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Post by Andy on Feb 8, 2011 22:35:21 GMT 1
Will be attending the latest meet roberto event on Thursday. Just wonderin whether any of you lot have any sensible questions you would like me to put forwards?
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Post by progresswithunity on Feb 9, 2011 18:42:49 GMT 1
why does he take so long to get the subs on .
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Post by Andy on Feb 10, 2011 15:01:50 GMT 1
Just come out. T'was a very interesting session
I'll get something drafted up and put onto the site over the next day or so
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Post by skinners on Feb 12, 2011 0:56:08 GMT 1
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Post by Andy on Feb 13, 2011 16:41:36 GMT 1
[glow=red,2,300]Transfer Window[/glow]
First question posed to RM was that of the transfer windows. Martinez had previously stated it would take three windows to get the team he wanted in place. As the Jan window has just closed, does he feel he now has the squad in place? His reply; 'Yes, absolutely'
He went on to say that 'The performance on Saturday shows that we have the players we need. For a long time we missed Victor Moses, James McCarthy, Franco Di Santo and Tom Cleverley, and that really set us back, but now we have them all back. On Saturday, the average age of the outfield players was the youngest in the Premier League, which is a fantastic sign, and we got the performance we were hoping for."I always said I don`t just want Wigan Athletic to survive every season, I want the club to move forward, invest in the youth so that they can be at their best with ourselves rather than signing players that are at the end of their careers'.
"The performance of James McCarthy on Saturday, if he had been at Man United we`d have seen that goal time after time, the skill, the arrogance to do that
[glow=red,2,300]Relegation[/glow]
Next up was Warbo (Vital Wigan) who asked RM about the dreaded 'R' word. If the worst is to happen do we have a strategy in place and are we already making preparations (just in case)
The simply answer to this question was 'It`s not going to happen, the same that Everton aren`t thinking about it. If we can keep everyone fit and available we will be fine.'
Martinez then went onto our plans for next year stating that 'I want Wigan Athletic to be challenging for the European places and we need to get through this period to be able to achieve that and get a completely different outlook in our football club.
We got into the Premier League and we have been just happy to stay there, I felt the club was just a little bit stale, now the football club and the ideas are completely different. We are no longer happy with that, we want to go into the next level
You look at the promotions and the Youth Development programmes that we are going to put in place, the football club is ready to take off, but we all agree that the next 12 games are paramount for that.
[glow=red,2,300]Al Habsi[/glow]
Next on the agenda was questions surrounding Ali Al Habsi and his future in a Latics jersey. There was a lot of speculation in the last window surrounding Ali's future at the club, so what did the gaffer have to say?
12 months ago no one knew about Al-Habsi and his capabilities, Ali is really enjoying his role here. The relationship he`s got with the fans is unbelievable, the way he`s taken to the football club has been fantastic.
Then on the footballing matters he has developed a great relationship with our goalkeeping coach, Inaki Bergara, from day one to now he is a completely different goalkeeper. And he knows that and he loves his time here
We will do all in our power to keep Ali here for the bigger future, but that`s down to not only us but Ali himself and Bolton, he has two years left on his contract there
Ali though really loves his time here, firstly he enjoys the challenge, secondly he can see himself developing and third he wants to be part of the future for Wigan Athletic, I would be confident that Ali wants to stay with us'
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Post by Andy on Feb 13, 2011 16:48:53 GMT 1
more to come on the following subjects:
Charlie
Lazy Journalism
The Pitch
Conor Sammon
Martinez Out
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Post by jgwiganafc26 on Feb 20, 2011 22:14:25 GMT 1
Come on Andy! Where are the rest of these subjects!? I'm on the edge of my seat here! ;D In all seriousness though, I am waiting to here what he said.
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Post by Andy on Feb 20, 2011 23:14:11 GMT 1
Sorry. Been far too busy to get anything put together. Will get it sorted asap
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Post by TheLatics-1932 on Feb 26, 2011 23:07:19 GMT 1
more to come on the following subjects: Lazy Journalism Conor Sammon Martinez Out ^ these 3 subjects are defo the one's I want to here about. |
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Post by Andy on Feb 26, 2011 23:26:16 GMT 1
Sorry... been manic in work (the joy of sales!!!)
Hopefully I should get chance to put the finishing touches together early next week
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Post by Andy on May 23, 2011 17:50:32 GMT 1
BUMP - end of season meeting is tomorrow
Anything you guys want me to ask?
Andy
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Post by Andy on May 26, 2011 13:02:27 GMT 1
I'll get some notes drafted up (hopefully) tonight. We covered quite a lot of different subjects - some of which were quite interesting  |
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