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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 24, 2023 13:07:45 GMT
The gas burner thing is a strange one. They have been called out on x for being a hoax but have defended themselves saying they are doing things the right way and it isn't easy sitting on information that is basically gold dust to gas fans. If it isnt a hoax then they have clearly been told by the club not to release the interview until further notice so the club can release something official. But that places a lot of trust from the club in the person they gave the Interview too. Makes you wonder if gas burner is actually someone inside the club. There is no way the club would give that information to someone on trust. If they have been told something in confidence then that must have come with an NDA. Seems bizzare they would say something about it in the first place though. Seems attention seeking to me My thoughts on this are:- Gas Burner did have the interview Tom asked them not to publish because a statement from the club is due The club are currently drawing up the plans for the Mem refurbishment and want to include them in the statement It's quite clear looking at the structure and vastness of the new stand that it is pretty permanent I'm expecting the East stand to be next followed by the Thatchers end
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 23, 2023 23:30:37 GMT
Cox 7
Hunt 8
Taylor 7
Grant 7 Vale 7
Bogarde 6 Evans 8
Finley 8
Thomas 8
Marquis 8
Collins 7
Ref 0
Wigan 4
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 23, 2023 23:06:07 GMT
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 23, 2023 23:01:50 GMT
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 23, 2023 22:32:45 GMT
Home early after negotiating the car park better for once .... What a cracking game ... Must admit I totally got that wrong at 2pm when i saw the team... Anyway here are our marks ... Cox - 7 ... Pretty faultless - good punching under pressure from the gorilla Wyke, distribution a different class from the midweek keeper. Vale - 7 Very good full debut and put in an excellent shift at LB Taylor - 7 Won most things in the air and scrapped hard - distribution getting better Grant - 8 Excellent at CB - Distribution brilliant and fought really well in the air - Would cement him in there now. Hunt - 9 - Love this guy!! Quality throughout and a goal + an assist to Big John. Finley - 8.5 I have been his biggest critic but today he was outstanding - led by example - terrific in the tackle and had a few shots at goal as well. Evans - 7 - Got kicked throughout but another really good hardworking display and drove us forward Bogarde - 7 Seems to take some time to settle into games but some nice touches and worked hard Thomas - 8 Excellent performance capped with a nice goal Collins - 7 Worked hard - created chances and got a deserved goal Big John - 7 Worked hard - got pushed and shoved and a cracking header for his goal Subs - Collective 6 - No one really stood out but did enough to see out the game Joe Barton - 7 Well I thought he had got the selection wrong but what do i know ? Josh Grant at CB and Harvey Vale at LB was inspired - Clearly told the boys to shoot more this week and it paid off. Referee Team - 5 - Very poor at times and some of his decision making will have made the assessor weep!! Fans- Strong 7 - Noisey at times and supported well - Loyalty rewarded today Wigan - 5 - Looked really good in the warm up - really good. I thought we would struggle against Wyke + Aasgaard but wasn't he case. So a thoroughly enjoyable game - is this the sign of things to come - we shall see Certainly taught me that we have more strength in depth than I thought Have a great weekend everyone. I thought Aasgaard was Marvelous
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 23, 2023 17:59:43 GMT
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 22, 2023 21:13:45 GMT
It may look rubbish but the view from the east stand seats is one of the best around! High up but closer to the pitch. Lovely. Having visited over 150 grounds I can confirm it is "the best" and why I am glad we won't be moving from the Mem (in my lifetime)
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 22, 2023 21:11:06 GMT
Got to say that was an amazing 2.05 minutes of in sight into Wigan: They play out from the back ,we play out from the back it 's all about who imposes on who on the day .....and that's it. Question....what was the point?
This isn't any better
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 22, 2023 19:20:13 GMT
Even as an East terrace loyal it’s mental that the East stand was built in the 80s. Looks so much older than that. How do you think it would look if it was given a face lift and extended the full length of the pitch?
