TomTom92

Can't see Bird leaving in the window purely because I can't see anybody spending £1.5m+ on him when his contract expires in the summer. I know we'll be entitled to compensation and my guess may be complete nonsense but i doubt we'd get £1.5m+ compo. Warne seems to rate him which is fair as he is our best midfielder, however for saying he's one of our own and has been with us for years, my personal attachment to him is minimal. Think he'll leave if we don't go up and is we do get promotion it'll be 50/50 if he stays or not. As long as he gives his all until the summer thats all we can ask for.

12 points minimum in my opinion. Hoping Posh lose a couple of players in Jan and somebody comes in for Evatt at Bolton.

Think your post is slightly harsh, but can't really disagree. Think Fornah's probably an average league 1 midfielder. Signing a well rounded centre mid must be a tough gig admittedly but we really struggle to find a balance between goal scorers (Hourihane and Sibley) who can't really defend and defensive minded players who can't score (Bird, Smith and Fornah). Maybe Thompson is the golden ticket?

If we could keep JJ and bring in another forward then i'd be happy. Would hate to extend JJ's deal only for him to break down a day after deadline day. That said, we'd need to move one of our forwards on if we brought two in which doesn't seem viable. Therefore I guess JJ as a gamble, then a quality winger and attacking centre mid will suffice.

Believe he said Fckin hell to one of the questions. Not in a sinister manner just slip of the tongue.

Sickener. But as others have said, as long as we react accordingly you just have to accept today for what it is. Plus when you play 100mph football 3 times over a small period against 3 good teams it was always going to be hard to sustain.

Keep shovelling this humble pie in to my mouth. It tastes so good.

Yes threw my toys out the pram because Warne was being downbeat about it. Won’t be able to properly complain until it happens..hopefully it doesn’t.

1st NML, because without him we'd be midtable 2nd Nelson - Been one of Warne's best signings for us 3rd Nyambe - Solid rightback

Yep watched it on stream and if every team played like them we’d win every match. I know they’ve had points deductions etc. but if they put that sort of performance in most weeks then I’m surprised the Wigan fans can stomach the it.

Just shows that the criticism earlier in the season was justified. We’ve gone on an unbelievable run and we’re 4th. Without Warne and the lads turning it around we’d be sat around 9th with 6th place our only hope. Said it before and I’ll say it again. Whoever has the best January will go up automatically.

Nothing can stop the Paul Warne come back 👏👏

Shaping up to be a similar January to last season. Great..roll on 7th place.

Wonder if we'll go back in for Bobby Clark at Liverpool. Was supposed to sign on loan on deadline day but Klopp blocked it to have him around the first team. Don't think he's played for them though so not sure of that logic.

Credit where credits due I really didn’t think Warne had the comeback in him. January will determine how we end up.

Shame they stayed up last season and then have 3 povvo teams this season to save them.

Win or lose Warne will have plenty to say, he’s a right Malta mouth.

Quite impressive from Warne to turn us from McGoldrick FC to NML FC.

But we did win. If we sacked Warne and his successor came in I doubt most of us would care if we stole a victory. Whilst today doesn’t banish any demons for me regarding Warne, a wins a win and better to feel good about it than pick fault IMO.

Yeah agree we haven’t got much option. Feel like we’re missing that magic in the middle but can’t see us pursuing that kind of player until Hourihane has gone.

Smith minus his Pirlo performance against Blackpool offers us very little. I know Fornah has been mixed so far but rather have him in there than Smith. That said, Bird, Hourihane and Fornah still doesn’t fill me with confidence.

Obviously hoping we win but if we have to lose I hope it’s to a late Martin winner after Warne’s brought on 3 defensive subs. Twitter and on here would explode.

Cashin has a 1 year option so Brighton will need to cough up if they want him in Jan.

Good partnership seeing half of our performances have taken the piss this year.

Think losing in the play offs leave his future 50/50. Warne by his own admission has said he’’d expect to be shown the door if we didn’t go up. Depends how much DC wants to not let outside influences affect his judgement. Personally keeping him on with a major percentage of the fan base against him is a poor decision. But so far DC has shown he doesn’t care about that issue.