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Post by Gods on Apr 26, 2022 19:51:17 GMT
I'm not sure if there is a more depressing fixture on the calendar than this one?
A joyless outfit with an identikit logo stadium and a stark reminder, were it needed, that we are no longer dining at the top table.
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Post by onionman on Apr 26, 2022 19:54:03 GMT
At least James McClean will be there to lighten the mood.
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Post by Davef on Apr 26, 2022 19:55:55 GMT
I'm not sure there is a more depressing fixture on the calendar than this one? A joyless outfit and a stark reminder, were it needed, that we are no longer dining at the top table. Yet amazingly, we have played ten fixtures against them while we were both dining at the top table and they've also won the FA Cup. Rotherham and possibly Wycombe or Mk Dons is a more depressing fixture. |
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Post by Northy on Apr 26, 2022 19:58:41 GMT
At least James McClean will be there to lighten the mood. Oh deep joy, pages of the same old shite being regurgitated on here |
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Post by Gods on Apr 26, 2022 19:59:28 GMT
I'm not sure there is a more depressing fixture on the calendar than this one? A joyless outfit and a stark reminder, were it needed, that we are no longer dining at the top table. Yet amazingly, we have played ten fixtures against them while we were both dining at the top table and they've also won the FA Cup. Rotherham and possibly Wycombe or Mk Dons is a more depressing fixture. Surely not , Wycombe is a fantastic away day. And we might even win! I must admit I didn't realise Wigan had won the FA Cup, I still think of them as the sort of dangerous non league team you don't want to get in the 3rd round :-) |
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Apr 26, 2022 20:07:33 GMT
I'm not sure there is a more depressing fixture on the calendar than this one? A joyless outfit and a stark reminder, were it needed, that we are no longer dining at the top table. Yet amazingly, we have played ten fixtures against them while we were both dining at the top table and they've also won the FA Cup. Rotherham and possibly Wycombe or Mk Dons is a more depressing fixture. Yep - in the Premier League before us and only for two seasons less. |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 26, 2022 20:11:28 GMT
Fair play to em, straight back up. Takes some doing
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Post by Davef on Apr 26, 2022 20:11:43 GMT
Yet amazingly, we have played ten fixtures against them while we were both dining at the top table and they've also won the FA Cup. Rotherham and possibly Wycombe or Mk Dons is a more depressing fixture. Yep - in the Premier League before us and only for two seasons less. League Cup finalists in 2006 as well. |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Apr 26, 2022 20:12:43 GMT
Or maybe not 2-2 now
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Post by Gods on Apr 26, 2022 20:14:22 GMT
Yep - in the Premier League before us and only for two seasons less. League Cup finalists in 2006 as well. You could tell me they have a Champions League title as well but it's still a deeply depressing fixture! You feel your heart sink when it comes up :-( |
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Post by Northy on Apr 26, 2022 20:34:10 GMT
Even if they lose tonight it would need a 7 goal swing and MK are away at Plymouth at the weekend |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Apr 26, 2022 20:35:52 GMT
Losing 3-2
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Post by Gods on Apr 26, 2022 20:46:08 GMT
Yep, I think GD means we still can't avoid the buggers even if they lose the last match. |
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Post by walrus on Apr 26, 2022 20:51:51 GMT
Yep, I think GD means we still can't avoid the buggers even if they lose the last match. It would need a six goal swing with MK Dons and a Rotherham win. So not impossible but highly improbable. Any football fan who would prefer MK Dons in the Championship than Wigan needs their head looking at. |
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Post by Gods on Apr 26, 2022 20:58:35 GMT
Yep, I think GD means we still can't avoid the buggers even if they lose the last match. It would need a six goal swing with MK Dons and a Rotherham win. So not impossible but highly improbable. Any football fan who would prefer MK Dons in the Championship than Wigan needs their head looking at. I'd far rather go to Milton Keynes than another depressing visit to the 'DW Stadium'. And yes I know they were in Wimbledon once. |
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Post by theonlooker on Apr 26, 2022 21:06:23 GMT
It would need a six goal swing with MK Dons and a Rotherham win. So not impossible but highly improbable. Any football fan who would prefer MK Dons in the Championship than Wigan needs their head looking at. I'd far rather go to Milton Keynes than another depressing visit to the 'DW Stadium'. And yes I know they were in Wimbledon once. Oh dear. MK Dons? The good news for you is that I'm offering a special, last day 'correctional treatment' discount deal at the statue. The package normally retails for 45 quid up west, but to you... nothing. 😀 |
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Post by dirtygary69 on Apr 26, 2022 21:29:44 GMT
Apparently they have been pretty rubbish this season overall, not got many results at all against the better teams but have picked up plenty off the lower placed sides. Wouldn’t have thought they’ll be anywhere near as good as they were when they went down last season.
