IceStationLatic

Sheridan has actively chosen not to say he isn't interested. It's clear management speak. Im sure he hasn't talked to Bolton...but a representative of his might have. You don't get so many bets if there's nothing in it. He did Newport over so he'd do the same to us. Managers can get sacked easy enough so who can blame then moving on and being selfish occasionally. If Bolton choose him and can afford to buy him out, he's going. Hopefully it'll be Rosler though. It's a sad yet obvious reminder we are just a stepping stone. And there isn't as much loyalty between Sheridan and us as we'd like to think. And if we are doing half decent at the start of the next season...

He's been instrumental in many of the recent goals that have secured our L1 status. He was also our man of the match at Southend? He's not great, and still goes missing sometimes, but ultimately he finds space and reads the game on a different level to anyone else we've got here and most defenders in this division.

There's a proven psychological theory called cognitive dissonance. It's when someone refuses to back down from their view, whether through prejudice and/or a professional attachment. For example, a police commander desperate to have a case by closed with someone being caught - so they convince themselves, blind to the facts, because of the desire for this to happen. What happens is that despite more and more evidence proving their original view wrong, rather than recognising this, they channel the new facts to their original theory - leading to more and more completely absurd viewpoints. There were many cases of this when DNA evidence was introduced. In the US, guys who had been found guilty of raping and murdering, say, 8-11 year olds, were eventually cleared after DNA showed it wasn't the. But it took many appeals and years still in prison. Prosecutors insisted someone else must have had consensual sex with the victim before the rape and murder took place! Madness. In the end, folk had to be banned by the state from appealing. They still claimed "I just know he did it." This is a little bit like idiots who still have prejudices of the Liverpool folk (much like many policeman who regarded them all as working class hooligans, contributing to them being dehumanised and treated like cattle) and insist they must be to blame, or now, still partly to blame. The guy above, also, is just a complete bellend, using a disaster just to get attention.

He gets a lot right though :-/ And just because things change before news goes public, or is 'confirmed', doesn't mean inside info from earlier is always rubbish.

Exactly what everyone on here was saying when LJ was linked with Barnsley.

Yep. Because it was true. As he was the manager in line when Corney was in talks to sell the club to that relative of Vaughan's. Thankfully he was informed of the family's dubious background and backtracked.

Stadium set-up and regulations were blamed. I don't think the inquest found that the FA opened Gate C and watched on idly with prejudicial mindsets (like your 'scouser' thing you insist is relevant to this) as humans were slowly penned in like cattle and crushed until they died - and treated on a similar sub-human level afterwards. Don't really think the FA is the most pressing factor for discussion here.

The club don't want him to leave. He has a contract. But if Sheridan just walks, or 'resigns', what can we really do. Just a dragged out compensation battle...? ...or just take a hefty sum up front and let him go rather than waiting for the above to happen. I just hope the Bolton mob are split, and a new candidate emerges. But talks are clearly happening and the odds show he must be keen.

This is worth a read. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/apr/26/hillsborough-disaster-deadly-mistakes-and-lies-that-lasted-decades

Pathetic keyboard warrior quoted above. There most definitely will be prosecutions now - based not just on the disaster, but on the systematic doctoring of statements and cover-up. Who would think that in our society, the great democracy, that it took 25 years for a proper Inquest and 27 years for justice to be achieved. The list of those who died and predicted time range for death (so many after 3-15pm), the 40-plus ambulances outside, the treatment of the dead in the Hillsbrough gym, the abusive letters to families telling them to "face the truth"... Unbelievable.

The bookies always know. If he's favourite, it's for a reason. He must be in contact with Bolton and evidently interested. I guess even the transfer embargo, he'd fancy his chances with their youth products and given the potential further down the line And before you say that's rubbish, remember when you all said that when the LJ to Barnsley talk surfaced and he shot to the top of the odds. I just hope the end result is that Latics offer an improved deal, or budget, to prompt him to stay.

I always interpreted it (purely guesswork, although there was an in-depth article saying LJ met Ched etc and 'believed him') that LJ was behind the transfer and knew everything. The club, and Corney, however, chose to take all the flack in order to protect a young manager from the media :censored:storm.

Poor summer signings. Poor manager. Poor pre-season. Poor performances. Poor morale. After flirting with the drop for a few seasons, we were the perfect recipe for relegation. How anyone can suggest any manager would have fancied their chances is quite laughable. We were going down. A huge gap from safety and playing absolute dross amid a toxic atmosphere. Suddenly we've produced play-off place form out of nowhere over a sustained period of time. An unbelievable turnaround. A stunning achievement in Sheridan's managerial career.

This just doesn't make sense. Lots of ppl wouldn't sign him last time, due to the law... Now, potentially if he is cleared retrial, the law suddenly doesn't matter - and he's thereby tainted as "wrong-on" due to (what would then be) a total miscarriage of justice.

Another turning point of the season: when Blackpool offered £70k for Philliskirk, meaning we didn't have to sell Kelly to Wigan in Jan.

Wasn't there, on the highlights I notice Brown in a heap on the floor for the first goal. Presume the attacker cleverly blocked him off, and he just fell to the floor hoping for a foul - didn't see him appeal though. Understand the frustration with Forte. I was furious after Sheff U away. He doesn't go hunting back for the ball and easily goes missing - maybe being too nice, but perhaps he has to be like that with his dodgy knee. Plus, he's most effective higher up the pitch. Ultimately, he can do nothing for two-thirds of a game but then he's the one that loses his marker when we do create a clear chance or get in behind; he's the player that is getting assists and makes things happen when we do score. He's still got that intelligence in reading play that others at this level don't have. And he still has enough pace. He could easily have earned two red cards, yesterday and at Burton, and a penalty yesterday. He's a better version of Poleon. The latter will get more involved, but, unlike Forte, fluffs his cross or shot. Forte's movement off the ball, going forward, is in a different league to Poleon and many others.

Could it be Mills he's referring to? Does the "brought him in' refer to the loan full-back... And that's left Mills sulking in training?

The 3-2 at Bramall Lane. Although they were down to nine when the winner was scored.

Does the myth come from the fact that what's on your speedometer is slower than you are actually going... As using a sat nav shows....

We have our Shezurection, David Dunn was :censored:e?

Maybe some words were exchanged at HT. I wasn't there but on the highlights the players rushed over to Wilson rather than Forte after our second goal. Was some cross mind...

Some proper embarrassing things on social media at the moment after the Tarky incident. It's like ppl couldn't cope with a little bit of optimism... So many experts (in hindsight), so many experts that must know the real financial picture - yet can't understand why a club wouldn't want to disclose all issues publicly, so many experts that, unlike Corney, are psychic.

Shrewsbury have Man Utd at home... Hopefully that will distract from their league form...!

The way Shez was shouting at the strikers at Shrewsbury, he wants mobile frontmen who will run and run and press. This stops us letting the other team build momentum until we make a mistake. Then when we get the ball, we suddenly have space for our midfielders to exploit and get shots in (Winchester, Palmer, Kelly) because their back four is pushed further back. This is what we didn't have in Dunn and Holden's 4-5-1. Don't see why 3-5-2 is too attacking. Didn't we start in that formation in Shez's first game?

it was a good time to play them... Let's hope they draw a big gun in the cup for the next round!!!