Wigan Athletic (H) match thread - 16th Dec

[robf]

Well, how do the Valiants bounce back from that (or don't they)?

Share your views on the Wigan League fixture on this dedicated thread...

[Vtid]

Wigan unbeaten in 9 games in all competitions & 5 in the league, would be lying nicely in 9th or 10th without there points deduction. Cant see anything but a loss. Hope i'm wrong but they'll be buzzing for this one. Prepare to have your belly tickled & a cuddle from Crosby 

Edited December 13, 2023 by Vtid

[Sam Kelly's Left Boot]

Optimistic 3-0 defeat. 

[Conrad]

Trying to be positive, Stevenage are joint second in the league and if there had been 5 minutes of injury time instead of 6 we’d have beaten them, so with hopefully more of a home crowd on Saturday maybe, just maybe.

[manc_vale]

Watching for the first time from the posh seats as an 80th birthday present for my dad... Come on vale, pull a performance from somewhere, anywhere for me...

It's too much to dream of a hat-trick from our senior striker (are performing players allowed to stay on the pitch to complete hat tricks)

[robf]

Trivia fact - our last League home game against Wigan was in 2016 (it was my son's first game and he picked a cracker). Vale threw away a two goal lead but won 3-2 on the day with a certain Uche Ikpeazu scoring a 89th minute winner...

[valefan16]

What last night does is put huge pressure back on Crosby which was avoidable and his suggestion of resting key players after an hour for this means he has less excuses here.

The positive aside from the Pizza cup that is more of a friendly we are three unbeaten and the first 60 with a full side out did provide some real positives last night, play that way and we have a chance.

1 more win puts us half way to safety and need that by the end of the Blackpool game to be on track for 50 points so a win here and we have games left to make the second half of the season less pressured.

 

[lydiatevaliant]

Wonder what pre planned substitutions will be dictated to our hapless manager by the sports scientists for this one. 

[Armers4eng]

34 minutes ago, lydiatevaliant said:

Wonder what pre planned substitutions will be dictated to our hapless manager by the sports scientists for this one. 

Connor Ripley should play exactly 84 mins and 31 secs so he's rested incase we have another penalty shoot out on Tues 😃 

 

What a joke we have become 

[Brian Johnson]

1 hour ago, Conrad said:

Trying to be positive, Stevenage are joint second in the league and if there had been 5 minutes of injury time instead of 6 we’d have beaten them, so with hopefully more of a home crowd on Saturday maybe, just maybe.

I know you are trying to be positive but it's a pointless statement you have made.

Its pointless saying if it was 5 minutes of injury because it wasnt.

Stevenage were a League Two team last season and we have not beaten them in 3 games now.

[osprey]

Following the science 🙃

[Vale1995]

Cant wait for this....

[rayzer]

We have lost five home league games on the bounce. Does anyone know what our longest sequence of home league defeats is? If we lose to Wigan, would that be another unwanted record?

[Brian Johnson]

1 minute ago, rayzer said:

We have lost five home league games on the bounce. Does anyone know what our longest sequence of home league defeats is? If we lose to Wigan, would that be another unwanted record?

Phil Sherwin will know

[WV]

1 hour ago, Brian Johnson said:

I know you are trying to be positive but it's a pointless statement you have made.

Its pointless saying if it was 5 minutes of injury because it wasnt.

Stevenage were a League Two team last season and we have not beaten them in 3 games now.

Saying Stevenage were a league 2 team last season is a pointless statement. They aren’t this season. They are 3rd in league 1. What was your point supposed to be?