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Coley hoping to sign Edwards in January, according to the BBC sport web. What a coup that would be!

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ey/4509988.stm

would be a quality signing if this does actually materialize !!!

But Not Signed yet so watch this space...

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Can anyone actually see it happening? I find it hard to beleive Wigan will let him go or if he would sign as he is definetly CHampionship quality...?

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QUOTE:- Can anyone actually see it happening? I find it hard to beleive Wigan will let him go or if he would sign as he is definetly CHampionship quality...?
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Don't you mean Premiership quality?

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Not just yet as he would be in Wigan's starting eleven but he has the potential to be...

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Sorry - I was thinking you were under the impression that Wigan were still in the Championship - silly me!

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Edwards is a fantastic defender and he helped us so much for our win against Grays Ath. with his superb clearence right at the end.
He would be one of our best signings this season ...along with Darren Randolff,if we get him and Romi Boco.:)

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Maybe as I live in Wigan, I could have a word with Paul Jewell and put in a good word. Only joking, but damn right, it would be a hell of a coup for John Coleman if he can pull this one off. But how would it fit in with Cav etc?

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to hell with Cav if this guy is better. Cav is also a quality player and is one of players who would get into most other conference sides. BUt, if a better player comes available then you have to be in it to win it

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Just been on the Wigan site, apparently he hasn't got a first team number unlike Kevin Lee who was with us for a month. So maybe the chances are even better then!

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Very, very interesting!

Edwards did have the no.35 shirt :)

(see squad numbers at the bottom of the screen here: http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.ra...ubDetail&id=68)

And it is not as though he is missing from the list for being on loan as that is also the case with no. 15 David Wright, on loan at Norwich.

Can't agree with the "to hell with Cav" comment. No player in a Stanley shirt deserves that. Edwards is primarily a centre-back who can play across the back line, not an out-and-out full-back so Cav is not automatically on the bench every time Edwards plays.

Even Jeff must admit that Darren Randolph and four defenders out of Cav, Edwards, Rocky, Welch, Tretton and Richardson is the best defence on paper that we've ever had. If this comes off and Randolph returns in January, I'd say Coley has got it sorted! :D

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sorry, it would seem my to hell with cav comment was worded wrong. I didn't mean it literally, as what i meant was people's reputation and loyalty dont really count for much in football. If you can improve a position then go for it. Coley has proved in the past by wielding the axe on many a crowd favourite, bloody hell he was almost crucified by the crowd for his treatment of Lutel James. In case anybody else thinks I was having a go then I will re-iterate that I think Cav is a class act and deserves his place back in the team. He came to us with no reputation and would (if he did) leave us with a regular England place on his CV. HE IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE MOST RELIABLE AND TACTICALLY ASTUTE DEFENDER WE HAVE EVER HAD. But this type of class could not and would not warm the bench for us for any prolonged period of time.

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We haven't got Darren Randolph yet, we haven't got Edwards yet, Tretton hasn't played yet (except on Tuesday) and I believe that Welch is only signed until the end of December. Yes I agree that on paper it looks a great defence as long as there is an organiser amongst them, I hope so. Time will tell.

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Tretton played a blinder against Wigan pre-season while injured, Welchy signed till January

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Good point Jeff and .. and .. isn't Boco only signed up until Jan, or has something changed there? I seem to remember that was the deal when he came. Be a darned good thing to handcuff him to the club until at least the end of the season!

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We have Boco till the summer, ask Robney!

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Thanks Willie, wasn't sure.

Yabba-dabba-doo to that!

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Tretton didn't play against Wigan. As far as I can remember he got injured after about 20 minutes against Burnley.

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Tretton definately played the whole 90 against Wigan, i remember him goin down near the beginning aswel. anyway, may be wrong - dont realy care.
but i know he is one of if not the best centre half in the league so i cant wait till he plays :D

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Sorry, SM, but I've just checked the team listing on the fishy site match report and he's not listed. Like you, I'm looking forward to his league debut with high expectations.

