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I thought I wasn’t bothered about who won this, but after hearing all those arrogant Welsh prats being interviewed whilst boarding their coach this morning on Sky, come on Bradford get a grip.
Please rub their noses in their words – We will win 3-0, can’t wait for our European tour next year, we are going to walk it etc, horrible arrogance.
Rather irritating delusional club if you ask me with their pretentious gold braided kit however to win a major trophy after only two seasons and qualify for Europe is respect worthy isn’t it?
Bradford playing like frightened rabbits and the c,ass difference has told today.
It wast hilarious to watch those players , fighting like seven year olds over that penalty-infantile!Could be tough next season though with billy big time players and a euro campaign to juggle and I can see a much tougher season if you ask me.
Let’s see if they can do eight seasons -I doubt it!Bruce joined the club with a remit to keep the club in the premier league.
so he changed the style of play to high intensity using Valencia to chase down the ball and win free kicks and corners.This change had an immediate impact on results and we avoided relegation with a game to spare.I dont remember many people moaning back then and even less in 2008-9 when the team moved to the next level despite a fire sale in the january window and he achieved a comfortable finish with no relegation battle.
He made some very bad signings in my view and this seems to be his major weakness but you cannot argue about the way he sets up teams and I have some good memories of his time at Latics.
He made a mistake going across to Harrods sorry Blunderland and I wonder if he regrets leaving Latics as I’m sure he would have kept us up each year like Martinez has done.He is a good manager iand he will always have work with his record but it will always be at unfashionable clubs with low expectations rather than ones with delusions like Blunderland.
I hope he gets Hull up as nothing could be more boring than a club like Watford or Palace getting promoted.Against a team with some recent form .the stats where superb before and after they went down to 10 men.Bring on the bin dippers and a beer festival afterwards.well done.need to build on this now but Kones starting to show the prowess we bought him for and I reckon his goals will see us safe this year.We apparently walked all over them this afternoon-we are too good to go down!
I said we would win this game it was just a gut feeling and I have the same feeling about next weeks game against the scousers.We have done well against the other relegation battlers this season in terms of points gained and we are due a win in the Premier league.
Think we will get it tomorrow and then follow it up with a shock win against the scousers a week on Saturday.
I haven’t been drinking honest! B)I have to admit I was a little bemused that the majority on here think we would struggle in the championship if we went down…I think the only kick in the nads is all the senior players out of contract would be off in a shot but I dont hold much hope of any of them signing on if we do stay up so its not a major problem for me.
All the players in contract I am led to beleive have a significant relegation wage drop clause ( a contributing factor in our usual end of season escape? ) which will leave us in a position that if they went to go they will go for a reasonable price.
Then you have the likes of Mcmanaman, Dicko, Fyvie, Lopez and Golobart who I believe would have an opportunity to shine at that level.
Maloney really would be the Messi of the championship for me he seems to get better every time he plays.
Our club despite having the second lowest attendance on the PL and one of the cheapest set of tickets in football is still 100% financially secure.
If we went down I am sure there would still be money to spend to buy good championship players.
And in all honesty I think we would have bigger crowds than the last time we were in the championship despite the lower average away followings or are Wiganers really as fickle as they seem ?
Also I think if we stay up Roberto may be off at the end of the season but if we go down I honestly think he would stay.
And on a final note we are not going to get relegated so its a fruitless discussion ;)
I agree we will stay up and I think the prem season will kick start this Saturday despite what the negative folk are saying.
It’s that match commentator bloke I can’t stand and his frequent digs at our club.last season before the Everton home game in February he said on the Friday night before the game “Wigan are wabbish don’t put your money on them for the first goal and they ain’t staying up ain’t gonna happen” all said in the most sneering voice you could imagine and one which imitates the superior Mike Ingham off radio 5.
can’t stand this bloke and i regularly post jibes about the cr@p he spouts on their website.FA cup any day of the week as winning a major trophy like the FA cup is history making and cannot be taken away.
