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I havent got to see any of pre-season but is it fair to assume that because of all the trialist strikers, its not looking likely as if we will get anyone in to partner Pav for the start of the season? The only reason i ask i because it would be strange for DP to bringing in trialist strikers if he thought he had better options. I know pre-season is for finding out about players but from reports on here we seem to be clutching at straws????

I would have thought apply within would also be considered a mistake, due to the fact that it 'could' imply that potential clients 'could' assume the van was in fact the HQ for the business.

Apply within?

Although not a Latics player or even an actual player, i remember chuckling quite a lot a few years back when i found out that Wolfgang Wolff was Wolfsburg manager!

Hmmm im still not convinced that royal blue and navy kits would work together but I'm sure the club wouldnt have gone ahead with it unless they were confident there wouldnt be any problem. Kind of on a seperate thing, i was watching the highlights from the season we got relegated from the now Championship (i say highlights but there werent many), and noticed that in one game against Birmingham City at BP, they were wearing our then green away strip. I had had a few pints before hand so i could have imagined it. Did this happen?

Yeah maybe you are right. I forgot that we tend to play in our away kit anyway. Also maybe the navy wont clash too badly, but i would imagine if we playd someone like Millwall then we will use our 3rd kit...??? On a side note though, its the first away kit for many a year i am considering buying so well done to whoever designed it.....and thank you to the person who convinced them to get their eyes tested after last years hideous concoction!

I havent trawled through all 12 pages of this (terrible i know), so apologies if its been done to death before, but i dont see the logic in the kit still being blue albeit navy? Surely the idea of the away kit is that if it clashes with the home teams colours then you switch to the change strip. Are we just going to wear the new away and fluro kit just for the sake of it, even if the colours of the home team arent even blue?

Like that numpty Wankleman at the Donks? What a slimy so and so he is as well. Apart from the fact that they are a Franchise to begin with, i would love to see them fail even more because of that little ****!

Haha yeah thats him. What an absolute tool that guy was. Have no affiliation to York but would really have been gutted for them if he had gone there. Wouldnt wish him or Chris M**re on anyone........well maybe Leeds and Manure

Ah ok didnt know that. He isnt the same moron who tried to take over York City a few years back and was going to name the team after himself or something daft like that?

Wow i didnt expect Lidds to drop down quite that low. Surely he could have got a permenant contract higher up than that? Reminds me of Luke Beckett who dropped down to play for Gainsborough Trinity i think. Pretty sure both could have made a go of it in League 2 at least. The only thing i can think of is if both were looking at making an alternative career for themselves once they retire. Suppose it makes sense but good luck to Lidds. Was a good player until his legs just gave way at this level.

Are you clinically insane man?

True but we cant rely on the likes of Brooke and Alessandra to weigh in with enough goals throughout the season to get us to press on. Yes Brooke had a good start with his goal but can we really rely on him to come through and become a 20+ goals a season striker we need? I think its too early to be putting our hopes on him. I dont want Hughes back particulary, but it all really depends on DP. If he thinks he can get the best out of Hughes then great give him a contract but with countless clauses put in there. If Shez was still here i would say definately no, but different managers, fresh starts and all that. What is most concerning is that people seem to be thinking that Abbott will get a good tally of goals next season. If he doesnt and we have no backup then we are going to struggle.

2008 - 2009 Cox Swindon 29 Lambert Bristol Rovers 29 Beckford Leeds United 27 Fryatt Leicester 27 Hooper Scunthorpe 24 Mackail-Smith Peterborough 23 2007-2008 Scotland Swansea 29 Lambert Bristol Rovers 20 Beckford Leeds 20 2006-2007 Sharp Scunthorpe 32 Constantine Port Vale 26 Varney Crewe 25 Porter Oldham Athletic 22 Hefernan Doncaster 21 Trundle Swansea 20 2005-2006 Eastwood Southend 25 Sharp Scunthorpe 24 Trundle Swansea 21 Hayter Bournemouth 20 Windass Bradford 20 2004-2005 Lita Bristol City 29 Elliott Hull 29 Windass Bradford 28 Boyd Hartlepool 27 Abbott Huddersfield 27 Parkin Swindon 24 Hayter Bournemouth 22 Howard Luton 22 Brooker Bristol City 21 It wouldnt matter if we had Fryatt, Sharp or Cox as our up front choices, we all know once they get to BP they cant hit a barn door.

