This side haven’t got close to even reaching their full potential yet and that should strike fear in to the rest of League One. Another Saturday, another three points, another convincing win and another four goals. We’re completely on target and the minor blip of drawing with Blackburn and losing to Bradford last month looks […]
Well that was a lot tougher than it needed to be, a match that everyone expected to be an easy passage to the third round proved undeniably tougher than Cook and co expected. Tuesday’s replay against Fylde only went ahead after a late pitch inspection following the freezing weather in the North West and I […]
So after all that, the anticipation the hand wringing over ticket allocations, controversial ballots and being back on prime time BBC TV we get to do it all over again. Friday probably always had anti-climax written all over it, generally the most anticipated of away days do where Wigan Athletic is concerned. The match itself […]
It’s bizarre to think that it’s five years next May since we lifted the FA Cup. Five years since the defining moment in our history, five years since the eyes of the world were upon us. I often think we aren’t given the credit we deserve for our cup win. Probably as a result of […]
Talk about a week of contrasting emotions. Saturday was probably the lowest we’ve felt all season. For the first time under Paul Cook it felt like we were out classed and out fought by Bradford. Bradford were one of the few teams this season to come to Robin Park and have a go, and we […]
I don’t know about you but it feels an age since we last played a league game. That frustrating goalless draw with Blackburn may as well have been last season, let alone last month. A lot has happened since then, any potential takeover talk has calmed down and Latics have progressed through one cup and […]
Well – what a strange old week that was, a well earned FA Cup win over Crawley Town, followed by the best draw we’ve had in years. Topped off with a bizarre evening in the Checkatrade on Tuesday. Let’s start with the good stuff, Paul Cook was true to his word on Saturday and named […]
Before kick-off on Saturday all the talk was of a point against Blackburn being a decent result, and so it came to pass. The first goalless draw in the tenure of Paul Cook as Latics manager and I’m not sure it’s a game anyone will remember fondly. Blackburn came with an intention to get a […]
Two games, seven goals scored, two wins. Alright one win came from the bulk of our youth side in the imaginatively named check-a-trade trophy but that’s a decent return by anyone’s standards. We’ve had worse weeks – as the old adage goes. Saturday was excellent from start to finish as is any away day in […]
I could start this week’s column talking about the excellent win over Southend last Saturday, or I could even speak about the hard earned point on the road at Gillingham on Tuesday. But rightly or wrongly that all pails in to significance with the news that broke late on Sunday evening, that the tenure of […]