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Warnock was most certainly out of order with his “ton of bricks” remark but should we be surprised by it?
This wasnt a controversial tackle between two footballers it was a clear criminal act and Leeds United rightfully issued a terse statement to the media straight afterwards.
A very ugly incident and an ivestigation should be held by the football league to ensure this doesnt happen again.I heard Whelan on radio five this morning on the Nicky Cambell show.
He came on and talked about the prices at Latics compared to the other clubs.
The prices are in some cases disgraceful and fair play to our chairman for his policy in this area.
He does a good job promoting the club in the media -he came across very well this morning.Stage managed and dull and certainly not ‘fly on the wall’.No engaging characters and i have only watched one episode and a very small bit of the last one.These are people with lives so far removed from the ordinary football supporter that you cannot empathise or identify with any of them.Add to the fact that Rogers is hardly the most flambouyant man in the world-Brian Clough he aint!
Indeed the bit of the last episode was probably the best i have seen-some scouse playwright reciting a poem about being a true football supporter.Mike Phelan and Eric Black immediately spring to mind however im not surprised Jonesey keeps getting a mention for vacant jobs.
Our management team are very high profile given the Houdini style relegation escapes and we got more coverage at the end of last season than i can ever remember previously.
Not sure Burnley is the right place for him though-a cul de sac of a town in the middle of nowhere with no ambition and whose best days were well over 50 years ago !
A club that loses its manager to bloody Bournemouth (nothing club if ever there was one!) is on the slide thats for sure.
Stay away mate!The 2am shut down myth is that there was loads of trouble as all the clubs emptied.
Not true-back in my day (80s) you had Pemps,Maximes,Pier,Turnkey,Chaplins,Riverside,Movies,Kings,Blutos and that was about it.Blutos was about the worst and that closed its doors in late 1985-was in on its last night and there was a fight then involving a girl and her boyfriend(the girl battred the lad btw :woohoo: ).
They were all fairly scattered about the town and each club had a taxi rank outside.
There was bits of trouble yes but it was spasmosdic and usually only involved fists with nobody getting there heads stamped on unlike today(what is with that btw -how cowardly!).It mostly happened at the 11pm taxi ranks but the police controlled this easily so you didnt see major disturbances.
The out of town trade that blights the town today didnt happen and when it did the night clubs operated a coach party policy with strict rules of entrance-couples only ,no drunkeness etc.They also wanted everybody inside by 10pm so it must have been much easier to control.
They also operated a strict dress code and troublemakers were soon booted out if they caused trouble.People hit the town centre at 7.30 onwards and most people had gone home by 11pm.
Now you have scores of bars and it must be a nightmare to control and it must be costing the NHS/Police a fortune.
I think its time to go back to stricter licensing laws and controls on off licence purchases
Enough is enough!Come on council/police etc. Shut this monstrosity of a street down. Pointless, useless, crime ridden, no go area, awful job lot beer, steroid tossers on cocaine, over zealous door staff who are more than likely involved in the underworld anyway.The policing bill for a weekend must be staggering. Not to mention the hospital/NHS bill for all the people who pass through A&E….!
If it’s not possibly to get rid of all the bars/clubs on that eye sore of a street, then at least have a curfew at night. Some are open till 6am, what a joke! the people who own these bars should be held accountable for this blokes death, that tony callaghan fella should be in the dock for selling cheap ale and encouraging binge drinking on a ridiculous scale. Also the big national chains that own bars on king street should face prosecution too.
They sell ale to people even if they can’t stand up FFS. get them in the dock and shut the place down.
Cheap alcohol sold in supermarkets and offies as well as bars open until 6am is the problem if you ask me.The teenagers stay at home throwing it down with their mates before turning out at 11.30pm and then hitting King st and staying out till 6am.
They are already p/ssed up when they hit the area and add the growing drugs problem and under age elements that frequent the bars and is it any wonder it is carnage most weekends?
Ban the sale of cheap supermarket alcohol and change the licensing laws back to the old ones and the place would be closed at 2.30am.
Restrict the licences and gradually the late bars would reduce and people would turn out earlier and obviously drink less due to the extra expense.
A relative of mine was caught up in a major fracas on King st a few years back and it was only for the grace of god that nobody was killed that night.My relative was set upon by several out of towners and it was only because he is a tough lad that he came out of it relatively unscathed.
The thing is this goes on in EVERY town centre across the country and the problem could be solved by the government.
How many more casualties will there be before the authorities sort it out?Feel a bit sorry for them really-meet loads of their supporters through my job and they generally only have good things to say about Latics despite the local rivalry.
I was gutted to lose them and Blackburn last season and we will miss the matches against them this season wont we?
Give me the Reebok and Ewood park against Loftus (subbuteo replica) road and Carrow rd any day!
No laughter from me.I noticed they didnt play it today after our goals went in and it was wonderful to cheer the goals naturally without that cr@p snark music booming out.
Hated it with a passion from day on and i always thought it fired up the opposing team and supporters.
I wasnt at the Stoke game due to holidays and missed Kones goal against Dulham.
#Was it played after the goals at those games?That was the first game this season where it hasn’t been played and long may it continue. It was great to be able to celebrate without that embarrassing, naff, cringeworth crap drowning out the natural and spontaneous reaction to a goal.[/qu
Hated that music from day one-utterly embarassing,patronising and ruined goal celebrations.I used to stop clapping when it came on and im sure it fired up the opposing team as it was a form of p/ss taking in my view.I too noticed the music wasnt played – shame really as I enjoyed it, but the club must have its reasonsWord of warning Vince you shouldnt really say you missed a match due to ‘holiday’ as you wont be deemed to be a real fan on here
And if you missed the Kone goal v Fulham one can only assume you left early – cut your own throat there really re the real fan brigade
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I cant be a real fan can i?
34 years and counting-
Fair result if you ask me against arguably the best side in the country on current form.
Dont forget we went on a 9 game losing streak this time last year so at least we have stopped the rot and gained a point.
Thought our two strikers( 6 goals between them in seven games!) and Maloney were excellent today and i have seen enough in that game today to think we will be safe well before this season ends.
Onwards and upwards if you ask me! goodpostA very good player for Latics and although he was limited skill wise -what a worker in the midfield.He was good around the dressing room for getting team spirit going by all accounts and the you tube clip of him in the trolley is well worth a look.
A very good player for Latics and although he was limited skill wise -what a worker in the midfield.He was good around the dressing room for getting team spirit going by all accounts and the you tube clip of him in the trolley is well worth a look.