Damn you Actually its really quite easy when you get the hang of it!

I was just doing this on the BBC squad selector and the team really was looking quite threadbare. However on another note, according to the BBC Neil Wood is still playing for us!

Yep, and seem to remember him scoring against us as well at BP. Welsh U21/International/ Wonder if Eards sold the club to him...........errrr on second thoughts, i dont think heckling and booing are considered selling points!

I feel sorry for you Northern based Latics as August has Orient, Millwall and Brentford as away matches. Thats a bit of a bugger!

West Ham

Im pretty sure Fat Ronaldo would be one of them. Im sure he never won it while at PSV, Barcelona, Real Madrid or Inter. Have PSV won it though??

I thought Forest signed him from Cobh Ramblers??

The thing most people overlook is that the Germans would have lost the war regardless of whether or not D-Day had succeeded. All D-Day did was shorten the war. Had the Allies been repelled at Normandy, they would have looked for alternative footholds in Europe. Had D-Day failed, there were already plans put in place to fight their way up through Italy, so rather than France being the start of victory in the West, it would have been the Mediterranen instead. Hitler always said that the biggest military mistake would be to fight a war on two fronts.......but as soon as he devised Operation Barbarossa his fate was sealed. Other mistakes such as looping round to take Stalingrad, rather than heading to Moscow (as they did get to within 12 miles) as his own generals begged him to do. Regardless of whether the Allies attack came from the West or the South, the end result would probably have been the same. Tactical blunders on behalf of the Germans is militarily why they lost, but as every historian knows hindsight is a wonderful thing. 1) On D-Day the Germans believed that Normandy was a smokescreen for the main invasion as Pas de Calais 2) Hitler insisted he didnt want to be woken hence his generals didnt disturb him when the invasion began 3) Operation Retribution in Yugoslavia delayed the German invasion of Russia by 3 crucial weeks 4) The activities of Einzatgruppen's in the East hardened the Soviet's will for revenge. 5) The iconic battle of Stalingrad and Hitler's refusal for withdrawl decimated Army Group Centre. 6) Goering changing tactics to bomb London instead of carrying on bombing the Airfields in Battle Of Britain. 7) Declaring war on the United States just after Pearl Harbour. Rooseveldt knew that popular opinion in the States didnt want another European War. He had to wait for Hitler to make the move......and got his wish. The list of why they lost is endless........and i think the point in a long winded, round about way, is that while D-Day is celebrated as the liberation of Europe in the West the event itself wasnt the reason why the war was lost as the media likes to portray. Phew

To see how they felt about the signing of Allott, I came across something which made me chuckle more than Rugby Ron getting booted into touch. Two comments that are pure gold. Please please please let this one come off Posted by: inatimate1 (IP Logged) Date: 01/06/2009 14:59 "Heard that Budtz has left Hartlepool as well, no one else think that he's a decent keeper who could fill in for Achto?" Posted by: Deadly Submarine (IP Logged) Date: 01/06/2009 16:48 "Budtz has always seemed decent enough!"

I hear that Wim Jansen is being tipped to go there, with Tony Adams coming in as manager. Tony said it himself so it must be true

These 'Eardley Gone' and 'Taylor hands in transfer request' threads remind me of the old days of JKL where every summer there would be the predictable 'Beckett signs' followed by numurous hilarious stories of signing for deaf people, signs a cheque etc etc.