Inspiral_Carpet

Latics no longer have a Performance Analysis Unit since they got rid of most of the team as a cost cutting measure - including the unpaid interns. Maybe the Senior steward is undertaking two roles? Joking apart, Tommy is probably sitting elsewhere to get a different perspective on the game. That said, I do know that Shez isn’t big on team analysis/ scouting the opposition and I suspect that will become obvious as the season wears on.

Alfie McAlmont spotted last night in a Club in Leeds by two of my sons. They were incapable of speaking by that stage though so didn’t talk to him. The journey home this morning was fun

Everyone is missing the really big issue which is that we haven’t scored at BP in the three matches since they were switched back on.

Beware of the dead cat everybody.

Meanwhile, the conversation was about Mike Petrasso. Prat

Highly unlikely as sell-ons are usually based on the profit made on the next transfer. The fee paid by Burnley (£1m up front and up to max £2.5m with incentives) is likely to be less than what Brighton paid Charlton (around £2m). Maybe we could get a percentage of the percentage Charlton receive (if they inserted a sell-on clause) but it’s unlikely that there’s any profit in the latest deal. If we did benefit, then presumably a percentage of our cut would then go to the Administrators of Bury.

I hope to meet you one day in the Main Stand Pete and as always, you make valid points. The answer to Singe was really to highlight that the truth can often be more powerful than hyperbole and there are valid factors for the massive drop in sales. For personal reasons, I’ll be travelling back to Oldham more often in the coming months and as my boys are now young men, one of the best ways I get to spend fun and quality time with them is watching football. It’s always a bit of a trek for us so we tend to make a weekend of it and had some memorable trips to away games last season. I never saw us win, witnessed precious few Latics goals but I’m still smiling when remembering days out at Forest Green, Crewe, Leyton Orient etc. and some epic drunken nights as part of the package in Swindon, Birmingham, Manchester and London. Because of my views regarding AL, I chose to boycott home games last year but as it’s highly unlikely we will get admitted to away grounds this season (and after drunkenly agreeing to buy a ST for middle son’s birthday), I’ve bought (a family of) four for 2020/ 21. I may never get to use them and probably won’t get to all the games but for me, it’s the only way I’ll get to watch Latics live this season as capacity is bound to be significantly restricted. I’m lucky as I am able to make that choice but I know that many aren’t. Some will criticise and a few may call me a scab. At the end of the day though, this is about family for me. Latics will be here long after AL has departed and while I would really love to see him starved out, I think his actions show that he’s prepared to haemorrhage money rather than cut his losses. Anyway, I want to spend time with family and hopefully, have a few more weekends in Manchester. It wasn’t an easy decision but I can live with it and am looking forward to the first game that we are allowed to attend.

Seen on Twitter that you’re having a mare of a day mate. Hope your train troubles get resolved. It should be totally obvious though the reason why ST sales are way down at Latics compared to the majority of other Clubs. Anyone buying a ST for any team is taking a massive leap of faith at the moment. All things being equal, you would see similar take up throughout the leagues. Stockport are owned by a local businessman who is looking to invest. Carlisle are owned by a consortium of local businessmen. I don’t know the ins and outs but I’d guess that fans at those clubs are prepared to “help out” in buying STs that may not get used this Season. Compare that to Latics (and a few others) where the owners are very unpopular. Most of us want the AL regime out of our Club. So why would ST sales be anything like previous or comparable to better run Clubs? I agree that the ST sales are a disaster for AL but the reason why is totally “understandable” and requires no spin.

The Administrator will be obliged to remove as much cost/ liquidate as many assets as possible regardless of which division Wigan will be in. They were seriously considering not appealing the points deduction as it will cost £400k apparently.

From the Stade Lavaillois message board:- Merde!!! Un autre garçon Anglais

Mo Sylla has gone

* and is the cousin of Steven Gerrard.

Ngoo is the one who turned up for us.

Were you his love or the plus one Dave?

I was pointing out to JTM that it wasn’t the worst performance of the season let alone the worst performance in (5) years. In my opinion. I wasn’t arguing about a ranking of shitness if you read it in context.