Whelans broken leg
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Probably until we are safe can’t offer anything. It’s a big gamble due to injury’s. Have we not been this road before. With Cousins and Bennett
JANUARY WINDOW THREAD
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hindleymonwafc
Vital Champions League
Goode seems a good player but wouldn't say he's an improvement on Morrison who I rate highly. But, if he can be ours at the end of the season for no outlay then the manager is going to have a good look at him until the season ends. That is tough on Morrison who has done little wrong but does make sense though.
Frank Bullitt
Vital Squad Member
I'm not having a pop at you here mate, you're not the only one.
Why are people continuously banging on about "being safe"? Instead of counting how many points we are from safety why can't we show some positivity and look up the table and talk about how many points we are off the top six?
And you lot call me negative.
On the way home from matches when the results are in (especially after a win) we check the league table to see how far off the top six we are.
Rufus T Firefly
Vital Youth Team
I'm not having a pop at you here mate, you're not the only one.
Why are people continuously banging on about "being safe"? Instead of counting how many points we are from safety why can't we show some positivity and look up the table and talk about how many points we are off the top six?
And you lot call me negative.
On the way home from matches when the results are in (especially after a win) we check the league table to see how far off the top six we are.
And skrike that were not closer.
Whelans broken leg
Vital Reserves Team
1 Start of the season stay upI'm not having a pop at you here mate, you're not the only one.
Why are people continuously banging on about "being safe"? Instead of counting how many points we are from safety why can't we show some positivity and look up the table and talk about how many points we are off the top six?
And you lot call me negative.
On the way home from matches when the results are in (especially after a win) we check the league table to see how far off the top six we are.
2 Get to plus points as soon as we could
3 Get younger players to extend contracts done
4. Stay around the middle of the table Looks like job done
5 financial Suicide if we did. This season
6 getting everything in place for next season.
You post some good points frank. But the playoff this season was never going to happen.
Frank Bullitt
Vital Squad Member
So the aim this season is mid table and that's it? I would want us to finish as high up as we possibly can without restrictions such as "financial suicide" on the very slim chance we do get promoted.
Its a very slim chance...But just say we did make the play offs this season what then? Or if we even get a sniff of the play offs with a couple of games to go, what then?
Can you see where I'm going with this?
Whelans broken leg
Vital Reserves Team
Simple. Fact is frank it won’t happen we will be at best ten points of the playoffs. Even if we did we would be straight back down again. We can’t do that again if we go up we need to be able to stay up.
AbramLatic1
Vital Reserves Team
if you're implying that we'd throw games to miss out on the playoffs, then give your head a wobble. We won't make the playoffs anyway, think (as I did before start), we'll end up with somewhere between 55-65 points on the board (without the 8), which won't be enough anyway.
Frank Bullitt
Vital Squad Member
TRUE BELIEVER
Vital Football Hero
I'm not having a pop at you here mate, you're not the only one.
Why are people continuously banging on about "being safe"? Instead of counting how many points we are from safety why can't we show some positivity and look up the table and talk about how many points we are off the top six?
And you lot call me negative.
On the way home from matches when the results are in (especially after a win) we check the league table to see how far off the top six we are.
I admire your optimism in this instance Frank, and hope you will keep looking upwards.
But the truth of the matter is we are nearer the bottom six than the top six at present and until we see the reverse happen results are more important than performance for most of us, and I include the ownership in that.
Once we are safe in mid table then I think we will see a different mindset from the manager and the team, and perhaps the emphasis will then be placed on entertainment value rather than survival.
SwindonLatic
Vital 1st Team Regular
It will come down to money. Bayern would want a fee for Morrison, plus his time with us will have alerted other clubs who will be able to pay more than us in terms of a fee and certainly wages. Our recruitment needs to be really smart in the summer
daleks.at.the.monaco
Vital 1st Team Regular
Yes I also thought this is an odd thing.
