tactically_naive

A QPR relegation would have capped off a happy day. Red scum win nowt and Wanderers go down.

Once it was decided he had to be English, Roy is the best candidate around really. O'Neill would have been my personal choice if a non-Englishman was "allowed".

Easy, Ronnie Jepson. Bad, bad, bad in every way.

Please tell me we're not pinning our hopes on Chris Taylor?

We're dooooooooooooooooooomed.......................

£350K seems like a not bad bit of business to me, considering he was on his way soon anyway and that a sizeable number of Tics fans thought he was shiit anyway.

we were playing better football last season than this

Jeez, you poor buggers.

I stopped buying a season ticket after last season's fare served up at BP and have seen only 3 games this season (2 on TV, 1 in the flesh) and am not best-placed to comment on the performances this season. However, I think it's a case of......we ain't good enough again. Our crowds are poor, our revenues are low, so we can't attract enough players of better quality, or a manager, to produce a package good enough to get Da Tics out of this league.

We are still in the play-offs, and we might still make it, but the signs are that we won't and until we can change the fundamentals I mention above, we'll continue to disappoint.

Latics heroes deny homer officials.

It can be unbeaten in 8 or one win in five,depends on which way you look at it,but the recent run of gash home performances will only result in a bigger fall in home attendances.

.......and precisely why I didn't renew my ST this season. Last season's home performances were largely dreadful and today was, unfortunately, oh-so reminiscent of last season for me. Hopefully our away form will continue to be good and keep us in the play-off places.

I will agree with everything with the exception of the bit about Chris Taylor.

 

Now this isn't an I'm a bigger better fan than you dig its an observation on a player, but if you had seen his preformances over the course of the season you will have seen an improvement in his game overall however today and at Crewe he was a little flat compared to what he has been.

 

Today was a little frustrating but not as bad as Orient and Brighton who we really should have put to the sword. Nevermind a form side away form home saturday so that should see us on our game if this season is anything to go by.

I hope you're right about Taylor, although today he looked like the same player who disappointed me on a fairly consistent basis over recent seasons. His workrate is still pretty good, albeit he disappeared in the 2nd half today, but his end-proeduct remained a huge disappointment today.

Up until this season, I've been a season-ticket holder in the Chaddy End but today was my first match of the season. I have listened to several match commentaries on Tics World but this was the first time I had seen the lads in the flesh and, I must say, not much seems to have changed........

• Tics still seem to struggle to break-down a defensively-minded opposition at BP.
• BP remains a pretty atmosphere-less stadium, probably even worse with the demise of the Lookers and the fragmentation of the few singers out of the Chaddy End (some have clearly moved to the Roccy Road End)
• The Chaddy is still riddled with moaning bastards.
• Chris Taylor still can't cross a ball and lacks a regular end product.
• Eards is still a good defender but his passing is, ahem, somewhat erratic.
• Hughesy is still getting booed by the oppo fans and seems to relish it.
• The pies are still :censored:e & overpriced.
• We still miss Wellens.
• I still love going to BP!

I really thought we should have won today but struggled to break-down Carlisle's defensive tactics. We had lots of the ball but didn't really create enough good chances (lots of half-chances) and the delivery of crosses into the box (from both sides) was piss-poor.

It's gonna be interesting to see if was can maintain our position in the play-off places, but here's hoping that we do.

The ranking that "Apocolypse Now" gets in this kind of survey bewilders me. It is a rambling pile of steaming horse poo and should have been drowned in a bucket at birth.

OI, BRANDO, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Audi A3 3.2 litre V6 with flappy paddle gearbox. Fecking awesome but oh so thirsty. Best 6 months of driving I've ever had.

Liddell is certainly our best crosser of a ball, but I suspect Hughes might agree that the best cross of the game on Saturday came from Eardley for his third.

I didn't go to the game so can't comment either way. I have been dumbfounded by some of the criticism that Lids has received over recent months and am delighted he is returning to form. He will have a bad run of form and the predictable cliched "his legs have gone" bollox will return but I do think we should accept that he isn't going to charge past full-backs any more but will deliver a quality ball into the box when given the chance.

Could it be because he now has real competition for his place? He may also realise that it could be his last season, so he wants to go out with another promotion under his belt.

No, it's because (1) he isn't returning from a serious injury and is returning to his best form and (2) he's got a wand of a right peg and can "out-cross" anyone else at the club.

Lids is the only decent crosser of a ball we have, and I've been saying it for months. Neither Smalley or Taylor can cross anything like as well as Lids.

How many goals did Lids create for Chris Porter during his goal-fest season?

Why I'm not going tomorrow............

Cos I'm getting chuffing married, that's why.

It is arguable that he never actually played anywhere.

I'd snatch their bloody hands off for £750K. Can't see it misself though....it sounds like "to good to be true" money.

Only just heard. Going to bed with a sad heart tonight.

When you hear of things like this you realise that the world of football is utterly, completely, fecking crazy.

Moore must be wetting himself after pulling that one off!

This is the funniest thread in ages......made me laff mi bollox off!! Cheers fellas.

I went to my first 20-20 game on Friday at OT, England vs NZ, which was a bit of a let-down to be honest. It wasn't the best example of 20-20 cos England won easily but I definitely prefer my cricket at a more leisurely pace and won't be rushing back to a 20-20 game again.

Totally agree, but I hate Taggart even more - and Ronaldo's making him squirm at the moment

Mebbe use the winker as kindling and chuck Taggart on when the fire is dying down a bit.

I dunno, I'm beginning to warm to the guy

The only way I'd warm to the Portuguese winker would be if he was doused in petrol and set on fire. I soooooooooo hate him. I know, I should know better but I can't help myself.

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