[LU] Non-LU : Wigan

2013-05-15 Thread Alan Edgar
> Bet they'd happily relinquish the Cup to avoid relegation. I wouldn't, if I were in their shoes, and here's why. They are in the history books for ever as winners of the FA Cup (a trophy the mighty LUFC have also won precisely ... once) having beaten the stinking rich reigning Prem Champs wi

Re: [LU] Non-LU : Wigan

2013-05-15 Thread Jim Moran
Totally agree. Football is totally messed up if you'd take Premiership survival over winning the FA cup. Success for a PL club is defined by finishing in the top 4? What the hell is that about? In 20 years time, will people look back at Everton's 'Moyes glory days' of finishing in the top half of

Re: [LU] Non-LU : Wigan

2013-05-15 Thread Alan Edgar
Exactly. Or define success as being 17th out of 20 every year, which is unfortunately the limit of the ambitions of half the Premiership these days. Al Sent from my iPhone On 15 May 2013, at 12:34, Jim Moran wrote: > Totally agree. Football is totally messed up if you'd take Premiership > s

Re: [LU] Non-LU : Wigan

2013-05-15 Thread John Lee
Much I can agree with there Al. Our last 8 years have been pitiful in comparison. Some realism needs to come into the expectations of all Leeds fans - should we go up in the next couple of years, we would need an enormous cash injection to get into the top third of the Prem. Premier League this

Re: [LU] Non-LU : Wigan

2013-05-15 Thread Alan Edgar
Shows you how hard it is to win the Cup when a team finishing in the top 2 7 years out of 10 (65-74) only wins it once, and the team who has dominated the current decade hasn't won it since 2004. Such 2nd division luminaries as Sunderland, Southampton and West Ham have all won it since we have,

Re: [LU] NON LU: Wigan Make History?

2013-05-15 Thread John Barber
-Original Message- From: Richard Walker I'm happy for them to be relegated. Tin pot , imposters. We hate that sense of entitlement that Manchester's fans like to exhibit. But we do see comments like the one above on our List pretty frequently. Isn't that just the same

Re: [LU] NON LU: Wigan Make History?

2013-05-15 Thread Guy Thornton
Totally agree with you John Here's to more tin pot impostors holding their own at the top and that includes us Do we really want half-a-dozen or less elitist unbelievably rich businesses (once know as football clubs) with avarice, profit followed by glory as a motive raking in the gains from