[082104] When Gut League Saturday Comes
Chopsy
lost songwriting genius Dave Couse at the end of defiant masterpiece I
Am The Greatest by almost-famous Dubliners A House, and if I were Paul
Jewell, that's exactly what I would be doing. PJ is a modest man and
probably murmurs 'At this stage of the season, we are not thinking
about promotion' in his sleep like an expectation-dampening mantra.
After an exemplary demolition of West Ham at Upton Park, Latics top
the table after three games and already look a better side than the
one that lost out on a play-off place by the slenderest of margins
last season - a position made even more impressive when you consider
that they have already won two tricky away ties - at the Den and Upton
Park - against teams they have never before beaten in London. The game
was also notable as probably the point at which Alan Pardew overtook
Craig Brown and new front-runner Dennis Wise as the manager least
popular with their own fans, and Pardew is going to have to sort out
his team sharpish if he doesn't want outright mutiny in the stands.
Reading fans are said to find this turn of events 'gut-wrenchingly
hilarious'.
New promotees Plymouth also make the early running with competant wins
against Cardiff and Brighton. Their first real test comes this weekend
with the visit of Sunderland - the Mackems at least getting to make
the lengthy journey to the seaside while it's still sunny. Brighton
already prop up the table, and you have to think they're going to get
awfully familiar with that position as the season progresses.
Burnley v Wolves
The hosts have scored two and conceded one in three games, which at
least initially put to rest the idea that we might be in for some goal
spectaculars this season. Although just looking at the fact that Ian
Moore is leading the line for them ought to scotch that kind of talk.
Richard Chaplow has been linked with Blackburn again and it looks as
if the Clarets may have to resign themselves to the loss of their
talented, if slap-headed, young midfielder and look for someone else
to run around shouting in the middle of the park.
Wolves, meanwhile, have cleverly lulled everyone into a true sense of
security by failing to win games they ought to. Fresh from the
indignity of allowing Preston to score twice against them and having
to pull their old gold fingers out late in the game to get a point,
Kenny Miller then deprived the nation of a well-deserved chuckle at
Leeds' expense by allowing Neil Sullivan to save a penalty. Coupled
with a loss against a Stoke side who are the very exemplars of
mid-table solidity, and Wolves are already not looking a side to
bother the very top of the table. They have suffered bad luck with
Ganea and Kennedy both already out for a while, but at the moment look
an average side. This has 'draw' written all over it, and currently I
think both sides might go for that.
1-1
Coventry City v Millwall
Cov had two relatively challenging opening games, against Sunderland
and Cardiff, and won the first. But after the second match defeat
against Cardiff, midget assistant manager Adrian Heath said "In
general our plan worked and we kept Earnshaw quiet for most of the
game". Presumably, he wasn't referring to the bit where the
alarming-faced marksman got the first goal. They'll be even less happy
with allowing Brighton to escape with a point in the last match,
courtesy of a hit-and-hoper from young defender Adam Virgo.
Millwall's season started in disappointing fashion with a draw at
Plymouth marked by protests against chairman Theo Paphitis, presumably
for the tight financial reins placed on the club. Paphitis has
responded by announcing he's getting the hell out of Dodge, a decision
that may make some of the protestors look like arses. The side then
suffered their first ever home defeat to Wigan in a match in which
they were comprehensively outplayed by the visitors. As responses to a
galling home defeat go, the Lions - to sign a Canadian - looked rather
questionable. But full-back Adrien Serioux slotted in very well and
the Bermondsey boys got the show back on track with an impressive 2-0
dispatch of Leicester.
This ought to be an interesting match. Millwall like a side who will
take a fight (quite literally) to them, but with Cahill gone are
seriously short of guile. A side managed by Peter Reid looks just the
team to play to Millwall's strengths, but if Cov can keep their
collective heads, and play rather than scrap, they ought to edge it.
2-1.
Crewe v West Ham Utd
Crewe have had three tough games, and I think there are a few fans out
there who would not have been at all surprised to find them on zero
points after three games. They're in 22nd having scored 5 goals.
Burnley have scored 2 and are in 6th. Harsh. So saying, they've
conceded 7 goals already which does not look promising, and a fired-up
Hammers are not likely to let them off with a clean sheet. Young Ben
Williams, despite his goals against tally, has looked good, but Alex
have a defense weaker than a schoolgirl with glandular fever, so rely
on outscoring opponents.
