Great chance to right some wrongs from previous years. 

Bolton 3 Wigan 0 😊

Well that's blown my optimism for a title challenge right out the water 

They've got a lot of making up to do with the next two league games also against sides we never beat

Morely is first out the team for me.

4 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Morely is first out the team for me.

Be quite happy with George and Paris back in 

3 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Morely is first out the team for me.

Aye, can't imagine him starting a game for a while now.

Fuck it. Marathon not a sprint. Draw a line move on. 

The good thing is the transfer window isn’t shut so it’s up to evatt and FV to sort it . We need to replace Johnstone for a start iredale has been poor 

1 minute ago, Farnywhite said:

The good thing is the transfer window isn’t shut so it’s up to evatt and FV to sort it . We need to replace Johnstone for a start iredale has been poor 

Iredale was the least of our worries today

Its happened again, its happened again....

That chant will resonate in my nervous system for a very long time.

Great chant, awfully well played.

 

Late to it tonight, went to watch some young people do athletics to brighten myself up.

Everybody's said it all really, a limp, soft arsed surrender, with all the same failings as last season ruthlessly exposed by a smart manager and some strong, fired up players. 

We still look, despite plenty of summer investment, the same flat track bullies as last season, if anything weaker without any sort of physical DM and Jones / Iredale as wide CBs. Those two were preyed on today and couldn't cope. Johnston looking a huge miss and sooner Toal is back the better. 

Evatt's moaning about not doing the basics (if he means battling and earning the right to play) is his issue, he persists in signing players of a certain profile, to play the only way he wants to play. If putting their bodies on the line isn't in their nature, or they just aren't robust enough, they won't do it. 

No real redeeming features at all, other than CMG looking decent 2nd half and Dempsey keeping going till the end. 

Humiliating day all round 

I fucking hate them so much

Calmed down now just hope IE brings in a midfield bastard as we need 1 , I would imagine Toal will be back next game and I also like the look of Forrester. 

8 minutes ago, Farnywhite said:

The good thing is the transfer window isn’t shut so it’s up to evatt and FV to sort it . We need to replace Johnstone for a start iredale has been poor 

I thought Iredale had been fine until today.

Just now, L/H White said:

I fucking hate them so much

Maybe our players need to feel some of your antagonism- got to hand it to Wigan, they do a job.

Btw breakfast barms in Namploy👌

Please don’t anyone put the highlights on here. That was horrific 

6 minutes ago, Cheese said:

I thought Iredale had been fine until today.

Iredale (and Williams) had been real bright spots prior to today but both were dreadful. Not that anyone else was any better. 

Well still smash it this season. Evatt will sort it.

But it’s bonkers the arrogance with which we put Wigan down. Yet they continue to fuck us over every time. And will continue to do so until we treat them as a rival. Fuck em. 

Strange thing is that Evatt's comments in the BN this week suggested that he appreciated that we had to battle first.

Bizarre. 

19 minutes ago, ianofcleveleys said:

Late to it tonight, went to watch some young people do athletics to brighten myself up.

Everybody's said it all really, a limp, soft arsed surrender, with all the same failings as last season ruthlessly exposed by a smart manager and some strong, fired up players. 

We still look, despite plenty of summer investment, the same flat track bullies as last season, if anything weaker without any sort of physical DM and Jones / Iredale as wide CBs. Those two were preyed on today and couldn't cope. Johnston looking a huge miss and sooner Toal is back the better. 

Evatt's moaning about not doing the basics (if he means battling and earning the right to play) is his issue, he persists in signing players of a certain profile, to play the only way he wants to play. If putting their bodies on the line isn't in their nature, or they just aren't robust enough, they won't do it. 

No real redeeming features at all, other than CMG looking decent 2nd half and Dempsey keeping going till the end. 

Humiliating day all round 

Very fair post. Its very concerning that Evatt cant get the players " up" for games like this. By the same token, the players also need to take responsibility as well, but im not sure his players are up for a fight, the only way we will get out of this division.

36 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Iredale was the least of our worries today

No he isn’t poor against fleetwood and terrible today . If he is the worst of our worries apart from jones love to here it 

Edited August 19, 20232 yr by Farnywhite

Dempsey stood out today .

The rest need to show some balls.

Baxter should have claimed the ball for the first.

2nd one was a decent effort. 

3rd was a bloody mare ,dispossessed in our own half , absolute panic from the back four .

4th I thought Baxter had done enough and was unlucky. 

Speaking to Trafford after he said he would have pushed it towards WSL.

 

That penalty shout in the first 7 mins and Dion could have made a difference. 

But they were clinical. 

Maybe players started to be a little complacent given the good start we've had and with wigan supposably weakened from last season.Hopefully this gives them a big wake up call in that every game requires maximum effort 

18 minutes ago, Rizlar said:

Calmed down now just hope IE brings in a midfield bastard as we need 1 , I would imagine Toal will be back next game and I also like the look of Forrester. 

It was crying out for a McGinley or Taggart today, someone to take control. It's always the same against these. Today they shit us up from the start and we'd no answer to it. If our lot had thought they would get an easier ride today without that Irishman against them they were mistaken.

On days like today I'm afraid our captain is sadly lacking in the motivating department.

3 minutes ago, embankment said:

Baxter should have claimed the ball for the first.

Baxter should of told iredale to leave the ball for a easy goal kick for the corner that lead to the second goal 

Edited August 19, 20232 yr by Farnywhite

41 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Iredale was the least of our worries today

Oh, I don't know

No one came out with credit but I thought Iredale really struggled

To be fair though, he probably won't come up against many better than Humphreys this season