Robbie Blake

[Nathan_Ellington_WAFC]

WIGAN Athletic were today hoping to finalise the £1million signing of Burnley striker Robbie Blake - but his debut is likely to go on hold until the New Year.

This is because Wigan play Burnley at Turf Moor next Tuesday, and the Clarets are not keen for Blake to play against them.

Latics boss Paul Jewell spoke to his chairman Dave Whelan last night to finalise the terms of the Blake deal.

Blake says he wants to play in the Premiership with the Latics.

He said: "I have never engineered a move away from Burnley, but the chance to sign for Wigan has come around and I have to think of number one. Every player wants to play in the Premiership, and I am at a stage in my life where I need to be trying to get one last push there.

"Wigan are offering me a great opportunity to do that. It's nice to have probably the best team in this league wanting to sign you."

[Cobbo]

Would be a cracking signing for this division, but didn't exactly set the Premiership alight with Bradford did he?

Having said that, I do remember that O'Neill wanted to sign him for us.

[Scow]

I think we all know who the best team in the league are after Tuesday - Ipswich outplayed Wigan and showed how football should be played.

Blake's a good player for this league, but he's not Premiership quality. I suppose he'll be good for Wigan next season then.

[Nathan_Ellington_WAFC]

we outplayed ipswich twice last season, why dont you mention that instead of judging us against them on 1 performance. we played poor, it wasnt like us at all, but we cant play our mind blowing football every game

sunderland outplayed ipswich on the telly, now arent sunderland the best team in the league judging on your stupid theory?

now scowy, why are you so bitter? accept it, we are going up

wigan sign robbie blake, leicester get a bid rejected for andy (who) kirk

[Craig]

we outplayed ipswich twice last season, why dont you mention that instead of judging us against them on 1 performance. we played poor, it wasnt like us at all, but we cant play our mind blowing football every game

sunderland outplayed ipswich on the telly, now arent sunderland the best team in the league judging on your stupid theory?

now scowy, why are you so bitter? accept it, we are going up

wigan sign robbie blake, leicester get a bid rejected for andy (who) kirk 

48994[/snapback]

Living in the past, Ipswich look a better side than you.

[Scow]

we outplayed ipswich twice last season, why dont you mention that instead of judging us against them on 1 performance. we played poor, it wasnt like us at all, but we cant play our mind blowing football every game

sunderland outplayed ipswich on the telly, now arent sunderland the best team in the league judging on your stupid theory?

now scowy, why are you so bitter? accept it, we are going up

wigan sign robbie blake, leicester get a bid rejected for andy (who) kirk 

48994[/snapback]

I didn't mention it because it was last season - So that is irrelevant.

Your mind blowing football? The type of football you played against us, which involves hoofing the ball to your front two?

And who says we've bid for Andy Kirk?

[Craig]

we outplayed ipswich twice last season, why dont you mention that instead of judging us against them on 1 performance. we played poor, it wasnt like us at all, but we cant play our mind blowing football every game

sunderland outplayed ipswich on the telly, now arent sunderland the best team in the league judging on your stupid theory?

now scowy, why are you so bitter? accept it, we are going up

wigan sign robbie blake, leicester get a bid rejected for andy (who) kirk 

48994[/snapback]

I didn't mention it because it was last season - So that is irrelevant.

Your mind blowing football? The type of football you played against us, which involves hoofing the ball to your front two?

And who says we've bid for Andy Kirk?

48996[/snapback]

Well apparently we have no dosh

[Nathan_Ellington_WAFC]

lets talk about this season then

surely you saw our mind blowing football against leeds on the telly?

and what was you thinking when you saw us beat preston 5-0 on the telly?

so scowy, are sunderland better than ipswich because they outplayed them?

please dont avoid this question again please

those grapes in your mouth must taste so sour eh

[Jonbluefox9]

The table doesn't lie. Ipswich are better than you at this moment in time.

1 Ipswich 24 20 49

2 Wigan 24 27 47

[Scow]

lets talk about this season then

surely you saw our mind blowing football against leeds on the telly?

and what was you thinking when you saw us beat preston 5-0 on the telly?

so scowy, are sunderland better than ipswich because they outplayed them?

please dont avoid this question again please

those grapes in your mouth must taste so sour eh

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I have no reason to be bitter towards Wigan - I support a proper football club with proper fans, I'm happy with that.

Ipswich look a better side than Wigan. They play better football and look strong all over the pitch. Wigan rely very much on Roberts and Ellington, when one of them are out, then you struggle.

When I saw the Preston game, I wasn't that impressed. The scoreline didn't reflect the game. Sunderland outplayed Ipswich in the game you've highlighted, but Sunderland are a strong side and look likely to get automatic promotion.

Wigan are an average side without Roberts and Ellington, but they're a good Championship team when on form. However, they're nothing special though as the rest of the team is fairly average. I see you play a striker on the wing too, I didn't realise Micky Adams was that much of an influence.