It's not going according to the script for the Hammers at all. A few
years ago, Sergei Rebrov was one of the most feared strikers in
Europe. Now, Alan Pardew plays him as a right-winger, with Marlon
Harewood deemed the better front-man. A defense of Thomas Repka, Andy
Melville and Rufus Brevett holds fouls in abundance, but not a great
lot else and are certainly not up to keeping out the division's better
strikers. And, despite their position, Mark Rivers and Dean Ashton are
a handy front pairing. Their main chance lies with getting the ball
out to Etherington and getting crosses in amongst a shaky Crewe
defense, where the speed of thought of 86-year old Teddy S ought to be
able to capitalise.
I suspect a backlash against Crewe here, but Hammers need to be very
careful dealing with Ashton in particular, as he likes to go to ground
and a sending-off would mess their day up badly.
2-3.
Ipswich Town v Cardiff City
Ipswich started the season well, but got lavishly turned over by Derby
in midweek. Perhaps Joe Royle's decision to start Wigan loanee Tony
Dinning may have contributed. Psst, Joe - we're willing to loan him
out for a VERY GOOD REASON. They remain a solid side but don't look to
have enough all round to compete with the best sides in the division.
Cardiff are in a similar position, and must be very disappointed to
have lost to a comical own goal in midweek. Lee Bullock, a
close-season signing from York, was clobbered on the back of the head
by a wayward cross and abjectly dinked it in to allow Plymouth to take
the spoils. Lennie Lawrence, one of nature's more reasoned diplomats,
probably didn't wash Bullock away with a Cornish-village-levelling
tidal wave of abuse, instead offering him a manly hug and a biscuit.
Goofy Bob Watch reveals that the extra-terrestrial boy wonder yet
resides at Ninian Park and Spurs have not yet put a bid in. How long
must we wait?
1-1
Leeds United v Nottm Forest
Yes, they're still here, and between you and me I think they're
starting to realise that this is where they are going to stay. Let's
make the tally, eh?
Goals scored by Leeds strikers this season: 0.
Defeats to mighty Gillingham: 1.
Jails got out of thanks to aging keeper and inexplicably disallowed
goals by opposition: 2
To be fair to them, Danny Pugh has already started to look a good
player, and it is a terrible blow that a good guy like Lucas Radebe
looks to have had his career ended by injury. But really? Michael
Ricketts and Julian Joachim? So you don't want your strikers to do any
actual running about then?
Forest have started the season as they mean to go on - by putting 10
men behind the ball away from home and then making a pig's ear of
going for victory back at base. Crap, fat Gareth Taylor and speedy,
whiny, useful David Johnson are a competant strike force, but their
defense relies too heavily on the black arts to be able to get away
with it against some of the capricious refereeing at this level.
Johnson has three skills - he's quick, he has an eye for goal, and he
runs offside a lot. For some reason, tactical maestro Joe Kinnear has
developed a game plan that seems to maximise DJ's third skill whilst
neglecting the other two. I can't pretend to understand why. Bloaty
Spurs target Andy Reid, meanwhile, has apparently been under orders to
be a bit rubbish so nobody buys him - instructions that he has
carefully followed.
1-2
Leicester City v Watford
Ooh, lordy, another team suddenly finding things a bit harder than
they expected. With the problems at Upton Park, a 0-0 home draw as the
first game of the season suddenly looks a bit less clever, and the
side looks as if it hasn't yet gelled. Mickey Adams' post-match quotes
after the team was turned over at the Den on Tuesday, "As a back-four
we didn't do well, but neither did the midfield or strikers", at least
absolves Ian Walker from blame, but that was probably an oversight at
least as severe as Walker's own on the Lion's opener. Chris Makin got
himself sent off, and Mickey is obviously unhappy with the
disciplinary rate, as the thug's thug, Danny Tiatto, looks set to
feature and boost the cardage still further.
Watford have behaved as logically as Keiron Dyer on shrooms so far
this season. Rubbish! As they lose to Preston! Ka-POW!! They're
superb! As they drub QPR 3-0! Skreee! As they screech to a halt at
home against Burnley! And now they're letting Elton John back to play
his piano. Fools! Have they learnt nothing? Danny Webber and Hermann
Hreidarsson hold the key for the Hornets, but Leicester will probably
kick their faces off and emerge with the three points between bloodied
teeth.
