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typical latics, roller coaster! wouldnt change a thing! Roll On tuesday night! WE ARE GOIN UP!

doubt he will be fully match fit, played for leeds against Harrogate town, Newport, and Pegasus Juniors... hardly the best oppo, not yer greegs and rubes is it?

faster than davies? My

They have just signed Matt Mills, another dutch centre back (van Nieuwstadt), and currently have 2 more on trial, Richard Keogh, and someone from Toulouse (who is likely to sign) plus they have Sam Hird and Gordan Greer, and have had bid for Chambers from Leicester who can fill in at CB, so even if nothing comes of the trialists, they still have 4 1st choice CB's and a couple of other players who can fill in there, would they really want/need him? Although for £150k id snap there hand off!

It was all over one of Doncasters forums yesterday (as it has been all summer) that he's set to sign for them in the next couple of days! he's been top of most of their fans shopping lists all summer! doubt he'd go to plymouth, they get screwed over from all our players who leave lol!

Shez says on Latics Wold (bradford preview) that he's ''still trying to sort something out with Del'' so i still think he's in his plans! he also mentions he's still after a left back OR someone to give him ballance on the left hand side, so maybe its a choice between phillips or a left back??

I was watching it live on sky last night and said exactly the same thing to my dad, ''Ernie for England'' was loud and clear (as was every other chant by our fans) and then the commentator got it completely wrong! Just Disrespectful!

Paul Jewell's bin saying for the last few weeks he's after a wide player (dont know if he wants right or left) but if phillips has a blinder tonight i wouldnt be suprised if he shows an interest!

lol i think i may know who it is!

with these trialists, if we deem any of them good enough how do they go on with the work permit rule? (that may be a silly question, but my understanding of the rule is nil)

i remember a post a while back about us getting an israeli keeper on trial an somebody posted a link to his profile from his current club

After having a quick glance on a couple of their boards, the Gillingham fans are mostly against the signing of Maher, a few comments are: Gills Fans Views ''He hasn't shone in a Gills shirt'' ''Last season i found Maher to be slow, with a tendency to give the ball away far too often'' ''Maybe in League 2 he'll flourish but I have to say there was only one game I saw, possibly Swansea, where I thought he had a decent game'' ''A very mediocre player with no pace. Did not impress me in the least.'' ''I wasn't impressed by Maher. Got himself sent off. Hardly lit up the games he played and like others I would rather we had signed Cullip.'' Read into that what you will, a player could be cack in one team and a move can do them good. Gillingham were in a relegation scrap last year and he might shine in a team pushing for promotion. anyway, i thought he cant be as bad as they are making out, so i decided to look on Southend’s forums Southends fans views ''IMO tilly needs a different type of midfielder seeing as we lost our most creative players in Maher and Gower'' ''We don't appear to have a holding midfield player, Maher would have been an excellent choice if we'd offered him a contract'' ''(talking about the diamond formation) the defensive midfielder is normally the 'destroyer' and the guy further forward the creator...This formation would be best employed with Maher! Come back Kev, He could have done both!'' ''I would be very surprised if he drops down to league 2. He's still a class act in my eyes'' So they seem to think he could still do a job at this level, they think they will miss his experience and leadership/presence most. A couple of points i did pick up were they don’t think he will sign for a northern club, they said he wont travel and up-root his family, and also he was the top earner at southend (which will be what, 6-7k pw?) so he will have to be offered a fair whack to come up here anyway!

iv got a feeling whitaker will be the ''allott'' of this season for us!!

From the recent training ground video's on Latics World iv realised that every current member of the squad has the same nickname, assigned by Shez EFF'IN

The good news is ... there's only three weeks 'til the season kicks off Bad news is its still three weeks until the season kicks off The Good News Is.... First Pre Season Match Tonight Bad news is its in Rhyl while Rochdale get to play theirs in Marbella The good news is we can drive to Rhyl without a passport. The bad news is Neal Eardley will need a lift off someone. Good news ...... He will bring the beer for the passengers The bad news is, he is the passenger. The good news is we have Mark Allott in midfield. The bad news is we have a couple of area of the field need strengthening The good news, I have complete faith that Shez has learnt a lot from last season The bad news is taylor will still play on the wrong side The good news is we have signed a keeper The bad news is Scottish keepers are dodgy The good news is he cant be as dodgy as some previous keepers The Bad news is that Crossley will break the Subs bench The good news is - we've bought a longer subs bench The Bad news is, we will have to buy an even longer one, as we will have a fully fit squad and the new 7 subs rule

im about to sign up, its about time something like this was created!! btw, does this yantorno/murray/gretna/hibs crap really have to spoil every thread on this forum, it really is getting borin now! rant over!