I took it that they have not sorted out the player budget for next year. They may offer contracts to senior players, they are talking to some, it depends who accepts what is offered, it depends what the players want, depends if the senior players can get fixed up elsewhere.
Additionally, if we sell anyone and do not get them back on loan.
I took it that they have not sorted out the player budget for next year. They may offer contracts to senior players, they are talking to some, it depends who accepts what is offered, it depends what the players want, depends if the senior players can get fixed up elsewhere.
Additionally, if we sell anyone and do not get them back on loan.
Too many things to be sorted, in terms of Watts, Morrison and especially Kerr as to who will be bought or retained and if so at what wage before we can determine whether there is room for Goode.
Also will the resulting wage budget leave enough room to offer suitable terms to Goode (only on the fringes at Brentford but assume he’ll still be on a good wage in L1 terms at least.)
Also will the resulting wage budget leave enough room to offer suitable terms to Goode (only on the fringes at Brentford but assume he’ll still be on a good wage in L1 terms at least.)
BrickLatic
Vital Squad Member
av been wating for this to come for months now.Why are people continuously banging on about "being safe"? Instead of counting how many points we are from safety why can't we show some positivity and look up the table and talk about how many points we are off the top six?
And you lot call me negative.
On the way home from matches when the results are in (especially after a win) we check the league table to see how far off the top six we are.
frank: ive put money on us geting to playoffs
some on heer: your stupid. your an ideot. were lucky to be were we are. its about safety. it about trying to reach at leest mid table. lets hope we stey up else its choppers.
also same some on heer: can you sey sommart postif frank. your alweys negatif frank. stop talking us down frank.
this bord is fecking hilareous at times.
HudWiganFan
Vital Reserves Team
The likes of Wyke and Humphrys have long since checked out. Here's hoping they'll follow Lang out the door for a fee before the deadline.
It would cut away the fat of a bloated wage bill and perhaps even allow us to bring in a couple of free agents with a point to prove who might actually be willing to cover some ground for a team heading towards the climax of a deeply-consequential relegation scrap.
It would cut away the fat of a bloated wage bill and perhaps even allow us to bring in a couple of free agents with a point to prove who might actually be willing to cover some ground for a team heading towards the climax of a deeply-consequential relegation scrap.
Kendal Blue
Vital Reserves Team
From Maloney's interview on Radio Manchester, he expects the Lang deal to be done tonight/tomorrow but doesn't see us bringing in a replacement. To be fair, right wing/right of a front 3 probably isn't an area we need to be concerned with. Best to look more towards the summer
Whelans broken leg
Vital Reserves Team
Think there will be a couple more out the door before Thursday. Humphrey’s. Will be looking for a way out. Not the same footballer that we saw at the start of the season. Watts if someone will take his loan deal up. He will be gone or he will be sat in the stands and needs game time
Gerronwithit!
Vital Newbie
Why haven't you included Magennis with the above? Him scoring a penalty today was ironically bad news; he'll get to play (or rather appear) on a regular basis. He does NOWT!
AbramLatic1
Vital Reserves Team
Just to add (didn't realise it myself till earlier today), the deadline is Thursday 1st Feb 11pm not 31st January. Presume it's because of the PL games midweek, but I can remember us playing at Spurs one year on deadline day, was rumoured Rodellega was going to sign for them after the game
ZAKKY
Vital Football Hero
Birmingham City and Preston North End eye goalkeeper
Birmingham City and Preston North End are interested in Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Sam Tickle, reports Alan Nixon.
Birmingham City and Preston North End are both being linked with a swoop for the highly-rated League One stopper.
Tickle is apparently being watched by Everton and some other unnamed Premier League clubs, as detailed in a report by The Athletic.
He is under contract at Wigan until the summer of 2026 meaning they are under no pressure to cash in on him anytime soon unless the right offer comes in for him.
The Warrington-born man has made 34 appearances in all competitions during the first-half of this campaign and has kept 11 clean sheets.
