We should start a thread on fantasy football. I swapped Odemwingie out for Saha last night and made him my captain. 42 points from Saha today! Very pleased with myself. I also have Robert Huth.
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We should start a thread on fantasy football. I swapped Odemwingie out for Saha last night and made him my captain. 42 points from Saha today! Very pleased with myself. I also have Robert Huth.
Sammon on the bench today VS Man City, it's on ESPN
Freeview weekend too. Nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Is that just a one off thing?
Fairly rare I'd say, but they've done it before alright.
Do wigan have the most gingers in the PL? Ginger warfare.
Here comes the fish!
Created a great chance at the end, unlucky not to finish it!
Came on after 83 minutes and showed a few good touches for the brief time he was involved. Was played through in stoppage time but missed by a lick of paint shooting across goal. In fairness, he had a defender close to his side and it was from a fairly tight angle with Hart at the near post.
i only saw a few runs, but for a big lad, he doesn't look lanky, and he has pace and strength. for a guy his size thats a great thing to have.
About to come on against Spurs with 25 minutes to go. 0-0 and Wigan have been the better side.
hows mccarthy doing?
Doing his usual steady job. Had one hairy moment when he was caught in the edge of possession on the edge of his own box but otherwise solid. Lennon's come on for Spurs and now Wigan are hanging on.
Should have scored there. Gets into some great scoring positions.
McCarthy and Sammon just linked up beautifully but Di Santo didn't anticipate the cross. Could've been the goal.
That would have been a great goal. Sammon looks right at home in the Premiership.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
He does, doesn't he? MOTD commentator says he should have scored, but he hit the shot, hard, crisp and low, maybe a bit too straight. Gomez made a comfortable save but it wasn't a bad effort. Good low cross a few minutes later. Fair play to him.
Teleghraph this morning described McCarthy as "increasingly impressive" or something like that.
He overhit his first touch a fraction and was stretching when he hit the shot. Looking back on Di Santo's chance, I think if he'd got his foot around it a touch more it was a certain goal. Unlucky.
With Wigan looking more and more likely to be relegated, I can't help but feel that this would be good for Sammon. A big club like Wigan would be sure to return to the Premiership while at the same time, gives Sammon a great chance of starting regularly and McCarthy would be snapped up by top Premier League club!
I don't agree about Wigan being a big club. They're the smallest side in the Premier League next to Blackpool and seem to go into every season (barring Bruce's last season) with a "relegate me" sign on their chests. Like Reading and Watford, they've been punching above their weight for a long time and I think relegation would more or less do for them. They have a lot of ambitious young players who won't want to play in the Championship, and I believe a large number of first-team players are out of contract this year.
The one thing they do have is (despite his meddling in McCarthy's international career) is arguably the best young manager in the league who hasn't really got the credit for what he's done. I think Ollie is a shoe-in for manager of the year if Blackpool survive but Martinez's achievement has to be up there. Inherited a squad that was struggling and had to immediately offload the higher earners/biggest players. He's made some amazing signings for practically no money and hasn't complained about it once. I think the league would be worse off without them.
I think the ideal scenario for Sammon is that Wigan stay up and are forced to sell Rodallega. That'd leave him, Moses and Di Santo scrapping it out for two places and I'd fancy him to ease out Di Santo easily.
I am just waiting to read, "and Conner leapt like a salmon to head home the winner".
Take that kind of stuff to ybig's fish pun thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
Wigan's fishy striker Conor Sammon needs to start finding the net
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/b...berto-martinez
Would help if he was getting a start, he's not had one!Quote:
Originally Posted by TrapAPony
I think "squandered" is a bit harsh. If you want to see squandering, watch Nicklas Bendtner.
Sammon included in the Scottish PFA team of 2011: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...873452,00.html
Sammon on at half time for Wigan, great chance to get his first PL goal or even make himself a Wigan hero.
Scores, great touch and a wonderful finish. Couldn't quite tell but it looked like he made a clover with his hands during his celebration.
Fair play to Sammon. Great goal
He mIght never score a more valuable goal if Wigan can pull off a miracle from here. Good right-footed finish under Green from about 12 yards out.
Good man Conor. Great touch and finish. More evidence the League of Ireland can produce players for the top level.
Should be an incredible last 10 minutes, Sammon just set up Moses who nearly scored.
How and why would you go about making a clover with your hands?Quote:
Originally Posted by theworm2345
i am intrigued on that one too!!
Sammon should have won a peno too by the way...
He has a standard celebration - more of a heart than a clover. Thumbs together and forefingers together -
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/a...t_1213609b.jpg
What a finish to the match, unfortunately West Ham are down and this drags Wolves back in to it.
How? If you make your fingers like this, but keep the tips of your middle fingers together and stretched out while curling your index fingers in a bit you get a clover.Quote:
Originally Posted by kev mcq
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thum...of-fingers.jpg
Why? I don't know, as Stu pointed out maybe it wasn't a clover.
I really doubt it was a clover. Has definitely secured his position for Stoke next week. Had a shaky first few but really threw himself round, and Wigan will need his physicality as much as anything next week. It's still going to be a huge ask - they're probably going to need 3 points which not many teams can claim to have won at the Britannia.
What an incredible game of football though. One of the best I've seen in a long, long time.
That's not a clover, it's supposed to be a heart.Quote:
Originally Posted by theworm2345