Bullard leaves Wigan

wheres me jumpa

http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=383180&CPID=8&clid=111&lid=2&title=Fulham+seal+shock+Bullard+deal

Surprise move for Bullard to FUlham. Thought he was excellent for WIgan this year, very surprised at this.

shepthedog

Yep commeneted on this in Transfers thread... Hugh shock.. Theres something more to this which will no doubt come out in next few days.. Its not like Wigan chairman, Dave Whelan is shy of expressing his opinion!
Bullard has been outstanding this year.. and also.. WHY to Fulham?? Surely a few more bigger teams would have been after him? Strange strange strange

Big Nelly

shepthedog wrote:

Yep commeneted on this in Transfers thread... Hugh shock.. Theres something more to this which will no doubt come out in next few days.. Its not like Wigan chairman, Dave Whelan is shy of expressing his opinion!
Bullard has been outstanding this year.. and also.. WHY to Fulham?? Surely a few more bigger teams would have been after him? Strange strange strange

It might have more to do with him moving back to London. Maybe his family wanted to move to London. Its not always about the better club with players

wheres me jumpa

Sorry didnt search for another mention of it. just scanned the titles.

Its hardly something Ill lose sleep over but just a bit surprising for a club that has had a season above all expectations to offload one of their best.

eirebhoy

I wouldn't be suprised to see Wigan make a bid for Petrov now.

MrJoeSoap

Very unusual move alright, wonder will Fulham take to Bullards hilarious antics the same way that Wigan did!?

Guy:Incognito

MrJoeSoap wrote:

Very unusual move alright, wonder will Fulham take to Bullards hilarious antics the same way that Wigan did!?

Al Fayed is mad as a bag of monkeys, course they will.:)

Necronomicon

wheres me jumpa wrote:

Its hardly something Ill lose sleep over but just a bit surprising for a club that has had a season above all expectations to offload one of their best.

They had no choice. When they were renewing Bullard's contract, he wanted (or his agent rather) a stipulation that said if another club comes in with an offer over a certain amount, Wigan would have to let Bullard talk to them. Fulham made this offer and Bullard wanted to leave. If you saw the interview with Paul Jewell, he looked a bit dejected and totally resigned to losing him, all out of his hands.

casanova_kid

I don't see why he'd move to Fulham. I think the two teams position in the table speaks for itself, it just makes no sense.

Guy:Incognito

casanova_kid wrote:

I don't see why he'd move to Fulham. I think the two teams position in the table speaks for itself, it just makes no sense.

£££££££££££££££££?

PHB

Fulham have more potential than Wigan. Not many people would be suprised to see Wigan in the relgation fight next season, especially with them about to lose a lot of people who preformed too well.

Necronomicon

casanova_kid wrote:

I don't see why he'd move to Fulham. I think the two teams position in the table speaks for itself, it just makes no sense.

I guess the same could be said about Savage moving to Blackburn when it happened. At that time, Birmingham were having a better season than Blackburn, who were down near the drop-zone. But now, well, you know the rest...

meldrew

Bullard seems to be a great character , the Premier League could do with a few more like him , great to see that he's staying in the league

wheres me jumpa

Necromomicon wrote:

They had no choice. When they were renewing Bullard's contract, he wanted (or his agent rather) a stipulation that said if another club comes in with an offer over a certain amount, Wigan would have to let Bullard talk to them. Fulham made this offer and Bullard wanted to leave. If you saw the interview with Paul Jewell, he looked a bit dejected and totally resigned to losing him, all out of his hands.

Didnt realise. As PHB said I could see Wigan down in the relegation zone next season, they got off to a great start this season and seemed to ride the crest of that all season.

Kingp35

Strange decision all right but as someone else said it coud be due to the fact that Bullard wanted to move to London. Also I do agree that Fulham do have more potential than Wigan and I wouldnt be surprised to see Wigan struggle next season. If you compare the second half of the season with the first then Wigan would have been down there. I think Bullard will be the first of a few of their better players to move as clubs come knocking for them.

astrofool

As PHB said, Wigan could be the next Notts Forest, Ipswich, Norwich, Derby, Leicester who all had some brilliant seasons (some ending up in Europe), but eventually got sucked back down to the bottom of the table (since the prem began).

eirebhoy

Wigan will probably spend about £20m in the summer so I can't see them getting relegated.

Lemlin

I'm surprised he moved to but maybe he wanted to get back to London, AFAIK he used to play for West Ham. He's a very good player though and doesn't get injured much, which is good. I wouldn't of minded seeing Blackburn get him.

At 2.5 million, he's definitely a good buy.

Mr Magnolia

Lemlin wrote:

I'm surprised he moved At 2.5 million, he's definitely a good buy.

Agree strongly

I'd imagine someone like Bullard would have brought a lot to Wigans dressing room, probably be sorely missed.