IN my opinion the premier league is a false closed shop division set up to make the biggest clubs richer and is probably coming to the end of its shelf life anyway before inevitable ( big club)defections to the big breakaway European super league.
The best moment I can remember ever watching Latics was when Paul Rogers knocked that last minute goal in the auto windscreens Against those horrible gits from South London.
I remember the headline in the mirror the next day ‘shout of this world’ on the back page!
FA cup for me!if they value the security of a large pay packet they will scrap and fight to stay up and the owner and his manager know this.
all we need is a big result at Reading and despite what some people are saying I think we have some winnable games in the run in.Do I want us to be relegated? No
Would I be that bothered if we were? NoThey are actually very different questions.
It’s not as though we are talking about playing Barnet and Hartlepool and Bury again. We’re talking about Derby and Forest and Leeds and Birmingham and Burnley and Blackpool and so on and so on…….
It’s a good league. I don’t WANT us to go there, and actually I don’t think we will (this year), but if it is to be then no worries.
I agree the league below is one we fought like hell to get to for six seasons so what’s the problem?
I agree with you though I dont think we will as we are now backs to the wall and usually come out fighting when we are deep in the sh/t like now.
lots of twists and turns to come and if anyone thinks Villa have turned the corner after that rubbish game today needs to think again.
glass half full!there is the other crucial factor which is that of the no hoping underdog which we have played out wonderfully since Martinez arrived.That is why saints and Reading have nicked points because nobody gave them a prayer however that mantle has now shifted to QPR and Wigan so where as we have been hit with more respect this term as to some extent have QPR that should start to wane a bit now and I think results will start to improve a bit from now on.This always happens Because the league is so poor that most teams pack up when they hit 30 odd points particularly the bottom half of the table.
We are also statistically due a win and I feel we will kick start the season at Reading as they will be favourites and they wil be expected to record a Home win.
Villa have Arsenal away next up so we could move out of the bottom three if we get the away win at Reading.As a club we have to remain positive and we are in a far better position than we think to fight another relegation battle having experienced this in the past.Probably debated this for the last nine years but here goes.
I only go to home games due to family and cost (cue sudworth) so over the last 9 years have seen us win on average 5 times a year. Is this really what I want from a saturday afternoon?
Relegation would see us more competitive and get me out the house 4 more times and have that good feeling on a Saturday night more often.
I am honestly now bored with losing and would like to watch something different, I know there’s no guarantee and we could well free fall. However think I say this every year then we beat utd and I say that one game makes the other 18 shite worth it.
the battle is not over and other clubs seem to have had a some good runs but Wigan so far haven’t.We seem to have an uncanny knack of getting into the groove at precisely the right time e with our current manager and I think you will find after this result with City clubs will take you very seriously and results may be just that bit harder to come by from now on.
I seem to remember Blackburn sneaked six points clear last season then just fell away as they all thought they were safe on 28 points.
Another factor in this turgid league is that once clubs hit around 30 points at this state they start to coast so even some of those clubs can get dragged into it.
Saints are a fairly big club as they should be in what is basically a non football part of the country so they should stay up but expect a trickier ride from here on in!If Southampton take all 3 points against City and it looks like they might I think it becomes a 3 from 4 scenario ! Next weeks game then becomes bigger than ever and if we get beat I am afraid that the large lady will begin to clear her throat !
Seem to remember a similar scenario a few years back when Blackpool had a great run around February.They started to get treated with massive respect and the form took a tumble and they were eventually relegated.Not saying this will happen to Southampton but stranger
Things have happened and the battle is no way over yet.Does anyone on here like me agree that this current side we have in the League of Greed are not a patch on Jewels Division 1 Champions.
I dont think this lot come anywhere near that amazing team despite being two divisions below.Don’t forget A good chunk of that is played in the premier league for us and took us to our best ever points tally.
