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Agreed I had to watch it again to make sure it was him who popped up to finish it, outrageous really. He looked a cracking player though.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/38949175 Good video, some good memories.

Do you know what channel it was please? I did a quick searcha nd couldn't find anything. At the moment I live in Taipei and thought I was unable to see the mighty Latics so any help on this would be appreciated :) Thanks!

Taipei, Taiwan...formerly of Rochdale .

Don't often post here BUT.... I wish there was a *bow* emote!

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True IMO, thought Corrazin got a lot of undeserved stick sometimes but cant disagree with that, personally would have Andrews back but that is beside the point. If Wijnhard has stayed fit that season I personally think we would have gone up.

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Eardley is extremely solid of us, a great right back at this level and with definite potential, yes his crossing can be hit or miss but with his passing half the time he hasn't had an experienced right winger infront of him to pass to, therefore has to either chip it or try a more ambitious ball....Eardley is a cracking player and I would definitely want around 750k+ from him....IMO more proven than Trotman.

Correct me if I am wrong but Wolfenden is out of contract at the end of the season is he not? If I was him I would be worried as to whether he is going to be here next season, I think if Alessandra signs a new contract that would give us Davies, Hughes, Alessandra and I am sure Shez will purchase another striker in the summer. What do you guys think? Personally I thought he did relatively well today, I just think that with him being out of contract he will not be retained if we can secure Alessandra and then bring in another striker. I dont see enough goals from him.

It would be interesting to see what happens if the scum win the champions league this season, would Paul go out on top?

Yes it was a yellow as to be fair it wasn't a goal scoring opportunity. As for the "last man" they have taken that out of the rules AFAIK, now it is just a goal scoring opportunity.

1998-2001 Andy Ritchie 2001-2002 Mick Wadsworth 2002-2003 Iain Dowie 2004-2005 Brian Talbot 2005-2006 Ronnie Moore 2006-Pres John Sheridan Looking at this is it any wonder we have not been promoted? The only person who had enough time to do settle in was Ritchie, he did a fantastic job to keep us from being relegated and when he did get the money and we were making progress Moore sacked him. Even if Sheridan makes mistakes I personally feel it is imperative that we keep him, whether we dont get promoted this season OR next.

I know I will get abused by this suggestion and I know its pure fantasy as it will never happen BUUUUUUUUT Would it be rather amusing to see Ronnie's and his sons reaction if we actually cheered them. I bet they would think what is going on here. They will have their thick tin hats on ready for the game and it would just be a massive shock if we changed tack from the booing and the abuse! As it stands I really don't care he signed for his dad, would have been a completely uninspiring signing IMO.

Thats the exact point why I would move him back to the right hand side, he can beat his man get to the line and put in a decent cross. Today was a mess from Sheridan I agree, why Hazell at left back?!?! He looked slightly shakey as a right back so why the impression that he could play left back better than Lomax? Has Sheridan stated that Taylors position is the left wing? I see flashes from Taylor on the left but I think we need to get him back onto the right, especially when we are missing liddell and have no real recognised right winger on that side. Why have two square pegs in round holes when you can have one?

Either my eyes have failed me but I definitely saw him signal for a free kick for them, didn't see it go anywhere near his chest....but the penalty was given at the end of the day so any argument about it is trivial. Should have won the amount of chances we had....wonder if it might be beneficial practising hitting the ball high towards the goal in training rather than on the deck.

Agree with everything you say Rocky apart from Rules have changed unfortunately, you can only get sent off for denying a "clear goalscoring opportunity" as the ball was going near the corner flag the incident could not be deemed a goal scoring opportunity. Special mention for Allot and Greegan from me, Allot proved that he is a very good and tidy midfielder at this level who can put in a tackle or two if needed (although for me this is not his game). Greegan was a rock at the back but did tend to stray up the field a couple of times and I can see him getting caught out for that. Kilkenny did well, although his stray pass led to their goal as he tired towards the end, no doubt he will be a cracking player for us as will kalala who tacked and harried everything in sight. Davies was marvelous upfront for us and ran their defense ragged. Ricketts did tire, it is not his game to chase everything. He constantly had the attention of two defenders because Tate could not handle him on his own therefore led to more space for Davies IMO, a very very useful player at this level. It was very nice to get the victory even though we didn't deserve it, how many times has that happened to us!

To be fair I was just discussing this. If we take the worst case scenario and say that Hughes and Ricketts turn out to be rubbish, the point I make is Hughes and Ricketts' rubbish performance more effective than Warney running around? I would say yes. Then if you add ot the fact that this is the absolute worst case scenario we have still moved forward from last season.

We have just signed an England international ;) woohoo let the good times roll!!! In all seriousness, he may be overweight and IMO it is a gamble but we will just have to see what Shez can do with him, a fit battering ram type ricketts could be a major asset at this level.

Good shout, would be a cracking player at this level unfortunately I cannot see it . I do think we need some kind of battering ram though.

Be interesting to see who it is to be honest. If it is chadwick I would be very suprised as he doesn't fit the bill of "experienced top-level striker".

Was just about to post the exact same thing here as I did on the other board, fully agree with you on this Senor. Here is my post:

Wasn't it 2005?

I agree, irrespective of what happened if they had not lost the last game of the season then relegation would not have happened, in essence it is their own fault. I have sympathy to a point but there has to be a line drawn in the sand somewhere and you just have to move on to concentrate on next season!