[Bert]

we outplayed ipswich twice last season, why dont you mention that instead of judging us against them on 1 performance. we played poor, it wasnt like us at all, but we cant play our mind blowing football every game

sunderland outplayed ipswich on the telly, now arent sunderland the best team in the league judging on your stupid theory?

now scowy, why are you so bitter? accept it, we are going up

wigan sign robbie blake, leicester get a bid rejected for andy (who) kirk 

48994[/snapback]

If you do want to talk about last season, remind us how many times you visited, Old Trafford, Highbury, Stamford Bridge and Anfield??.............. oh no i did forget you werent in that league were you?? silly me. We may have bin relegated, and been poor tht season but at least we were there, and IF you do go up the only way is down

[Mark]

Wigan are an average side without Roberts and Ellington, but they're a good Championship team when on form. However, they're nothing special though as the rest of the team is fairly average. I see you play a striker on the wing too, I didn't realise Micky Adams was that much of an influence.

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I doubt they'd struggle without them, they'll get replacements, like Robbie Blake, not a bad player who can play up their now when one is out. Their midfield is attacking and creative, and they have the best defensive record in the Championship, well they did on Tuesday. Not impressed with that McCulloch on the wing though

[Sparky]

blake is what they need , a bit of a link man from midfield to attack, i think the best partnership would be ellington/blake. i got a mate who is a wigan fan that used to play wiv leighton baines and he thinks he is a shocking player ............not a bad goal though hey

[Mad Jacks Eyes]

I hope you lot do go up. Imagine what Horsehead and Henry etc would do to you..and no its not sour grapes just the truth. So before slagging us lot off, think about what you would be like up there. But good luck anyways

[Alexikokopops]

we outplayed ipswich twice last season, why dont you mention that instead of judging us against them on 1 performance. we played poor, it wasnt like us at all, but we cant play our mind blowing football every game

sunderland outplayed ipswich on the telly, now arent sunderland the best team in the league judging on your stupid theory?

now scowy, why are you so bitter? accept it, we are going up

wigan sign robbie blake, leicester get a bid rejected for andy (who) kirk 

48994[/snapback]

Just want to make the point that if Scowy's bitter that you're going up, then why isn't he bitter about Ipswich too?

[Nathan_Ellington_WAFC]

brilliant post petrescu.

how would you know we'd struggle without them??

you support a proper football club with proper fans? whats that supposed to mean? please explain in more detail

i doubt ipswich play better football than us when we both play at our best, and our team is much stronger than ipswich, for instance, they signed de vos, a cast off of ours who we only wanted to keep on for another year because he cost us goals last season but ipswich were daft enough to offer him 3 years

you werent impressed with us beating preston 5-0? christ, you support leicester as well, wouldnt like to hear your thoughts after games

scowy, you have avoided the question for the 3rd time

are sunderland better than ipswich because they outplayed them on 1 day?

according to your stupid theory then they must be!

average side? than what are you?

we are strong in every position and thats why we're where we are today

average

only teams like yourself and preston milwall etc are classed as average in this league

do you know why lee mccullochs on the wing? because he plays well their and if you really watched the preston match you'd know why

if we're so average, then why do we have the best defensive record? 2nd best scoring record and a massive goal difference to anyone else in the league? and lets not forget top of the league for most of the season

and so if we just play ellington/roberts no one else we'd still win? you're scraping the barrell scowy!

the rest of the posts are just irrelevant and not worth replying to

oh and reply to baines, sorry but your friend must be very jealous as baines made it

but then again i agree, hes crap, hes only performed consistantly well every game and represented england under 21s and also has big prem teams watching him

BAINES OUT

[Muz]

You really are a **** jus go away Ffs

[Guest Daniel]

Agreed.

He's shagging petrescu so it aint going to happen.

[Oli]

Agreed, #### off. where you came from. Wait there aint a forum for wigan fans as there aint enough of them.

[Mark]

Agreed.

He's shagging petrescu so it aint going to happen.

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Pathetic and childish, which can be said for the two previous posters as well at times. If you're fed up with him ignore him, simple as that. But you can't because you are only interested in amount of attention you can bring to yourself.

Muzzy Magic stop trying to follow in BM's footsteps.

For your info, Wigan fan got his last warning a few days ago, if he messes up any more threads, then he'll be banned.

[MON]

Agreed.

He's shagging petrescu so it aint going to happen.

49103[/snapback]

Pathetic and childish, which can be said for the two previous posters as well at times. If you're fed up with him ignore him, simple as that. But you can't because you are only interested in amount of attention you can bring to yourself.

Muzzy Magic stop trying to follow in BM's footsteps.

For your info, Wigan fan got his last warning a few days ago, if he messes up any more threads, then he'll be banned.

49106[/snapback]

When did Bm have his last warning???

[Wilson]

and lets not forget top of the league for most of the season

49098[/snapback]

Most of the season? It's only december.

[Anish]

If people have a problem with Nathan boy, just ignore him. If everyone does the same, he won't get the attention he craves and will just leave.

By replying to his comments, you're just making it all worse.

[Scow]

how would you know we'd struggle without them??

