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sat in main stand paddock meself yesterday. Didn't hear the Hughes shouts, but tommy told Greegs he needed to show "more energy" pushing up from defence. Shez was regularly ..er .."advising" Kelvin about his positional play. Fascinating watching Shez & Tommy at close quarters from the paddock. They feel the pain just like the fans from what I saw.

bird in the hand - bring on 1.4 million please

Am I missing somethinh? Corney confirmed there is a £400K release clause in the contract unless I imagined it. He would hardly say there is a £400k clause if there isn't would he?

Well said. I think the losses are now £15K per week as opposed to 50 K when TTA took over if I heard correctly

Thought it was a good interview, and a fair and balanced assessment of the reality of running latics, and running it very well. Interesting that many clubs are in dire straits and that latics finances are (comparitively) sound. Restored my sanity somewhat after all the rumours flying round. Steady progress is success at latics and frustrating though it is for the fans we have to accept that until other sources of funding come through ie redeveloped stadium (prob years away) or improved crowds (been waiting 50 years) we have to sell players but at least we can hang on for the right price rather than fire sale prices like simon said

That's what i love about latics. the constant stream of encouraging news. Whilst I can see the reasoning it is the fact that sometimes football seems to have nothing to do with sport and all to do with money that makes me wonder why i bother. If this source/leak is genuine, couldn't at least he/she have kept their gob shut until after christmas. It is this kind of thing that causes such cynicism and apathy about latics to the non-believers and fallers by the wayside. It p**ses me off that whenever there is cause for cautious optimism with latics there is inevitably some bad news to offset it, or failing that, an "injury crisis" Rant over bored today. Wil be there with me scarf on Sat

so if this speculation is correct we are offering hughes at a cut price because he will not commit to another contract thus we end up with a porter situation. I hope very much this is not true. If it is then football really is a cynical business

Fair enough. Times must be hard though if we need the cash that badly that he would be allowed to leave for such a relatively small sum.

why would we ask 300k if everybody knows its in his contract? "listen to offers" more likely. Who are all these so called very reliable sources that people quote and why are they so rarely right ?

lack of media coverage on GMR doesn't help. Agree that it is easy to spend money on advertising but not as easy to quantify the benefit

Well the main stand is almost sold out. - only single seats left. so I will be reliving my teenage years by going in't Chaddy. Last game i saw in there was v Cambridge 6 - 1 73/4. Its a sign.....

93/4 After great escape of 92/3 the board failed to strengthen the squad. Unforgivable really

"oh come all ye faithful".... Look at the history back in 73-4 more points behind the leaders at this stage 10 from the next 12 points is achievable but then again its latics but then again its latics but then again its latics so Christ* only knows * no blasphemy or offence intended

oh that's alright then but who is the new manager? Bring ack Joe lol

bloo*y h*ll - hadn't thought of that. The thing about being a latics fan is there is always something to worry about !! No not havin it ..fantastic result today Shez in

Roy was wrong. Down to marking but that said it was a perfect delivery. It is a trait of some fans to choose to dislike a player then heap blame on that player for virtually everything that goes wrong. Been going on since I started watching in 1958 (Peter Phoenix was the victim then)

Agree 100%. Big Joe had a two year honeymoon period followed by some pretty dire seasons. It is even tougher now for smaller clubs. Shez is a genuine fan of the club unlike Talbot Warnock and M**** I find it amazing that some people seriously think he should go. Its interesting to read the extremes of opinion on a message board but I think people need a reality check and should be careful what they wish for.

2nd booking not deserved described as disgusting by commentators..and no he is a major asset

Agreed bring back match live centre

Fair enough. Didn't express myself clearly. What I mean is that Latics have punched above their weight in those eras, and I fervently hope we will do so again, and i will be gutted if we miss out again ths season. BUT it takes some doing getting out of this league, so the doom and gloom is an expression of our fears that we might be destined for years of 3rd division mediocrity. When we lose games such as Yeovil at home those fears are brought out. I really hope promotion is achieved but when people get on shez's back we should remember that it is no easy task that faces latics, bearing in mind the poor core support levels compared with say Leeds & Leicester

What Corporal Jones said is regrettably true albeit depressing. Us older 'tics, or me anyway, will remember that when Frizz got us promoted it was at that time relatively as miraculous as the Joe Royle promotion era, so the expectation level at Latics is unrealistic. that said if we cannot keep hope (or faith) that one day we will get out of this league, upwards by the way, then it takes away the point of following latics, or loads of other lower league clubs. This is why the greedy league ignore the lower leagues at its peril, because whats the point of a premier league without a strong healthy and competitive legue structure undrneath. United v Liverpool would be less exciting to the armchair fan if they were two of only 12 viable clubs left in Britain...a la SPL..rangers, Celtic and ..er who cares

From previous interviews ive watched it seems to me that TTA and or Alan Hardy deal with the contracts and discipline side of thing such as fines etc and Shez concentrates on the footy...which is probably how it should be, and I think Shez would want it that way. As said in an earlier post Shez has identified who he wants so its now up to the club to sort out the financial & contract side. Interview is back on Latics world, maybe edited cos nothing about Corney in the one i watched. A win at Northampton will dispel the gloom...so here's hoping

YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 3-3 COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on latics ffs

but you are disputing the law. when latics are fined or have to close the stand for persistent breaches of the law will you be glad to have proved your point? Why is it childish etc to expect your kids to be able to watch the game from SEATS you have paid for? With respect, think it through