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Post by J-Roar on Apr 26, 2022 21:37:20 GMT
I'm not sure there is a more depressing fixture on the calendar than this one? A joyless outfit and a stark reminder, were it needed, that we are no longer dining at the top table. Yet amazingly, we have played ten fixtures against them while we were both dining at the top table and they've also won the FA Cup. Rotherham and possibly Wycombe or Mk Dons is a more depressing fixture. Enjoyed Rotherham far more than that empty shit tip |
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Post by BristolMick on Apr 26, 2022 21:37:27 GMT
It would need a six goal swing with MK Dons and a Rotherham win. So not impossible but highly improbable. Any football fan who would prefer MK Dons in the Championship than Wigan needs their head looking at. I'd far rather go to Milton Keynes than another depressing visit to the 'DW Stadium'. And yes I know they were in Wimbledon once. Can’t stand Wigan. Their fans utterly disrespected the minute silence for Sir Stan and took the piss out of the greatest footballer of his generation. Stan an absolute gentleman and fantastic human being and the cunts that support Wigan, exactly the opposite.Not only do I hope they fuck up promotion I hope they and their 5,000 fans fuck off out of existence! BM |
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Post by Gods on Apr 26, 2022 21:58:01 GMT
I'd far rather go to Milton Keynes than another depressing visit to the 'DW Stadium'. And yes I know they were in Wimbledon once. Can’t stand Wigan. Their fans utterly disrespected the minute silence for Sir Stan and took the piss out of the greatest footballer of his generation. Stan an absolute gentleman and fantastic human being and the cunts that support Wigan, exactly the opposite.Not only do I hope they fuck up promotion I hope they and their 5,000 fans fuck off out of existence BM Very succinctly put. That's pretty much how I feel  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2022 23:16:19 GMT
I was thinking about that league and how we spent 4 seasons there the last time we were in it (3 the time before?) and even our promotion season was via the playoffs - so our lottery numbers came in that year. And yet the likes of Wigan/Rotherham especially seem to make far lighter work of it.
And then you have Sunderland who, whilst they might go up this year they could still drop out of the playoffs / have to win that lottery if they get there. So odds are they’ll be into their 4th season - enormous club who had over 33k in tonight. And Sheff Utd languished down there for 6 years IIRC Ipswich will be playing there for a 4th season at least.
If you get relegated and you’re a basket case (like we were and like some of those mentioned clubs were) then it’s a serious job to bounce straight back. On the flip side, Rotherham (probably Barnsley next year) seem to make lighter work, and maybe it’s because they’re low budget underdogs in the championship and so when they get relegated it’s disappointing but not the end of the world, and they are already budgeting for around that level so aren’t in need of a giant rebuilding job and don’t suffer the ball and chain of a long list of expensive contract flops? Plus they’re not having to labour at a club cursed by the stench of death / under huge pressure from the fan base?
