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A shame as I liked Broadhead , a good lad who always gave his all.
His contract is up allegedly this summer so if this is the case Everton will probably want to sell him and given his record at Sunderland and Ellis Simms going back I’d expect him to go back there.
I would rather Kolo bring more lads from the development squad than buy a loads of nobodies.
It never worked back in 2017 and I doubt it will work now.
Lang, Asgard and Hughes are all home grown and have arguably been the best players of late , all play for the shirt and know what it means.
After Monday and being outclassed by a lowly team like Hull I have resigned myself to relegation now.
Recruit sparingly Kolo and have a good look at that development squad because it is starting to produce.The team 90-94 was made up of crocks, Free transfers ,sunday league players ( two goalkeepers i can think of straight away !!)and has beens.
The wages they were paid would have been laughable compared to what this present bunch are probably being paid but i never came away thinking none of them were not having a go.
In fact i would have gladly put Neill Rimmer or Ian Kilford in that midfield yesterday ahead of what we had yesterday for sure, at least they tried their hearts out.
The question is whether this is the worst bunch we have ever seen and i would say yes but lets not forget Leam cobbled this bunch together and made it into a very good league 1 team but unfortunately not in any way shape or form a championship one.
Latics teams have always been used to the underdog tab but maybe this has changed now especially by the reaction i am seeing from away crowds at home matches.
My view is to use this month to weed out those that want away and try and replace as best he can while also looking to our development squad to see if any more are worth giving a run and the FA cup game would be a great opportunity.
I would certainly try this as the standout players of recent weeks have been Lang , Hughes and Asgaard , all home grown players.
When all is said and done at least we have a club to support , look where we were 2 years ago and it puts everything going on now into perspective and i most certainly didn’t storm off yesterday before the final whistle.Buck now stops with the ownership and whether they are prepared to invest in the club.
They have had a remarkable period of success borne out of very little but the problems now are squarely out on the pitch not on the sidelines and that game yeaterdaysaid it all for me.
Didn’t see anything whatsoever that resembled improvement and in many respects they look worse than before the break.
Outclassed by a very ordinary and average Middlesborough team is very tough to take.
The team should have been strengthened properly last summer and the lack of investment back then is plain to see now.
Not the managers fault he can only work with what he has.
Over to the ownership now big time , honeymoon period and back slapping is well and truly over and the next month will tell us how serious they really are.I agree with CW on Jewell who for me was our most successful manager although he had arguably the best budget to work with of all other names although if you go off working with b@ll all then it remains Graham Barrow and his first stint for me.
Wish the new manager all the luck in the world at turning it around although i am not expecting a great deal until new year at least when a dip into the coffers will be needed.
Need a few additions and without those i think the season will be a struggle regardless.Well, it has been a long time coming, seeing as the bookies virtually shut the book with him as 1/6 favourite to be the next manager.
But here he is, Kolo Toure… ex Man City and Arsenal defender, who has shadowed Brendan Rodgers at Leicester for the last few seasons as assistant manager, plus the Ivory Coast job.
What will he bring to Wigan Athletic? I am not sure, but he is certainly the first guy filling the position that has cited us as a big club in his opening statement.
Well, it has been a long time coming, seeing as the bookies virtually shut the book with him as 1/6 favourite to be the next manager.
But here he is, Kolo Toure… ex Man City and Arsenal defender, who has shadowed Brendan Rodgers at Leicester for the last few seasons as assistant manager, plus the Ivory Coast job.
What will he bring to Wigan Athletic? I am not sure, but he is certainly the first guy filling the position that has cited us as a big club in his opening statement.
Uwe Rosler said we were a big club also in his first press conference from memory .
No doubt some money is being placed but does not mean they have applied or even in the frame surely ?
There is no rush and i would rather them take their time as we have a capable caretaker in charge especially as he sent them out second half last saturday actually attacking the goal and must have given them a proper going over at Half time.
Not sure any of those listed would be my choice as a manager at first glance.
That said i think Maloney as an ex player of the club is very interesting as our old boys have without doubt (since we entered the league in 1978 )have enjoyed the most success out of our listed managers since then.
I am struggling to think of any ex players who have managed the club who have failed to bring some sort of success and before anyone mentions Graham Barrow, he successfully staved off football league relegation 1994-95 , very important looking back now.
The superstitious nature in me points to Maloney, popular ex player and his appointment would be popular with supporters also given we have always tended to favour ex players coming back to manage.confirmed now on BBC , absolutely ridiculous decision , he has had sod all to work with and gained promotion with a cobbled together team.
The players that have underperformed will still be here and same ability so why is a new manager going to change things ??
Sacked managers previously at this time of the season in 2014 and in 2016 and both resulted in relegation from this division , we might as well make a Yo-Yo our fcukin club badge !!
Good luck Leam , our most popular manager in my opinion and absolutely he will wind up in a job somewhere very quickly.
our lossThe whole night was summed up by that dreadful free kick by Jimmy that wound up in touch.
Dreadful performance from start to finish, no more to be said.
Blackpool roll into town on Saturday and will no doubt halt their bad run won’t they ?Shows how far they have fallen and how far we have come when they treat their goal as if they had won the world cup!!!
The midlands equivalent of those bastards from black rod !!