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ah well, stand corrected!
the only problem i have is that Tretton will with no doubt replace Welchy, who has made some brilliant performances - id love to see Welchy and Tretts' at centre half...doubt Rocky will get dropped though.

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I agree Welchy doesn't deserve to be dropped he's been playing brilliantly and who's to say that Tretts is better than him anyway? I think the 2 of them at the back would be our best pairing but as you say Rocky would never be dropped.:mad:

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another clean sheet yesterday i say leave it as it is at the moment!

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if it aint broke don't fix it :)

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As a critic of Rocky in the past, when I still say that he deserved it, his performances when partnered with Welch have been virtually faultless. He had problems with his ball control on a couple of occasions yesterday, but what an 'assist' it would hae been if his bicycle kick had led to the second goal!

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Wigan are apparently just about to Austrian international centre-back Paul Scharner. His club have agreed a price, so it is a matter of agreeing personal terms.

With Edwards likely to be knocked further down the pecking order at Wigan as a result, maybe Coley's ambitious plan could be one step closer to fruition ;)

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do you think wigan will play him as a centre back though? I know its is his favoured position but he looks as comfortable at left back and with his size wigan may have taken note?

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I heard in the sports bar on saturday that he definately wants to stay, at least for the rest of the season.

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The beauty is that we are able to get goals from various people on the pitch and mullin acts very well as the target man whilst deflecting the pressure off alot of the midfield, hence more goals coming from that area!

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Although a prolific goalscorer would be nice i wouldn't take mullin out of the team as he makes so many goals with his flick ons and strength by holding the ball up, the goals being scored isn't a problem for us as i am confident we can score in any game we play home or away, it was the defence as we were leaking to many but we look to have sured up n ow which is fantastic. We do not rely on one person to bag us our goals which other teams in the league do, twiss of morecambe, sills of aldershot and richards of woking, we are full of goals from people all around the team and even the bench which is also a nice luxury :)

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Teddy Sheringham is 36, he plays in the premiership! He as mullin doesn't rely on pace in his game, that is why he can play at the age is is. What is stopping Mullin carrying on for another 4/5 years as he relies on holding the ball up, heading the ball and using his football intelligence by getting into useful positions?

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totally agree with you zayno but sorry to correct you, Teddy is 39!!
he'll be 40 before the season's over; legend!

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just trying to pay him a compliment :)

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According to the official site the club are looking to sign Phil Edwards permanently in the next few days.

This is indeed a fantastic signing and a real coup for the club. I can hardly believe it, as the lad is sheer class!!!

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I think its a great thing that someone of his ability also WANTS to stay permanently with us....

Jimbo T :horn8:blower

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Yeah, great coup for us, assuming we pull it off.

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look at alan shearer how old is he?

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People have a go at Mullin when he's not scoring, forgetting that he is in fact a target man, and isn't really there to score goals, more to hold the ball up and help create them. The fact that he scored so many last season is a tribute to how good he really is. And whether he's 21 or 31, he's still a remarkably fit player, and spends more time on the pitch than any other of our players. Plus he seems immune to injuries, great player and a real asset to the club

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but shearer and sheringham are quality mullin isnt as good as everyone says hes allways missing simple chances that brown/boco could put away easily as for signing edwards he is a good player and i would love to see the team a bit like this-
elliot
cav edwards tretton richardson
jaggers craney barry roberts
boco brown

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yeah right

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I can understand the moniker of Irish now... this is just plain crazy talk.

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dam crazy fool

rocky aint goin on no plane

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any rumours yet on the League 1 midfielder?

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I agree with all that Harwood Red, Zayno, Shakermaker and Diesel have said about Paul Mullin and I wouldn't be surprised if he ended the season as our top scorer. His influence on the game is amazing - see what this Tamworth fan thought of him: http://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/fo...96&thread=1312.

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mullin is class, great credit to the club for signing edwards if it does happen, just underlines the ambition this club has..