re: 2012-13 English Premier League/Cups Thread - Van Persieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I personally think it would be awesome if Wigan could survive in the Premier League for two more seasons so they have one full decade of Premier League football. That would be pretty remarkable when you consider for that entire stretch, they've always been among the favourites to go down, but they keep defying the odds. It reminds me of what Southampton were like in the 90s/early 00s.
re: 2012-13 English Premier League/Cups Thread - Van Persieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I imagine the club to be basically the plot of The Producers, all Whelan needs to do is see his team relegated and he can finally leave and stop having to pretend that he (or indeed, anyone) actually likes football in Wigan. Every March, he thinks this is the year he's done it and can smell freedom, then somehow they stay up, dooming him to repeat the cycle endlessly in a Sisyphean nightmare.
It'd be insane for that rugby town to spend a decade in the top flight, though.
re: 2012-13 English Premier League/Cups Thread - Van Persieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
A decade of Wigan in the Premier League would be quite a depressing indication of what modern football is all about, for me anyway. Bank rolled up the leagues, no history, playing on a rugby pitch and 'supported' by a town that is apathetic towards football. I can't remember the club ever having produced any decent youth players either.
Look at Southampton as an example of (what I would call) a proper small/medium sized club. A good loyal core fan base, a respectable history, the production of copious amounts of talented young players and a great approach towards how they play the game (especially in recent times). It's sad to think that the premier league was deprived of a club like that for seven years while Wigan took their place. The only thing that I have against the Saints is that they left the Dell which was an awesome football ground.
Obviously these are just my opinions, I'm not trying to say that other people shouldn't like Wigan.
A decade of Wigan in the Premier League would be quite a depressing indication of what modern football is all about, for me anyway. Bank rolled up the leagues, no history, playing on a rugby pitch and 'supported' by a town that is apathetic towards football. I can't remember the club ever having produced any decent youth players either.
Look at Southampton as an example of (what I would call) a proper small/medium sized club. A good loyal core fan base, a respectable history, the production of copious amounts of talented young players and a great approach towards how they play the game (especially in recent times). It's sad to think that the premier league was deprived of a club like that for seven years while Wigan took their place. The only thing that I have against the Saints is that they left the Dell which was an awesome football ground.
Obviously these are just my opinions, I'm not trying to say that other people shouldn't like Wigan.
At the end of the day, if 'proper' football clubs were the only ones who deserve to be in the top flight, we'd spend all the time mourning Forest, Leeds, etc being in the lower divisions. Even clubs like Plymouth who have a core of awesome fans may 'deserve' it more than Wigan but at the end of the day they're just not good enough.
Wigan's attendance is a joke though (unless United are in town, least threatening home section for an away fan... ever).
re: 2012-13 English Premier League/Cups Thread - Van Persieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I like Martinez and what he tries to do with his teams, the club meh neither like or dislike them but i find their survival skills amusing and admirable.
re: 2012-13 English Premier League/Cups Thread - Van Persieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Wish they wouldn't discuss the racist incident as much as they have, it was 1 fan out of 20,000. But credit is due to the Swansea stewards/police for actually dealing with and if it were any of the Swansea fans who alerted the authorities then they deserve some applause to.
re: 2012-13 English Premier League/Cups Thread - Van Persieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I liked him calling him a NEW TORRES before the penalty.
Wickham looks even more impressive in these highlights. Shame they didn't show him shrugging people off and doing a pseudo roulette before passing it out to McClean. I was :mark: at that until we crossed it in and nobody was in the box :sad:
re: 2012-13 English Premier League/Cups Thread - Van Persieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I thought Moses was a completely pointless transfer when they kept pushing but damn he's been really good, btw I also found the most random thing on Fifa before, the one and only MIDO (the next GOAT striker) is now at Barnsley.
re: 2012-13 English Premier League/Cups Thread - Van Persieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Surprised the City fan can't display the 6-1 score properly, they usually have enough fingers on one hand for that.
I'm also pretty sure that's a Brazilian restaurant in Manchester that I've been to which basically consists of waiters walking around offering you about 15 different kinds of meat.
re: 2012-13 English Premier League/Cups Thread - Van Persieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I'm all for a City/ManU draw today as it's the only outcome that will be good for Chelsea. I don't think Man U can come away with a win at Etihad, but you never know. If I'm to pick a winner though, I'd want City to win.
re: 2012-13 English Premier League/Cups Thread - Van Persieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
i can assure you there is no result that will even matter to chelsea.
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