2-0
QPR v Derby County
2 winnable games at the start of the season - 1 point and a right
shoeing from Watford. Then the Super Hoops visit Sunderland and are
only denied by a spawny last minute equaliser. They're a bit like
Watford really. QPR don't have a real weakness (although I'm not sure
of their keeper) but they generally don't look like a side that are
going to prosper in this division. But there's time for them yet and
their strikers ought to do well at this level, even if Kevin Gallen
always looks like he's concentrating super-hard.
Derby have consolidated their aims to be the new Crewe by frantically
playing as many youngsters as they can. 19-year old keeper Lee Camp
and 17-year old full back Nathan Doyle are now turning out for the
Rams and it seems certain that anyone in the Derby area with a gifted
toddler could seem them turning out at Pride Park by the end of the
season. On the pitch, Derby have had three tricky fixtures so far,
losing to Leeds and Leicester but taking the points from Ipswich. They
ought to get their first away victory in this one.
0-1
Plymouth v Sunderland
Well, well. Unbeaten and second in the table, having played and won
away twice. Not bad at all. But hold! Let's look at their goals scored
column.
Plymouth Argyle goalscorers 2004/5
Own Goals : 2
Wooton : 1 penalty.
This is the first game Plymouth have had to play against a real
promotion contender, and it will be very interesting to see how they
do, particularly if Sunderland refuse to give them as much help in
scoring as Cardiff and Brighton have.
Sunderland have signed Neil Collins from Dumbarton. Just thought I'd
mention it in case it hadn't made the front pages in your part of the
world. Meanwhile, Mackem fans have been in uproar at a series of
entertaining games involving their side. 4 points from one of the
easier starts of the season is another disappointing return for a side
with pretentions to promotion, but things may look up for the side,
with what looks suspiciously like a return to some kind of form for
Marcus Stewart. They really ought to win this one/
1-2
Preston v Sheff Utd
Friday night's very much all right for fighting, as two of the
division's more physical sides meet for a top drawer barney which may
also feature a bit of football at some point.
Preston are in the amusing position of frantically trying to sell
their best player, whilst accepting that he probably won't pass a
medical, so the whole thing is futile anyway. Ricardo Fuller's ego is
currently causing a major hazard to traffic on the M6 as it inflates,
and police fear it may be engulfing the entire Ribble Valley. The
authorities are baffled and welcome suggestions on how to combat the
rampaging aura of self-regard. Meanwhile, his employers followed up a
good two results against Wolves and Watford by subsiding to defeat
against the battling Gills to strangle a promising season start at
birth.
Meanwhile, the Tribulations Of Colin, a comedy rapidly becoming
popular with fans of other sides, saw Sheffield United playing three
matches they could reasonably expect to win, and gaining a solid 2
points, whilst scoring one goal. This is not what reasonable people
would call 'good', but I do call it 'funny'. Warnock's extraordinary
response to a series of games in which his strikers appeared hell-bent
on winning some kind of opportunity-spurning challenge has been to
praise Wigan for being ace - a move which cements my long-held opinion
of him as a clear-sighted manager and a credit to the game.
1-1
Reading v Rotherham Utd
Already, Mr Logic and Ms Reason have failed to show to the
Championship opening week, so thank God for two sides who are actually
deigning to play to expectations! Reading made heavy weather of
dispatching Brighton on the opening day, before suffering a damaging
attack of Sheringham at Upton Park. A good win at Bramhall Lane,
courtesy of a James Harper volley, leaves Reading usefully placed.
Bobby Convey, who sounds like a 60's crooner, but doesn't play like
one, sadly, has boosted an already-decent midfield and the team look
like they could continue to prosper.
Rotherham haven't lost yet, but three draws against sides who are
probably going to end in the lower half of the table is not an
inspiring start. The side lacks a cutting edge and are not adept at
suppressing opponents. They've already been heavily reliant on
tiny-eyed keeper Danny Coyne, and that looks likely to continue. This
fixture does look very much like the bit where they lose for the first
time this season, I'm afraid.
2-0
Stoke City v Gillingham
Stoke vs Gillingham - 3rd vs 5th! It can only be Start Of The Season
Madness! The fact that this division could be a very tight one this
year is borne out by Stoke lying in 5th even though they've only won
once - a good result on the opening day of the season against Wolves.