It would’ve been an absolute calamity if we had gone down a few years back and there are no guarantees we wouldn’t have ended up languishing down there for another 4 years or more…doing our rebuild in the championship has been tough enough and we’ve not even had a sniff of the playoffs yet.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2022 23:40:27 GMT
I'd far rather go to Milton Keynes than another depressing visit to the 'DW Stadium'. And yes I know they were in Wimbledon once. Oh dear. MK Dons? The good news for you is that I'm offering a special, last day 'correctional treatment' discount deal at the statue. The package normally retails for 45 quid up west, but to you... nothing. 😀 Even after all this time, after the rise of AFC, and even after hearing some surprising but welcome words of contrition from Pete Winkleman, I can never look at mk dons and not wish ill on them. I went there a few times in 03/04 at the old hockey stadium. We played there twice in a matter of weeks (fa cup / league) a truly depressing town and overall football experience. The countrywide perception of stoke is it’s a god forsaken shithole (it’s a view even some stokies hold) but there’s a heart and soul and history here at least; but MK truly is a town from some dystopian nightmare. It’s a disconcerting place. Even now their ground is at least 3x too big for them but you just know if (god forbid) they get to the premiership then it’ll be rammed. You can’t compare them to Wigan. Whilst Wigan’s ground is shit and they’re a bit of a sideshow in their own rugby league town, they have a soul at least and paid their dues. There were loyal Wigan supporters following them at Springfield Park when they were non-league. And despite it being a shit ground it’s only up the road so we tend to have a good following - compared to Milton Keynes which will be far more of a ballache to get to. |
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Post by withnall on Apr 27, 2022 4:33:11 GMT
but MK truly is a town from some dystopian nightmare. It’s a disconcerting place. Milton Keynes is a cross between Genesis' "Get em out by Friday" and Huxleys "Brave new world". A truly terrifying place. Get 'em out by Friday You don't get paid 'til the last one's well on his way Get 'em out by Friday It's important that we keep to schedule, there must be no delay I represent a firm of gentlemen who recently purchased this House and all the others in the road In the interest of humanity we've found a better place for you To go, go-woh, go-woh Oh no, this I can't believe Oh Mary, they're asking us to leave Get 'em out by Friday I've told you before, 's good many gone if we let them stay And if it isn't easy You can squeeze a little grease and our troubles will soon run away After all this time, they ask us to leave And I told them we could pay double the rent I don't know why it seemed so funny Seeing as how they'd take more money The Winkler called again, he came here this morning With four hundred pounds and a photograph of the place he has found A block of flats with central heating I think we're going to find it hard Now we've got them I've always said that cash cash cash can do anything well Work can be rewarding When a flash of intuition is a gift that helps you excel-sell-sell-sell Here we are in Harlow New Town Did you recognize your block across the square, over there Sadly since last time we spoke We've found we've had to raise the rent again Just a bit Oh no, this I can't believe Oh Mary, and we agreed to leave This is an announcement from Genetic Control It is my sad duty to inform you of a four foot restriction on Humanoid height I hear the directors of Genetic Control have been buying all the Properties that have recently been sold, taking risks oh so bold It's said now that people will be shorter in height They can fit twice as many in the same building site They say it's alright Beginning with the tenants of the town of Harlow In the interest of humanity, they've been told they must go Told they must go-go-go-go I think I've fixed a new deal A dozen properties, we'll buy at five and sell at thirty four Some are still inhabited It's time to send the Winkler to see them He'll have to work some more With land in your hand, you'll be happy on earth Then invest in the Church for your heaven |
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Post by thevoid on Apr 27, 2022 6:00:01 GMT
It would need a six goal swing with MK Dons and a Rotherham win. So not impossible but highly improbable. Any football fan who would prefer MK Dons in the Championship than Wigan needs their head looking at. I'd far rather go to Milton Keynes than another depressing visit to the 'DW Stadium'. And yes I know they were in Wimbledon once. MK Dungs can rot in hell. McFootball Club |
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Post by Davef on Apr 27, 2022 6:51:09 GMT
