Yep. By his own admission he was out of order in the way he behaved to try and engineer a move mid-season
He said it when the window shut and I’ve read a part of his book where he says it.
I haven’t read the whole book to be able to say whether he slags the club off or not

Can’t disagree with that

The same Jimmy Bullard who (allegedly) asked/demanded a pay rise less than 12 months after his last one & when he was told no, instructed/allowed his agent to hawk him round every top flight club whilst telling them what the buy out clause in his contract was. Bearing in mind that the signing was announced 4 days after we’d played Fulham in a league game it suggests contact was possibly made prior to things becoming official

Absolute load of guff that he went to be nearer his family & I know that the club (i.e. Whelan & Jewell) was less than happy about it because he was dropped completely from the match day squad for the remaining 2 games of the season & Jewell was open that he wasn’t happy about it

Pot, kettle & black Mr Bullard!!

If that player Bournemouth signed last week from Liverpool who has made 5 senior starts for them & scored 1 goal is worth £19mill, Sunderland really are taking the pish with that offer & I hope Latics treated it with the derision it deserved

That’s what Haworth had in his locker – his natural ability was up there with the best I’ve seen at Latics. Unfortunately at times, his application was down there with the worst

By the letter of the law, the referee cannot call the play back to give the foul if they have played advantage to allow a shot on goal.

VAT is right in that it did happen for Latics against Preston & that’s why their manager went nuts (if i remember rightly, at the time the game was 1-1 & a tight affair)

However, a lot of referees will call play back & use the excuse that there wasn’t enough time between the foul & the effort on target for them to either blow for the foul or to play/signal/shout an advantage – that’s why most ref’s will delay an advantage call several seconds.

It happened to the team I’m involved with now in the Vase last season – leading 1-0 in the lead up to half time they play the ball over the top & their striker gets free only to be pulled back & down by our centre half just inside the penalty area. He still shoots however which beats the keeper only to land on top of the goal and at that point (several seconds after the foul) the ref awards a penalty which they score to make it 1-1.
As secretary I’m allowed to go & speak with the ref after the game & I asked him to explain that decision as I felt it had cost us the game (we lost 3-2 to a goal in injury time in the 2nd half!!) & the ref’s excuse was (as above) that he didn’t play an advantage but that the foul, shot & miss were so close together that he gave the penalty at the earliest point he could.
I told him that he was talking rubbish & that he knew what he’d done because he didn’t caution or send off our player despite him denying a goal scoring opportunity so even if he hadn’t played the advantage he wasn’t applying the laws of the game as we should have been down to 10 men – he didn’t get a very good mark from me!!

When I was a referee I once got pulled up for playing an advantage just outside the box & then awarding a free kick after the shot had been put over. I was also told by assessors & coaches not to play advantage in the penalty area

So in your case Travis, the ref was right

I agree but, how does a player improve and play at a higher level unless he’s given a chance ?.
It’s pointless keeping him, infact, it’s pointless having an Academy because thier written off before their ever given a chance. Were better off getting loans in from the the Prem so we can improve their young lads so they can sell on for a tidy profit.
Over the years we’ve had alot of so called hot properties down here on loan who have turned out to be no better than our own.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a young left back coming through the ranks and given the same chance as Robinson has had[/quote]

I see what you’re saying but there has to be some trust in the management teams who see them in training every day.
If they think they’re good enough (a la Jewell with Baines) then they’ll play. If they don’t think they’re good enough (yet at least) they’ll send me out on loan.
Truth be told none of us know how good Lang is so I think to call for him to be put in the first team on the back of 6 lge2 goals in 4 & a bit months is clutching at straws coz we’re so bad at the moment.
Look at it this way if Latics were to sign someone tomorrow who had that record, we’d all be completely underwhelmed.

What possible logical explanation is there that the modern standing areas shouldn’t be introduced because 1 Arsenal fan threw a bottle (whilst using seats), some Chelsea fans were shouting racist remarks (whilst using seats) & a Spurs fan threw a banana skin (whilst using seats)?

I take on board Otter’s comments that football’s critics will use any excuse to beat the football fan with but these 3 incidents are of on relevance whatsoever to the reintroduction of some form of terracing