vinceHill

Great end of the season but also good to see captain Gary Caldwell looking embarrassed and subdued and saying they need to do better.
Lets be honest i just think reality kicked in like any human being would do if their livlihood is threatened.A million pound mortgage is much harder to pay on championship money!
The expectation levels have increased now as well as the profile of the club but it seems wrong that relegation safety is now seen as a celebratory thing rather than just relief and reflection?I certainly wont be jumping about on sunday(other than if a goal goes in goodpost ) but looking forward to a much better season next time around and some further good support for our young manager from his boss.
Good to see Caldwell showing that disappointment of the overall season in that interview.

Very very proud of this great football club we are now firmly established now surely.
The proudest moment for me this season was being in the pagey pub on park rd deep in the Latics heartlands and witnessing all the national TV coverage after the Manchester utd game.A long long way from the days in the old 4th division.
The EPL is not about money to the supporters of this football club its about the profile the club gets nationally and worldwide.Relegation battles are very exciting but its time to push on now and take the club to the next level-a cup run would be a nice change.
Hopefully the club can kick on and acheive a higher league position next season because who knows what can be acheived now that the corner has been turned.

Imagine this scenario tonight!
Your a Blackburn Roarverrrrrs player and you have just heard todays results meaning that you now have to obtain maximum points against the form team in the division and the FA cup winners and Champions league finalists and also score a sh/tload of goals to boot.
Your also facing barrel loads of abuse from the now very disgruntled supporters making the task you face almost impossible.You would really get up in the morning with a great feeling wouldnt you?????????
Bear in mind the fact that a very very poor Latics side should have beaten you back in november only for dodgy reffing decisions and a clumsy get of a goalie sticking his head into somebodies boot to get a lucky penalty.
The ball is truly in our court and i quote our former manager Larry Lloyd who said the other week ” the wolves game wont matter”
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If Bolton and QPR win tomorrow Roarverrrrrrs are as good as gone and the Ewood massive (who sooooooooo get behind the manager and team dont they?)
will be kicking off from first kick to last which is always great for the home players isnt it?
If Bolton lose we are as good as safe due to the rubbish goal difference they and Roarverrrrrrs have compared to Latics so id expect a more difficult game then but it wont matter unless they stick a shedful past us.
We have done the difficult bit and just need to get over the line which i am certain will happen regardless of monday nights result.
TV has an unerring knack of switching the wrong games (remember Hull a couple of years back?) and im sure they are kicking themselves they didnt cover the QPR or Bolton game instead.

The old ground was landlocked and potentially unsafe around the access/exits in my opinion.Certainly not a safe place to take the kids either with dodgy terraces and toilet facilities not out of place in a farmyard pen.
Great memories from the old ground but we would not be where we are today if they had not shifted over to ‘the gant'(wouldnt this be a great name btw ?)which geve us a much bigger profile and attracted better players during that period.
It is lovely to see pictures of it but the memories i have are of a very tiny club (in what was then a rugby doninated area) as occupiers not the world wide profile that has been created by the move across town.
Onwards and upwards but we musnt forget the past agreed!

If city win at Newcastle on sunday i would stick my house,wife,kids,life,internal organs on them beating that QPR side by a sizeable scoreline to win the title.
I would also do the same on the current form Latics side picking up enough points to stay up!

I have a sneaky feeling QPRS expected home win with non footballers Stoke on sunday wont happen-Stoke looked very up for it last saturday against Arsenal and i bet Pulits chairman has had him in telling him to get up the table fast for more prize money.
That would mean we are already safe going into the Blackburn game barring a mathmatical travesty and the freakiest results ever.
It will be sorted on monday night believe me!