Since then, they've bored for Europe at Bramhall Lane after having
Gifton Noel-Williams sent off (what? Stoke? Foul play? Heavens!) and
then spawned a point at Millmoor thanks to their imaginative 'Long
Ball To Akinbiyi' tactic.
The Gills meanwhile have already delighted a grateful nation by doing
Leeds and followed that up by the no less amusing feat of then beating
Preston. Only an opening day loss at Portman Road blots the copybooks
of the Kings of the 2-1 Scoreline. They did suffer a serious blow when
Mark Saunders broke his leg against Preston, and their midfield looks
lighter as a result. Irksome fat dwarf Andy Hessenthaler still turns
out in his basin-haired, fouly manner and his experience and mastery
of the Dark Arts of football have been a real boost to the side.
2-1
Wigan Athletic v Brighton
WiganTop - 14 August!11!one!impendingplayoffheartache!!111!
A very frustrating home start for Wigan, where a dubious equaliser let
an extremely negative Forest side grab a point, has been washed away
by two excellent victories in London, not traditionally a happy
hunting ground for the Latics. The whole side has started well, with a
very attacking formation that verges on the 4-2-4 at times, and a
strike pairing that looks the equal of anything else the division has
to offer in Nathan Ellington and Jason Roberts. Roberts even seems to
have stopped complaining to the referee about absolutely everything,
which should cut his yellow card count down to a more manageable 1 per
2 games.
This match sees an interesting meeting, as excellent Wigan left-back
Leighton Baines, overlooked for England u-21 duty yet again, faces off
against the player who got the nod, Brighton's Daniel Harding. Baines
has played a full season with distinction at this level at only 19
years old. Harding has only ever played 20 professional matches, and
so far this season his only meaningful contribution has been to be
sent off at half time against Plymouth. But Peter Taylor was his
manager, so he gets the nod. Paul Jewell has maintained a steady
simmer of outrage at the FA's continued refusal to send scouts to
Wigan to watch Baines - possibly because the Wigan man only looks
about 14 and they are concerned about child slavery laws or something.
Meanwhile, Brighton are probably looking at this fixture and fingering
their collars nervously. Lads, if it's any consolation, Wigan were top
of the table when they hosted bottom of the table Franchise FC last
season. Franchise then proceeded to play them off the park and win. It
was awful. The Seagulls have gained a solitary point courtesy of the
perpetually baffled-looking Adam Virgo against Coventry, but their
porous defense does not look anywhere near up to containing Roberts,
Ellington and particularly Gary Teale, the Scottish Rocket, who looks
the form player in the division on the right for Wigan.
If Wigan were prone to dishing out real hidings, I'd fancy this one.
But we tend to sit back when the work is done, so I think it'll be a
bit close.
3-1
--
"Wigan is not a team it is a dump wit"
getrid to email me
Richard Wingrove
"Chopsy" <ms...@getrid.tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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<snip good stuff>
I was looking forward to the Hartlepool vs Blackpool preview, but it doesn't
seem to be there. In fact, my news server seems to have lost all the Coca-Cola
League 1 & 2 (tm) previews. I'm sure this is just a problem at my end, after
all, you wouldn't post a 'Gut League' roundup only consisting of the
Championship, would you?
Rich
Chopsy
Hartlepool vs Blackpool
Our ape-slaying chums in the north-east have blown hot and cold so far
this season. Good wins against Bradford and, latterly, Huddersfield
crudely sandwich a crap defeat to the Wirral Trannies, like a really
nice granary bread wrapping around a Fray Bentos Shite And Gristle
Pasty. Adam Boyd has returned from loan at Boston with new-found
purpose and looks to be a very handy player at this level and with
Neale Cooper apparently trying to get highly talented Barcode striker
Michael Chopra in as a loan, Pools look like getting together a tidy
side.
On the other coast, Blackpool posted a real statement of intent by
getting beaten 4-0 at home by a workmanlike Stockport side. Yes, their
intent is to be humiliatingly relegated by Christmas. Such is their
desperation that hen-headed gaffer Colin Hendry has tried to sign
comedy liability Clayton Ince from Crewe to no avail. A series of
terrible defeats looks to be in store for the Seasiders, and Hendry
needs to get things sorted out sharpish.
3-0
To answer your second question, yes I would. I thought about doing all
of them, but I then decided I'd prefer to do something else instead.
