Wigan (a) pre-match thread

[Bluep*ss]

-------------------Bravo-----------------
Danilo----Stones----Laporte----Zin
------------------Ederson-------------------
---------Dave-------------Foden---------
Sterling---------Diaz------------Sane

Love it , really Love it. I do wonder if m(any) had noticed what you did there.

 

[Bluep*ss]

I really hope Sane protects that ankle (wear a concrete boot)- we need him for the Arse games.

 

[lasereyes]

No he hasn’t

well he ain't gonna tell you is he?

 

[Tanzeylee]

well he ain't gonna tell you is he?

He’s me mate as well as me boss so yes he would, unless that’s you mark?

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

I'd like to see a strong side less Ferdy,Kev n Sergio. These 3 are very important and need resting for this game. I hope we don't take it lightly though..look what happened to the Hammers. These can play a bit so 100 % effort and the quarter's await. CTID

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

-------------------Bravo-----------------
Danilo----Stones----Laporte----Zin
------------------Ederson-------------------
---------Dave-------------Foden---------
Sterling---------Diaz------------Sane

Where is a like button when you need one.

 

[davymcfc]

Love it , really Love it. I do wonder if m(any) had noticed what you did there.

It could work though

 

[Newtoncc]

If Delph is fit enough after his comeback would play him in holding midfield with Danillo and Zinchenko as full backs.

Would like to see Diaz start, i get the feeling coming on as a sub for last 10 minutes means he tries too hard.

 

[bellsouth]

Quarter final draw 8pm Saturday night, ball number 8.

The FA need to grow some balls! Having the broadcaster dictate how and when they do the draw is ludicrous. In fact I would go as far as saying it brings into question the integrity of the competition. The teams who haven't played by the time the draw is done will know the incentive or disincentive awaiting them, which could have a mental affect on how they approach their game, in fact it could even affect the managers' team selection - an example Wigan, fighting for promotion to the Championship which is far more important than whether they get to the 5th round or even Q final of the FA Cup, imagine the winner of our tie is drawn away to Chelsea in the Q-finals, so already with a daunting task of playing us, even if they break their backs and jeopardise their league position by going all out to beat us their reward would probably be a hammering at Stamford Bridge. We've already seen a lot of the championship sides who have played us in the league cup, suffer immediately after playing us (even Wolves lost to QPR in their next game!) so wouldn't some part of the team and manager be thinking, lets just get a respectable result and not blow our whole season on this one game? However, imagine instead that the winner of our tie gets to play Hull, or Wednesday or Coventry at home in the Q Final, suddenly there's a really good chance of getting to a semi at Wembley, might change the attitude completely. There are lots of other examples you can use.
The bottom line is, any natural outcome is affected by changing a condition half way through that outcome and that's what a draw mid round does.

Integrity lost!
Rant over :)

 

[Blue Til Death]

Article in the daily fail today about potential 5th round shock results, says all the usual stuff about how scary the City reserves are, never mind the full strength team, then harps back to our FA Cup defeat, conclusion, Wigan are 3 out of 5 to beat us...!