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Football Thread |OT16| Bacon & Dregs
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Cheers, I have no idea any more. We have a middle table Championship side with some Premier League quality sprinkled in here and there. Dont know if it will be enough.
Sod Wigan.
What's wrong with Wigan? They are a good club. Play decent football most of the time and Martinez is awesome.
You don't see Wigan sacking managers every season.
Yeah. To take a recent example, totally cool how he pretended McManaman's tackle was clean.
This is funny because at the start of the season every year people claim that they play terrible football and are an awful club that deserve to go down, then when they start performing to a higher standard toward the end, people change their tune and say stuff like this.
You watch Wigan play and they can be very entertaining. Bit comical in their defending but overall their attacking play is not bad. Compared to a team like Sunderland or Stoke who are just a headache to watch because even when they win they are boring. I don't like boring football.
That's a one off. You don't see Wigan doing tackles like that every week and Martinez can hardly condemn his player publically to increase the pressure on the young lad. It's something that he has to address with the player privately.
Eh. Martinez is a run-of-the-mill manager at best. For large stretches of most seasons, he's a chippy and conspiracy-minded moaner about referees in the Rafa tradition. Not setting his side up to kick people doesn't make him a wonderful bloke.
Reading should definitely go, and won't be missed. Can't fucking defend. Made Gervinho look good.
QPR and Wigan joining them would be fine. Ideally, Stoke and Sunderland get sucked down, but they might hold it together.
There are one-off moaners and there are the twits who make dossiers and dvds.
Gareth Bale
Member
Lol at the guy on SSN.
"PAOLO DICATIO is what The Sun goes with, that... is... a terrible headline"
"PAOLO DICATIO is what The Sun goes with, that... is... a terrible headline"
I really dont much like Dave "gobshite" Whelan. I also think Wigan dont play that great football most of the time, although to be fair they have played well recently. Overall though I just resent a small club like Wigan doing better than Villa and instead of blaming our own faults I choose to dislike Wigan
Any manager in the lower half of the table does that because, in their view, the top clubs get the rub of the green always. Allardyce claimed simlar after the FA cup game etc... Wenger, Ferguson etc... all do their best to push the referee to favour our clubs. At the start of the season Wenger was doing a lot of moaning and as a result I can recall Arsenal receiving at least 4 bullshit penalties from it, Ferguson does it with injury time etc... so all Martinez is doing is trying to get a fair crack for his team. Although it would be ideal if he didn't do that but you can go through instances where every manager gets pissy at the referee decisions.
Wigan always seem to be up for the must win games and that's a credit to Martinez. Wigan dismantled Everton at Goodison to earn a spot in the FA cup semi. Excellent achievement and now has an excellent shot at achieving Europe. Wigan get past Milwall and in a one off final against Chelsea or a Manchester club Wigan can win. The fact that they are in that position is a credit to him. They don't have a great squad and lost key players over the summer but still trucked along. Nice guy imo.
Dave Whelan can come out with some bullshit, like that McManaman challenge being fair when he knows damn well that was dangerous and a horror tackle. But I like his management style because he lets his manager get on with the job. He hasn't been jaded by the thought of more money and because of fear sacking the manager. Wigan are a small club pushing above their weight in the league playing some decent football with stuff all money and budget to work with. I refuse to hate Wigan.I really dont much like Dave "gobshite" Whelan. I also think Wigan dont play that great football most of the time, although to be fair they have played well recently. Overall though I just resent a small club like Wigan doing better than Villa and instead of blaming our own faults I choose to dislike Wigan
I hope Arsenal send more of our youngsters there to get experience. Decent club man despite Whelan not being perfect.
Gareth Bale
Member
It's insane how Wigan turn into United at the tail end of the season. Just highlights how significant the mental aspect of the game is.
The_Hitcher89
Member
I completely agree with Lightning
I can't stand Dave Whelan, but he does deserve some credit for keeping the faith with Martinez and not firing him when the going gets tough. QPR, Reading, Sunderland and Southampton all dropped their managers (though Soton's wasn't a case of underperforming) and may not improve at all.
Any other year I'd be fine with Wigan staying up. I think their chairman is a buffoon but he stands by managers so he gets credit for that. Martinez is a nice enough chap in a world dominated by twats. They both blew the McMamaman tackle though.
I tipped them to go down at the start of the year too.
I tipped them to go down at the start of the year too.
The_Hitcher89
Member
Reading, QPR and Newcastle pls
QPR, Reading and Sunderland are my picks. Sunderland have awful fixtures and they will have issues scoring goals. Wigan can score goals, Aston Villa can score goals.
Wigan have some winnable games, starting with QPR next week and they also have Swansea and Villa at home so I fancy their chances in all those games and they have a shot at points in away fixtures with West Ham and West Brom too so plenty of points on offer in those fixtures for Wigan.
Wigan have some winnable games, starting with QPR next week and they also have Swansea and Villa at home so I fancy their chances in all those games and they have a shot at points in away fixtures with West Ham and West Brom too so plenty of points on offer in those fixtures for Wigan.
Phantast2k
Member
LOL WTF. Why, Sunderland, WHY?
Who your picks to go down?
Reading
QPR
Villa
I can't really decide between Sunderland and Villa but Sunderland have at least played their joker by hiring Di Canio. It might work, it might not, but the core of their side is not especially vulnerable, just very boring. Villa look fragile, every one of their defensive players can make a mistake at any moment.
Steverulez
Member
That foul on Suarez yesterday for the penalty was hilarious, he even then got up to complain, haha.
Broder Salsa
Banned
... You really have to even question that it's Aprils fools? The press can't even get him to say a word so good luck with the mandatory press conferences lol
Roman much prefers some muppet there instead that he can control, like Avram Grant.
Looks like a rejected Liverpool kit.
Broder Salsa
Banned
There is clearly no such thing as rejected liverpool kits.
I know, right? Goddamn. It's terrible.
Gareth Bale
Member
If this is really our upcoming away shirt, I'm going to punch someone
If it is then I expect posts in 6 months, not necessariy from you, about how "the away shirt has grown on me". Happens every time. Even happened with that Liverpool third kit.
KidA Seven
Member
It's better than a Liverpool kit. That's not saying much though.
He's been getting lessons from the master
Quite possible my favourite football GIF
:lol
It would be amazing.
Baconsaurus Rex
Member
Yes I fell in love with her
If this is really our upcoming away shirt, I'm going to punch someone
I don't even...
If this is really our upcoming away shirt, I'm going to punch someone
According to http://www.tz-online.de/sport/fc-ba...en-stehen-laut-insider-fest-meta-2752728.html our away jersey will be white and brown.
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