C
Cypher
ms...@getrid.tiscali.co.uk says...
> 'I go to bed thinking of all the reasons why I am the greatest', says
> lost songwriting genius Dave Couse at the end of defiant masterpiece I
> Am The Greatest by almost-famous Dubliners A House, and if I were Paul
> Jewell, that's exactly what I would be doing. PJ is a modest man and
> probably murmurs 'At this stage of the season, we are not thinking
> about promotion' in his sleep like an expectation-dampening mantra.
Chopsy, the only way these Gut League WSC's could be improved upon would
be for you to include links to pictures revealing these cunts:
"slap-headed, young midfielder"
"alarming-faced marksman"
"tiny-eyed keeper "
"basin-haired"
"perpetually baffled-looking"
and the bestest one:
"hen-headed gaffer"
love it, great stuff.
--
Cypher
Osbourne Ruddock
news:4q07i0lttdc2s7lnu...@4ax.com:
> Park - against teams they have never before beaten in London. The game
> was also notable as probably the point at which Alan Pardew overtook
> Craig Brown and new front-runner Dennis Wise as the manager least
> popular with their own fans, and Pardew is going to have to sort out
> his team sharpish if he doesn't want outright mutiny in the stands.
> Reading fans are said to find this turn of events 'gut-wrenchingly
> hilarious'.
>
Beautiful stuff Chopsy, just beautiful. Yet, at the same time strangely
dissatisfying and depressing. I can't work it out?
Crewe 2 - 1 West Ham
Cunts
--
Cheers Os
Stay glued to your TV set, ah hah
Chopsy
wrote:
I'd be very surprised if the Hammers can't score more than one against
Crewe, Os. But this is a division where the second-placed side has a
Mr. Own Goals as top scorer, so I am becoming familiar with the
emotion.
Obviously I'm made up about the win on Tuesday night, but it does look
as if there's some trouble behind the scenes for the Hammers and that
may have helped us. Often, a good towelling dished out to a bunch of
hapless scapegoats can set things right and I expect West Ham to do
that.
Mind Dean Ashton though.
C
Chopsy
>In article <4q07i0lttdc2s7lnu...@4ax.com>,
>ms...@getrid.tiscali.co.uk says...
>> 'I go to bed thinking of all the reasons why I am the greatest', says
>> lost songwriting genius Dave Couse at the end of defiant masterpiece I
>> Am The Greatest by almost-famous Dubliners A House, and if I were Paul
>> Jewell, that's exactly what I would be doing. PJ is a modest man and
>> probably murmurs 'At this stage of the season, we are not thinking
>> about promotion' in his sleep like an expectation-dampening mantra.
>
>
>Chopsy, the only way these Gut League WSC's could be improved upon would
>be for you to include links to pictures revealing these cunts:
Cyph, ordinarily I'd fervently challenge your desires by linking to
these terrifying mugshots for you, but I think it would be reckless of
me to endanger your eyesight by foisting a pic of Colin Hendy off on a
screen more used to Baltic lovelies. The pixel carnage would be
unforgiveable.
C
Cypher
ms...@getrid.tiscali.co.uk says...
(snip)
> >Chopsy, the only way these Gut League WSC's could be improved upon would
> >be for you to include links to pictures revealing these cunts:
>
> Cyph, ordinarily I'd fervently challenge your desires by linking to
> these terrifying mugshots for you, but I think it would be reckless of
> me to endanger your eyesight by foisting a pic of Colin Hendy off on a
> screen more used to Baltic lovelies. The pixel carnage would be
> unforgiveable.
To refuse my wants while protecting my desires takes skill, my man, a
skill you have, though one which is sadly lacking in 90% of the fuckers
in here who react badly when I seek the pander-coddle combo.
Throwing the phrase `Baltic lovelies' in was cunning too, the
combinations of those two words in that particular order has the power to
rob me of coherent thought.
--
Cypher
Richard Wingrove
Blimey, wasn't expecting that, cheers! Didn't know about Chopra, would be really
useful if we could get him.
> To answer your second question, yes I would. I thought about doing all
> of them, but I then decided I'd prefer to do something else instead.
Kudos to you for even doing a championship one in the first place. I'm well
impressed with anyone who does a WSC, particularily if it's not the Premiership.
I wouldn't know where to find most of that info. Have been thinking about
volunteering for one, but I hardly have time recently to read the group, never
mind enough time to put togther a decent WSC.
