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He was highly rated by Sunderland fans before injury. I would be surprised if he isn't taken by another epl club

none taken dude

your points are fair i grant you, my point is that even though they lost those games most of them were pretty close therefore not pumped (i suppose we have may different definitions of what is pumped for me its losing by at least 3 clear goals). Secondly yes if you flipped the seasons results you would look at it differently. The big difference is the pressure is on a lot more at the end of a season as opposed to at the beginning. People are touting him because he handled said pressure really well and by not sacrificing his style of play either. As for if it was an aberdeen team on a run like that of course i would be asking questions but the clubs are very different in terms of stature vs league competing in. We are a big team in scotland and pay wages that entitle an expectation to finish in the top 5 at least. Wigan don't pay a lot in wages compared to virtually every other team in the league.

The boycott idea is actually potentially detrimental to them, its strengthens the case not to re-admit them should they form a newco

BB i have to disagree, they were never getting pumped every week. http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/page/Fixtures/0,,10429,00.html If you look at their results they have scored in more than two thirds of their games this season. The thing with Martinez is that he has never changed his philosophy regardless off the league position. He's all about playing attractive stuff and even when they went on their losing streak he didn't cave and in quite a few games they were unlucky to lose. Yes the real turnaround came when the changed to a 3-4-3 but he deserves credit for that not a 'well he should have done it sooner' mentality. Also he maintained the dressing room admirably when so many results went against them, there is no point you could look at wigan through the season and think the players were not playing for him. It seems to me that a big part of the turnaround was getting maloney fit and playing well, he reveled in the responsibility of playmaker and most good things wigan did in the run in went through him. Overall i think a job like Liverpool is maybe a couple of seasons too soon for him but i do expect Martinez to go far in the game.

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Do you honestly think that the stick Hodgson took from the fans from day one the fans wasn't detrimental to team performances? He was on a sticky wicket from the start because most were raging at the sacking of Benitez. With the right backing from the support from the outset Hodgson could have done a good job at Liverpool imo. I can't see Mourinho going to Anfield though i can absolutely understand why you would want him to. I think your right about it being a wee bit too soon for rodgers but not convinced they will go down next year with him in charge. Liverpool need to appoint someone who REALLY knows the EPL, if you could get Moyes to leave Everton and he was given decent financial backing by fsg i think you would be back in the hunt for a champions league spot next season, a cert for a spot the season after and challenging for the title optimistically a year after realistically two to three years after that.

No danger klopp would take the step down from Dortmund. disagree about Martinez too, keeping Wigan in the premier league for more than one season is a great achievement. Withthe style that they have done it in too, well you have to take your hat of to that. That said Liverpool fans would probably spit the dummy like they did with hodgson and run it for him from the start. What is the consensus from the fans? Are they all bleating for benitez?

It seems now they have started caring that no one likes them

I remember reading not so long ago the opposite, that only county would be promoted. Fuck knows either way, its probably irrelevant anyway given the huns are likely to slime their way back in

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninian_Park#Demolition_and_the_future_of_the_site

the mackie role is now open after all

Pal of mine was telling me about a report she read on alcohol consumption compared to sunlight received. Apparently there is a direct correlation because drinking causes the same chemicals to be released in the brain as exposure to the sun does. Hence in countries of limited sunlight people drink more. I'm not claiming this as fact, just something my pal told me though she's smart and not prone to bulshitting which is why i mention it.

Would be a positive signing....... well if he played like he did when he tore us a new one at their place at the start of the season

Mcleish sacked by villa, hardly a shock. The fans were never going to take to him, was always a silly appointment imo

true dat

what a finale to the season

20 owners? Too many cooks springs to mind

This was actually the very first football match i ever watched all the way through. Looking at it now it might actually have been better for my life if we had lost that shoot out. Potentially i could have decided that AFC were not worth the effort and saved myself years of misery

I can only imagine the pessimism everyone felt before the ball hit the back of the net

Very well said gs, I'm sure you will be stunned to hear i haven't heard anything back from them

If we had him, hayes and pawlett in our squad we might actually have the potential to stretch teams. Always liked swanson.

Spiers is a hun through and through, I always respected that he was pretty open about it unlike a lot of Journo's. I suppose it must be pretty horrible to watch your club go through this but as Kowalski says he has gone down in my estimation, he's supposed to be a journalist and such comments are nothing short of unprofessional.