Why Are Chelsea Questioning Wigan’s Integrity? Look At Bolton!
Following a week where so much press attention has focussed on whether Wigan will put up a fight against United on Sunday, Ferguson has fought back. Several Chelsea players have been putting pressure on Wigan to do their job and show up against the Champions in the crucial final game of the season, however today, Sir Alex Ferguson has looked at the situation from a different perspective. Wigan are more than up for a result against United, but can the same be said of Chelsea’s opponents?
Wigan defender, Paul Scharner, talked of his aspirations to spoil United’s party at the weekend, saying, “we will certainly try to beat them. The season isn’t over yet, and it will be much easier to have a party after a good result.” Wigan manager and former United captain, Steve Bruce, has reiterated the same point, saying, “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.”
However, Fergie has today questioned why all the attention is being turned to Wigan instead of Bolton, whose players and manager have made no such promise, and who have been out celebrating avoiding relegation.
“Nobody is saying anything about Bolton,” said Ferguson. “People have questioned Wigan’s integrity but when you look at it, the different attitudes are quite interesting. The Wigan players are coming out and saying ‘we want to beat Manchester United’. That is fine, we are a big club. And then you hear about Bolton players out partying all week. That difference in attitudes amazes me. But both teams are safe, relaxed and confident. Yet one can celebrate and the other is all keyed up to play against Manchester United.”
Whilst pressure has been put on Wigan, who are safe, to come out fighting at the weekend, Bolton seemingly feel no pressure at all. Results this weekend could see Bolton safe by goal difference alone, but that is going to make little difference to them. However, Steve Bruce has to feel, following numerous comments from Chelsea players and articles in the press about his former loyalties to United, that they have to do a job, as their integrity will be questioned otherwise.
Will Wigan fight harder than Bolton for a result this weekend?
4 Comments
Comments RSS TrackBack Identifier URI
Leave a comment
Problem with comments? Please view our Comments Policy
RoM RSS Feed
Yes.
london based media again
anything to upset untd and big up their boys
disgraceful but what do you expect from those tossers they hate united and they hate SAF.
Makes success even sweeter
It’s not only the written press that have been questioning Wigan’s integrity, it’s also some national radio stations as well… I listen to TaLKspOrt occasionally, and this week, some of their presenters have been banging on about Wigan… it’s been a joke at times - some of their presenters ought to be embarrased at themselves if they ever got to listen to the sound of their own voices… not that I mind too much - for every Mick Quinn for example, there’s Terry Christian, who does the equivalent of the 606 show on Radio Five Live… Terry’s a legend! Very funny, sometimes extremely biased, but, given the number of ABU cunts on the radio nowadays, he makes for great listening. (I thought journalism/broadcasting was about being a messenger? Who wants to know about the Journo’s opinion on summat?)
Anyway, another angle on this is how much of a mockery this is. I can’t honestly believe that anyone from Wigan, from the players to Brucie, would have said any different. Could you imagine Steve Bruce being asked “so are you going all out to beat United on Sunday?”, and his reply being, “Nah, they’re a great bunch of lads there, and I could really do with a nice case of Chateau Lafite that Fergie promised me if we took it easy..” Me neither.
Trust Fegie to take care of the mind games
Wigan are the one who have actually secured their spot for next season while there still stands the(as small as it could be) possibility that Bolton may actually get relegated and Wigan are the only one expected to turn up for their game despite all this !
Even last week was atrocious(regarding Curbishley’s comments).
Who has scored more goals than anybody - United
Who has conceded the fewest number of goals - United
Who has the best record in the mini-big-4 league - United
Who deserves to win after all this - Manchester United who else !!!
Why wouldn’t Curbishley not praise us ? For the heck of it, even Kevin ‘I would luv it’ Keegan praised us for our game before their game against Chelsea.