Roy's View From... Pre-Match View From Wigan

[Yellarbellyblade]

The 4-0 tonking was one of my worst away games, Roberts and Ellington ran us ragged

 

[Trigger Blade]

Watford are now getting uncomfortably close. If this had been played before or at the same time as the rest of the weekend fixtures I think we win at a canter.

Pressure is now on a bit.

Watford have taken 11 from 18, we’ve taken 15 from 18, so technically, they’re further away! The picture is skewed because they’ve played a game more and it’s in our hands to get the gap back to what it was.

 

[Grappler]

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[Roygbiv]

Watford are now getting uncomfortably close. If this had been played before or at the same time as the rest of the weekend fixtures I think we win at a canter.

Pressure is now on a bit.

To be fair they've only gained a point is since we have come back and have played a game. 4 points from Hull and Huddersfield doesn't scream that they're suddenly coming to the fore although I fully expect them to get it together at some point

 

[Tickhill Blade]

I was at that game in 2004. Remember we had the stand along the side, back then. It didn’t matter anyway as the day was dreadful. Think we lost 4-0?

I was at that game, definitely sat down the side. Roberts and Ellington was as good a strike partnership as it gets at championship level and were the 2 top scorers in the league that year. I think they also had players like Bullard and Baines at the time. We had Paul Thirlwell in midfield and Ashley Ward up front

 

[S64 Blade]

I was at that game, definitely sat down the side. Roberts and Ellington was as good a strike partnership as it gets at championship level and were the 2 top scorers in the league that year. I think they also had players like Bullard and Baines at the time. We had Paul Thirlwell in midfield and Ashley Ward up front

You’re right! I had to look this up to remember. See the teams below.


A very odd line up from us, with both Harley and Wright playing. Guessing we were playing a 5-3-2 this game? With either Harley or Wright at LCB?

 

[BushBlade]

You’re right! I had to look this up to remember. See the teams below.
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A very odd line up from us, with both Harley and Wright playing. Guessing we were playing a 5-3-2 this game? With either Harley or Wright at LCB?

I can’t imagine Wright playing as any kind of centre back.

 

[Tickhill Blade]

I can’t imagine Wright playing as any kind of centre back.

I have a vague memory of him playing cb in the cup at home to Villa that same season?

 

[TopBoy]

You’re right! I had to look this up to remember. See the teams below.
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A very odd line up from us, with both Harley and Wright playing. Guessing we were playing a 5-3-2 this game? With either Harley or Wright at LCB?

Was that the time Alan Wright (all 5ft 4 if him) played centre half?

 

[Andy67]

I used to fear going to Wigan when they had them two black lads upfront always used score against us.

Play to our strengths and we should win,just turn up and go thru the motions and Wigan will have a chance.

Not that night I didn’t!

 

[BushBlade]

I have a vague memory of him playing cb in the cup at home to Villa that same season?

Can’t remember that, or even if I went. He really wasn’t very tall.

 

[Roygbiv]

Wright did play centre half on a couple of occasions. I remember Warnock saying it was his best position and if he had been taller he'd have been world class.

He wasn't world class for us at centre half unfortunately. Pretty sure he played centre half away at Arsenal in our Warnock Prem season

 

[Piffle and Tosh]

I was at that game, definitely sat down the side. Roberts and Ellington was as good a strike partnership as it gets at championship level and were the 2 top scorers in the league that year. I think they also had players like Bullard and Baines at the time. We had Paul Thirlwell in midfield and Ashley Ward up front

says it all

 

[coaxingstar71]

“I remember when we panned Nigel Adkins’ Sheffield Utd at the Lane in February 2016, a manager appointed by Mal Brannigan coincidentally. I remember being shocked at just how shit they were and they ended up finishing mid-table that season and Adkins sacked. Chris Wilder took over that summer.
What he did to get that shower to the Premier League within the next three seasons (and have them mid-table before the pandemic hit) is probably one of the best jobs I’ve seen from a manager.”

I think some of our fans often forget this.

 

[S64 Blade]

Wright did play centre half on a couple of occasions. I remember Warnock saying it was his best position and if he had been taller he'd have been world class.

He wasn't world class for us at centre half unfortunately. Pretty sure he played centre half away at Arsenal in our Warnock Prem season

He was long gone by then, wasn't he?

As an aside, I think the 2004-05 season was the one when we had a disproportionate amount of bald players. Wright, Cullip, Parkinson, Shaw to name a few (might have also been the season Jags shaved his hair off?).

 

[Roygbiv]

He was long gone by then, wasn't he?

As an aside, I think the 2004-05 season was the one when we had a disproportionate amount of bald players. Wright, Cullip, Parkinson, Shaw to name a few (might have also been the season Jags shaved his hair off?).

No, he was randomly selected for the match despite not being part of any match day squads before

The teams for that day are at the bottom here

BBC SPORT | Football | Premiership | Arsenal 3-0 Sheff Utd

 

[Grecian2000]

Jesus, you're browsing through, minding your own business, and out of the blue fucking Ashley Ward hones into view and your pre Christmas good spirit evaporates in a flash.
Any mention of the teak toned shit stain should be restricted to the twats thread.

 

[S64 Blade]

No, he was randomly selected for the match despite not being part of any match day squads before

The teams for that day are at the bottom here

BBC SPORT | Football | Premiership | Arsenal 3-0 Sheff Utd

Wow! In my head he’d left the year before. I was at that game too. Shows how much attention I was paying.

 

[Working Class Hero]

“I remember when we panned Nigel Adkins’ Sheffield Utd at the Lane in February 2016, a manager appointed by Mal Brannigan coincidentally. I remember being shocked at just how shit they were and they ended up finishing mid-table that season and Adkins sacked. Chris Wilder took over that summer.
What he did to get that shower to the Premier League within the next three seasons (and have them mid-table before the pandemic hit) is probably one of the best jobs I’ve seen from a manager.”

I think some of our fans often forget this.

That does him a disservice. We were in a Champions League spot (technically) before the pandemic hit, and we finished in upper mid table even after the pandemic hit.