Aye... Robbie Threlfall plays left back, can also play left wing and centre back. Was on loan at hereford last season, has played for england under 19's. Rafa Benitez says he can go out on loan again this season, and with having that roque lad on loan a cpl of seasons back, maybe something could be done. taken from sky sports REDS STARLET SET FOR LOAN MOVE By Peter O'Rourke Last updated: 14th July 2008 Liverpool starlet Robbie Threlfall is set for a loan move away from Anfield as Rafa Benitez looks for him to gain valuable first team experience. The 19-year-old full-back is highly regarded at Anfield having come through the youth ranks and recently signed a three-year deal at the club. Threlfall had a spell with Hereford last season and Benitez is keen to send him out on loan again as he continues his policy of farming out his best young players to aid their development. The Reds have made the talented left-back available for loan and the news has alerted a number of clubs north and south of the border. A couple of League One sides and SPL clubs are believed to be tracking the defender as they look to secure his services. Threlfall is looking forward to the chance of moving out on loan as he looks to get regular action under his belt. Excited "I believe going out on loan will prove a valuable experience in my bid to establish myself in the Liverpool first team in the future." "I have been informed that Liverpool are willing to let me go out on loan and I am relishing the prospect of playing on a regular basis," Threlfall told skysports.com. "I am aware of some interest in me and I am prepared to go anywhere to continue my development." sounds very similar to the bertrand deal we had last season, a year at a lower league club, possible step up to league 1, then to championship/premiership, maybe we could be one of those interested clubs?

Exactly, that’s got to be the minimum benchmark now for any of our young talent being poached away! I really rate Smalley, as i do all our young prospects, however if the sale (AT THE RIGHT PRICE) of one of these youngsters a season means the club continues to survive and hopefully progress, then so be it. Disappointing yes, but you have to think of the future of the club. However Sheff Utd have 7 strikers on the books already? As said earlier, Philliskirk has to be given credit, and a good contract (whenever its up) or he will be the next one to be poached away!

At this moment in time (before shez brings anyone else in) Crossley Eardley -- Gregan -- Hazell -- Lomax Lee -- Allott -- Whitaker --Taylor Hughes -- Davies I think Crossley will start the season as number one, and we will see Fleming more towards the mid/end of the season (although he does look quite good from the vid on LW) shez says he wants a left sided player to balance the team, I think this will be a left back because, although we have lomax and black, ones right footed, and the other has no experience at all. Where as in the left midfield position we have taylor who's played there for a few years, whitaker and lee who could do a job, and even o'grady and davies if needed! The good thing is, theres so much depth already this year, theres so many different formations we could use and switch to if the games arne't going our way. so if we do bring in a new left back (and CM if kalala goes) we'd have to pick 5/7 subs from: fleming bell lomax black stam thompson kalala/and or new CM o'grady liddle stephens smalley allesandra williams(if fit and ready) (any i'v missed out?) edit - wolfended Good Times!

just found another interesting bit on the same manure forum as before: a) ''Just woundering about Danny Philliskirk whos at Chelski, did he play for our youth setup and was released? or am i wrongly informed?'' b.) ''he was on trial with us (from oldham) for a while last season'' a) ''are we letting Chelski snap up a talent from Oldham?'' b.) ''I watched him (philliskirk) a few times and although he was tidy, remember we also had David Williams at the time and he was scoring for fun, I wouldn't say we have let him slip through the net, we just had better options i.e David Williams'' And how much did we get for philliskirk? it does seem like this Williams has bags of potential, lets hope our coaching staff can get the best out of him, and we will have another little gem on our hands!!

i dont think any team deserves that! doomed for sure! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...own/7500435.stm

its gotta have ''oh when the blueessssss'' on it! it would promote the clubs official message board then as well!

Just having a quick look on some of the Manure boards... a few comments are: ''Dave was an excellent player for the U/16's and after watching him over the last two seasons would have walked into the U/18's '' ''I agree, could score for fun and plays as an attacking midfielder too! unlucky to be released'' sounds like there’s some potential there, lets hope he can get fit and progress this season!!