Rich
Osbourne Ruddock
news:JPYUc.222361$165....@news.easynews.com:
<snip>
> Throwing the phrase `Baltic lovelies' in was cunning too, the
> combinations of those two words in that particular order has the power
> to rob me of coherent thought.
>
Certainly has a nicer ring to it than Slavic jubblies.
*still wanks*
Cypher
stri...@hotmail.com says...
> Cypher <cyp...@home.com> wrote in
> news:JPYUc.222361$165....@news.easynews.com:
>
> <snip>
> > Throwing the phrase `Baltic lovelies' in was cunning too, the
> > combinations of those two words in that particular order has the power
> > to rob me of coherent thought.
> >
>
> Certainly has a nicer ring to it than Slavic jubblies.
>
> *still wanks*
emancipation of slaves just so you could get your jollies tossing over
photos of wimmin in de field a pickin' cotton.
otoh, black cleveage rocks!1
oh bugger, you meant the chicks with faces like the Steppes and bush like
tundra, didn't you?
--
Cypher
Dat
What you need to do is get yourself all prepared well in advance and
then just take the plunge. As luck would have it I have a 3 Dec 2004
that nobody's claimed. Here, it's yours. No thanks necessary.
I think I'm getting quite good at these pass the WSC games.
--
Dat
Victoria Barrett
<ms...@getrid.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>'I go to bed thinking of all the reasons why I am the greatest', says
>lost songwriting genius Dave Couse at the end of defiant masterpiece I
>Am The Greatest by almost-famous Dubliners A House,
Who? No don't tell me, Chopsy, just pat yourself on the bloat and hit
the showers. This was a MASSIVE effort, and I highly enjoyed it.
>Burnley v Wolves
>1-1
I hate Wolves. 4-1
>Coventry City v Millwall
>2-1.
Charity begins at home. 3-3
>Crewe v West Ham Utd
>2-3.
Win one for the Dario. 1-0
>Ipswich Town v Cardiff City
>1-1
Yes, sounds about right.
BTW, was Hermann Hreidarsson once at Ipswich Town? I seem to recall
back in the hazy days of Yahoo fantasy game's beginnings.
>Leeds United v Nottm Forest
>1-2
You are naughty. Another 1-1.
>Leicester City v Watford
>2-0
Sir Elton's team suck. 3-0. Loved the KA-POWS!
>QPR v Derby County
>0-1
Ooh. Do you remember when QPR were good? Neither do I.
0-1
>Plymouth v Sunderland
>1-2
Marcus Stewart is one of those "should've been" talents a la Bobby
Zamora.
0-0
>Preston v Sheff Utd
>1-1
Dare we say, 1-0.
>Reading v Rotherham Utd
>2-0
Blimey how many more teams in the Championship, or whatever the
bleedin' 'eck they're calling this bollox these days?
2-2
>Stoke City v Gillingham
>2-1
Stoke!11 Me dad's favourite team!!1
0-3, bwahahahaha.
>Wigan Athletic v Brighton
>If Wigan were prone to dishing out real hidings, I'd fancy this one.
>But we tend to sit back when the work is done, so I think it'll be a
>bit close.
>
>3-1
3-1is a bit close? Try 1-0, with a toepoke of a goal in the 90'.
Gut League Saturday rulez!11 Chopsy rockz!!!!1
Allen Parkes
>> Burnley v Wolves
>> 1-1
>
> I hate Wolves. 4-1
Well they don't speak very kindly of you either, Victoria.
2-2.
--
Al
" i used one trousers on this action, beckham is clearly to blame!"
- Segu.
Chopsy
<vbar...@the-beach.net> wrote:
>>Wigan Athletic v Brighton
>>If Wigan were prone to dishing out real hidings, I'd fancy this one.
>>But we tend to sit back when the work is done, so I think it'll be a
>>bit close.
>>
>>3-1
>
>3-1is a bit close? Try 1-0, with a toepoke of a goal in the 90'.
Any game that Wigan don't win by 4 clear goals is uncomfortably close
for me, Vic. We'll go two up, they'll pull one back, I will start to
get panicky and use foul language to describe the refereeing
decisions, my ulcers will start to flare up and then with the clock
ticking we'll break away and score again, whilst I weep openly with
relief. It will be ace.
C