Yet amazingly, we have played ten fixtures against them while we were both dining at the top table and they've also won the FA Cup. Rotherham and possibly Wycombe or Mk Dons is a more depressing fixture. Enjoyed Rotherham far more than that empty shit tip Missing the point slightly. It's not about which is the best away day. The OP said that playing Wigan is a reminder of how far we've dropped, failing to realise that we've faced them ten times in Premier League fixtures and they've appeared in two major cup finals over the last fifteen years or so. Playing Rotherham, Peterborough, Wycombe and potentially MK Dons is much more of a reminder of how much we've fallen in the last five or six years. |
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Post by Ron on Apr 27, 2022 7:27:13 GMT
I'm not sure if there is a more depressing fixture on the calendar than this one? A joyless outfit with an identikit logo stadium and a stark reminder, were it needed, that we are no longer dining at the top table. theyve won more than us in the recent past and our stadium is up there with the worst of the 90’s identikits. Appalling support tho |
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Post by prestwichpotter on Apr 27, 2022 7:46:09 GMT
Wigan, Rotherham and Sheff Wed would be perfect from a selfish, logistical perspective……
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Post by chad on Apr 27, 2022 8:15:17 GMT
I'm not sure there is a more depressing fixture on the calendar than this one? A joyless outfit and a stark reminder, were it needed, that we are no longer dining at the top table. Yet amazingly, we have played ten fixtures against them while we were both dining at the top table and they've also won the FA Cup. Rotherham and possibly Wycombe or Mk Dons is a more depressing fixture. I quite like Rotherham for an away day |
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Post by skemstokie on Apr 27, 2022 8:18:13 GMT
I was thinking about that league and how we spent 4 seasons there the last time we were in it (3 the time before?) and even our promotion season was via the playoffs - so our lottery numbers came in that year. And yet the likes of Wigan/Rotherham especially seem to make far lighter work of it. And then you have Sunderland who, whilst they might go up this year they could still drop out of the playoffs / have to win that lottery if they get there. So odds are they’ll be into their 4th season - enormous club who had over 33k in tonight. And Sheff Utd languished down there for 6 years IIRC Ipswich will be playing there for a 4th season at least. If you get relegated and you’re a basket case (like we were and like some of those mentioned clubs were) then it’s a serious job to bounce straight back. On the flip side, Rotherham (probably Barnsley next year) seem to make lighter work, and maybe it’s because they’re low budget underdogs in the championship and so when they get relegated it’s disappointing but not the end of the world, and they are already budgeting for around that level so aren’t in need of a giant rebuilding job and don’t suffer the ball and chain of a long list of expensive contract flops? Plus they’re not having to labour at a club cursed by the stench of death / under huge pressure from the fan base? It would’ve been an absolute calamity if we had gone down a few years back and there are no guarantees we wouldn’t have ended up languishing down there for another 4 years or more…doing our rebuild in the championship has been tough enough and we’ve not even had a sniff of the playoffs yet. I also think that the "bigger" teams maybe find it harder because the "little "teams raise there game against the so called big teams as it is a feather in their caps if they win and a bumper payday for the clubs,so keep them down as long as possible. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2022 9:05:58 GMT
I'm not sure if there is a more depressing fixture on the calendar than this one? A joyless outfit with an identikit logo stadium and a stark reminder, were it needed, that we are no longer dining at the top table. theyve won more than us in the recent past and our stadium is up there with the worst of the 90’s identikits. Appalling support tho Sadly I agree on our stadium. It’s not quite as bad as it was when it opened but it’s still hugely lacking. The only thing our ground has going for it (if you ignore what a ballache it is to get to it or how cold it makes it) is the location is kind of interesting, being perched on a hill with major roads surrounding it. Compare that to pride park for example which just feels slap bang in the middle of a retail park. I say it over and over again but I’ll say it again because I like saying it. If I was Peter Coates I’d look to create a legacy by rebuilding a stand or two and creating something iconic - preferably starting with the boothen end. Knock it down and create an iconic end with brickwork facade and replica kiln towers on either side of the facade - to be seen from the a50. Would also sort out the concourse issue as the current ones must be right on the line of health and safety approval. |
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