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 22, 2023 16:39:46 GMT
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 22, 2023 15:52:14 GMT
Swansea 1v1 Sheffield Wed West Brom 1v1 Millwall Blackpool 1v2 Reading Gas 2v2 Wigan Cambridge 1v1 Port Vale Charlton 1v2 Wycombe Oxturd 2v0 Exeter Harrogate 0v0 Salford Stockport 1v2 Wrexham Solihull Moors 1v1 Bromley Chorley 1v2 Scunthorpe Weymouth 1v2 Chippenham
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 22, 2023 14:21:29 GMT
He appears a bit confused
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 22, 2023 12:02:28 GMT
Could it be magic though? they could Shine and give them their Greatest Day?
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 22, 2023 12:00:07 GMT
Isn't Bogard also a CB?
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 22, 2023 10:54:22 GMT
Wigan have been given 150 extra tickets after the temp stand got the H&S sign off
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 20, 2023 18:28:54 GMT
It's been said before, but it needs saying again. No other manager in the last 57 years has done better than Southgate. Nobody else has done better than a World Cup quarter final or Euros semi final. Southgate has improved on both of those. We've tried old managers, young managers and foreign managers and we've now got one who has taken us closer to success than ever before. Plenty of other managers have had their embarrassments of riches, eg the Golden Generation, Rooney, and Lineker. They all flopped. Southgate has done better than the lot of them. And you want to sack him? What would Southgate’s record look like if he had the squad that Graham Taylor had? Apart from the Golden Generation which Sven wasted nobody has had better strength in depth than Southgate has with the current squad. Of course there have been good players along the way but not a whole squad full. At least in Sven’s time there was decent competition from other teams - other the France the current batch of international teams might never have been weaker. Do I not like that!
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 20, 2023 18:18:24 GMT
Are we aware that the Al Qadis have ever lied to us? Then why can’t people accept what we are told as truth and stop making things up? By all means make suggestions but please bear in mind what has been said about what is or is not viable/sustainable/affordable/whatever. I’ve been waiting for a new stadium since before we left Eastville. Perhaps I’m more patient because I worked in construction. Starting with a London Borough, I went to a County Council, then the NHS, a National Builder, a private cost consultancy, an architects’ practice where I became Pertner, a local builders thinking to retire but then was recruited to work as a cost consultant on Listed Builings. The main thing I learnt was how much red tape there is and how slow progress can be. If you don’t push, don’t campaign (either publicly or behind the scenes), don’t know someone who knows someone, etc. etc. things can sit forever. I’ve helped with free advice on local campaigns that have eventually succeeded, one after 26 years to reverse traffic flow on a one way street. Another lesson is things happen a lot faster if you have the money, not just the will but the will is the most important. I think (I can’t claim to know) that our current ownership, including Wael, do have the will. They have a certain amount of money (Wael is probably hoping it’s now enough) to go with the will. Speculation about what may or may not be happening is entertaining for some but please don’t make it sound real if it isn’t. We were told the new South and South West stands were going up as better quality and most importantly, larger, temporary seating till we have a permanent home somewhere else. Things have gone wrong, maybe at least partly the club’s fault, maybe not? This has caused delays but the statement of intent hasn’t changed. UTG! Thanks for posting your CV, congratulations on getting the Stadium Managers Job!
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 20, 2023 14:07:35 GMT
Anyone bothered by free agents & whoever they used to be employed by, need to take their head out their arse. Which album was that on?
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 20, 2023 13:47:24 GMT
Yes - Moving the pitch 5 yards to the north to accommodate the bigger footprint + south stand going further towards the East. My concern there is that it’s going to look a bit daft with the halfway line not in line with the middle of the two main stands. Going to look a bit daft? It's been like that since the close season and my OCD is in overdrive!
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Post by seanclevedongas on Sept 20, 2023 13:35:27 GMT
I hope he can fix us
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