeking, someone who takes responsibility on the pitch and energises those around him.”
“He’s built up considerable experience now and knows this league inside out and we’re delighted we’ve managed to get him. When we found out he might be available we immediately did all we could to get him because he’s a player who can play a major role in taking the club forwards.”
Pearce was born in Hillingdon in London and became an apprentice at Portsmouth before moving on to Bournemouth and making his league debut for The Cherries. He was sold back to Pompey in 2011 before moving to Leeds United in 2012, for whom he has been pretty much ever-present.
“I knew when I took the job on there had to be a restructure of the squad in terms of it being leaner and also dealing with the contract situation so that then really comes to pass when the January window opens up,” said Mackay.
“It was a process that was going to start in January and we are in the middle of it.
“Depending on situations there may be another couple on the fringes that may leave but in the main it will be about trying to replenish the squad.”