Simple. Because you've struggled to score goals when one of them has been out of the side.

you support a proper football club with proper fans? whats that supposed to mean? please explain in more detail

Leicester City - A club with tradition and history, life long supporters, a fairly large fan base relative to teams in this division.

Wigan - A small provincial club in the North West which got lucky. A small fan base, probably consisted mainly of rugby supporters since that's the main thing going on in Wigan. You would think with the position Wigan are in and with the Stadium they've got that they would attract larger crowds. Wigan has got a population of over 300k, which is more than Leicester, but still struggle to get 10k. I'm sure you'll get in a hissy sit and starting spouting how you've come a along way blah blah blah. But it's all easy with money.

i doubt ipswich play better football than us when we both play at our best, and our team is much stronger than ipswich, for instance, they signed de vos, a cast off of ours who we only wanted to keep on for another year because he cost us goals last season but ipswich were daft enough to offer him 3 years

I've seen both sides this season, Ipswich are definitely the better side from what I've witnessed. So what if Ipswich got De Vos? You call him a cast off, but you still wanted to keep him. Ipswich offered him a better deal from the looks of it, and he decided that was the best place for him to go. It doesn't mean you're the better side because of that. Bit of a flawed logic used there.

you werent impressed with us beating preston 5-0? christ, you support leicester as well, wouldnt like to hear your thoughts after games

No, I wasn't particularly impressed. Preston were playing well to a point, but then just collapsed, and you took advantage of it.

scowy, you have avoided the question for the 3rd time

are sunderland better than ipswich because they outplayed them on 1 day?

according to your stupid theory then they must be!

average side? than what are you?

we are strong in every position and thats why we're where we are today

average

only teams like yourself and preston milwall etc are classed as average in this league

do you know why lee mccullochs on the wing? because he plays well their and if you really watched the preston match you'd know why

I haven't avoided any question. I feel I have justified my point about Ipswich being a better team, but you obviously can't grasp that. I never suggested Sunderland were a better side than Ipswich. What I said about Ipswich was that they showed they are the top dogs in this division, and showed why on Tuesday. Sunderland outplayed Ipswich, but Sunderland didn't impress me as much as Ipswich.

I'm not talking about how average we are, I was talking about Wigan, but you have to refer to us because you have some sort of inferiority complex. That's why you spend all your time on a Leicester City forum.

As for Lee Mcculloch, he's just another Scowcroft with perhaps a bit more pace. You thought he was impressive against Preston? He looked ordinary to me.

if we're so average, then why do we have the best defensive record? 2nd best scoring record and a massive goal difference to anyone else in the league? and lets not forget top of the league for most of the season

and so if we just play ellington/roberts no one else we'd still win? you're scraping the barrell scowy!

It's December, half the season gone. No one gets promoted at this time of the year. Remember last season? What makes you think you won't do the same again?

And you're just being silly now in that last sentence. You fully know what I mean, but I suppose that's your age showing.

[Nathan_Ellington_WAFC]

sorry to dissapoint you but they've only been apart for no more than 2 games and we have never struggled.

please stop being biased towards your club, making them out to be world beaters and be-littling my club

how did we get lucky? please explain in more detail

small fan base? a small fan base was when we got 1200 under 15 years ago scowy, but with you having a lazy attitude towards my club you dont see this.

anyway, you cant expect us to automatically get 25k fans now can you? it just doesnt work like that, and i see you mentioned the north west. look how many big clubs are around wigan in a 30 mile radius which is just 1 reason of many why we dont pull in the huge crowds every game, and we all know fans cant just change the team they support

the club has come along way in a short space of time, the fan base hasnt risen as fast as the club has

wigan doesnt have a population of over 300k, wigan borough has.

why do so many people think we just spend spend spend?

ok scowy, heres our starting line up against ipswich and how much each player cost

filan - 600k

eaden - free

baines - free

jackson - free

breckin - 125k

mcculloch - 650k

teale - 200k

mahon - free

bullard - 275k

ellington - 800k

roberts - 1.4m

and we sold roy carroll for 2.5m which we used to buy key players

now, is it just me or does the best defense in the league cost 125k in total?

its all down to paul jewell - quality manager

so there goes your theory of us being big money spenders

the reason de vos went to ipswich was because we offered him a 1 year contract, he wanted security and ipswich were daft enough to offer him 3 years

we only wanted him for back up, the same happened with liddell

cant grasp it? it's only your opinion and i couldnt give two shiny shites about it as you're obviously bitter towards my club, just because of me as i annoy you.

as well as judging us on a couple of games, you're now doing it with our players

what a complete tool you are

''just another scowcroft'' how the hell do you know? unless you have a season ticket at wigan, then you'd know that we're where we are because players like mcculloch are quality, oh wait, we're only a 2 man team!

what makes me think we wont do the same again?

because we are alot stronger and strenthening on the way i.e robbie blake who will add that little bit more that we need so i see no problems and we should easily get promoted with the players we have and manager

no, i dont know what you mean, thats why i asked

you said we're nothing without ellington & roberts

so i asked if we just played them 2, 2 v 11 we'd still be a great TEAM?

you know we're quality and going up, accept it