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doubt it very much given his limited experience why would he leave a club he is building to go to one who burn through managers like they do ?
34 different managers according to wiki since clough left in 1993 which is one every 8 months !!!
We have had 19 different appointments in the same period , one every 1 and a half years.
The bookies have Chris Wilder as the favourite for the job at the moment , an impossible job that one it seems.Didn’t play that well but brilliant when that happens and you still get the result.
Never for one moment felt they would get anything other than a win after the second goal went in.
But for their keeper and some shocking finishing it could easily have been five or six , certain Wyke will get going soon.Ipswich have had too many managers and are struggling for that reason in my view. Cook is a slow burn manager and will need time to impose his will however a 2-5 home defeat against our ‘obsessed with hating us ‘ pals from Blackrod will most certainly not have helped matters.
sort of result you wonder if he has issues in the dressing room, real problems if he has.
He does though has a few promotions on his CV from the bottom two divisions so they would be a fool to pull the plug on him , he will need a season at least.Everybody talking about play offs however after 5 games it’s now a prediction of top two from me.
Didn’t play well yesterday but still beat one of the promotion favourites with a clean sheet.Never that good when its a team from the same division other than you might progress to next round more easily.
Wanted Everton or Liverpool as it would have been another local derby and there was something great at seeing the lively Bolton away support the other night which created a great atmosphere.
A bit disappointing especially as Blunderland have a fairly decent record at our place historically.I don’t feel the same animosity towards them anymore That is reserved totally for those nasty bastards from South Yorkshire.
Let’s hope the game is a good one and all rivalry aside I am really glad both clubs survived and agree it should be a celebration of that rather than a chance to cause unnecessary trouble.
Take the kids and treat the game as normal , will be a great game!I think you are right with us getting in the league in 1978. Before that we were plucky little non league Latics who made a name for ourselves in FA Cup ,very often supported by the Rugby club and their supporters.I remember they used to put good luck Wigan Athletic messages in the Post and Chronicle and we used to do the same when they had big Challenge Cup matches.When we got in the league their attitude changed towards us ,we became a real threat and they did not like it.Things have never been the same since and we all know the history and the derogatory comments made towards us by their various Chairmen. We could get on now but they have to accept that we are equals ,we are not plucky little non league Latics anymore.
They embraced Thatcherism and the mood of the time in a huge way and had a very aggressive marketing strategy on a par with a political campaign within local and national media.
I remember a certain rag putting front page stories about Latics fans having minor scuffles and then comparing it to the Rugby whose holier than thou never ever caused any bother??
A match against Carlisle in the FA cup carried a story about the police operation and the threat of a major riot/fight , not good PR to attract supporters.
Sinister stuff looking back but look at our gates before Whelan came in and all this had a massive impact in my view.
The scars of this are still in evidence even today and i still hear pundits spout the rugby town bollocks on a regular basis, even heard it the other week on a sports news programme, TV screen almost smashed when i heard it.
Forgive obviously, the administration has changed , but never EVER forget !!!!!!!!!In my opinion the animosity between the clubs was caused by aggressive media spin on their part when we threatened their perceived patch and territory soon after football league entry in 1978.
The board and manager openly and aggressively shouted their cause and did a brilliant job at Getting the local and national media into their pockets.
This has never been forgotten by the older supporters and rightfully never will be.
Change the seats if they are being paid for but forget it if they are not.
No use wasting money and stoking up Ill feeling as the argument about whether Wigan is football or rugby was firmly killed off in 2005 when we made the premier league.
Up the tics and our Football town !!!Cue loads of comments from the likes Barstardly FC and Noblot fans along lines of “what is the point as they never get sat on ?”.
On a more serious note and especially given our recent history i really cannot see the point of wasting money replacing seating that certainly doesn’t warrant it at the moment in my view pink seats or not.
Not sure of the cost of this but surely the money would be better spent on the now smaller training ground to provide good facilities to keep our successful youth set up going.
Surely this is a solid point especially after watching Lang the other night give a brilliant man of the match performance and whom cost us nothing and is surely worth a couple of million quid now especially in todays inflated market.
Watch the pennies Talal and spend them to improve and enrich the wonderful youth set up first and foremost.Great performance and Callum Lang man of the match.
Sucker punch at the end that we didn’t deserve but signs are very good we will do well this year.
