Hate Man Utd

Thanks to an eight - nil thumping of Wigan on the final day of the season.

Nice try….

No League title, No FA Cup, No Champions League…… Oh dear.

It won’t come as a surprise to people who hate Manchester United that Vidic putting his hand into the face of Wigan’s Rodallega, as refereed by Howard Webb or the Man Utd players surrounding referee Chris Foy versus Chelsea in the Community Shield are to go unpunished.

Dave Whelan, the Wigan Athletic chairman is anticipating problems with segregation at the Wigan v Mau Utd fixture and anticipates large numbers of fans without tickets to be locked out. There are stories of Wigan fans selling home end tickets for the price of next season’s season ticket. Man United’s official allocation of 4,928 is, not surprisingly sold out.

What price the equivalent ticket for the Man Utd Match?

In the event of trouble as a consequence of poor segregation I wonder what punishment will be dished out to Man utd and Wigan?

“What am I going to say to the team? ‘Just roll over and let Man United win’? That’s not going to happen. Make no mistake, we’ll be trying our utmost.” Says Bruce.

Bruce’s management track record with Birmingham v Man Utd shows 9 matches and zero victories. Wigan have never drawn or won against Man Utd in their history.

A quick blog post today to draw attention to the potential of Man Utd winning nothing this season, a topic I’ve seen no mention of in the media. Wigan draw at home with Man utd on the last day of the season and Chelsea win against Bolton. Then Chelsea beat Man Utd in the Euro Cup final.

Wigan rugby league club have agreed to a request from the football club’s chairman, Dave Whelan, to put back their home Challenge Cup tie against Whitehaven from the Friday night before the Wigan Ath v Man Utd match to the Monday after it, to avoid any further criticism of the playing surface for such a significant game. “The last thing we want is a worldwide TV audience with the pitch having suffered from heavy rain, and Wigan rugby league club having played a game on there a couple of days prior to the football match,” said Ian Lenagan “We have been wrongly blamed for the poor state of the JJB Stadium pitch and I don’t want Wigan’s name, and rugby league’s name, to attract wrongful criticism.”

Whelan was keen to stress that rugby league had not contributed to the condition of a surface that Arsène Wenger described as “a disaster” after his Arsenal team drew 0-0 there in March. “It is disrespectful to the fans who pay money to watch football on that,” said Wenger. “The only excuse is if they have a rugby team that also plays on the pitch, unless the groundsman is sick.”

Well it sounds like preferential treatment that will aid the passing game of Man Utd, for the fixture which will contribute to the destiny of the title.