Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Martinez took time out of a very heavy schedule to meet supporters of various Latics websites yesterday afternoon. The club has picked up on some rather negative vibes following a run of eight consecutive defeats, and in a bid to bring a little solidarity and positivity back, this meeting was planned […]
This is an illness known as Assocation Football Stress Disorder with many symptoms such as loose bowels,gastric problems, migraines and tension headaches with Tourette like symptoms often all on Saturday afternoons. Psychological symptoms include poor sleep patterns with the sufferer lying await at night pondering number sequences such as 451 and 442. and a single minded obsession […]
Football Manager’s 2012 season kicked off in earnest with a home game against Fulham at the DW Stadium. As manager I opted to stick with the system of 442 which had worked well in pre-season. With Moses just returning from injury and Boyce and Di Santo long term injuries I was forced to bring in […]
Wigan Athletic’s exciting star midfielder, Victor Moses, has finally received official clearance to play for Nigeria. Speaking today following the decision a FIFA spokesperson confirmed, “After having thoroughly examined the entire documentation remitted by the Nigerian Football Federation, the Single Judge concluded that the player Victor Moses fulfils the objective prerequisites as provided for […]
It’s the sort of phrase your Gran would use for the woman down the road who paints herself as a bit classy and then spends her Friday nights flirting with all the blokes down the club, but there’s no connection there with Saturday’s visitors, so why is that the phrase comes to mind, anytime I […]
Fulham took all three points from this relegation battle six pointer, a result which all but the most one eyed Cottager will agree that they didn’t deserve as Wigan peppered toe Fulham goal without success and Fulham scored two goals from three attempts, both due to Wigan mistakes. Wigan manager Roberto Martinez opted to keep […]
Football Manager 2012 (FM) is up and running and already with only the pre season completed I am feeling the pressure. FM is an amazingly realistic game and there are a few things you notice straight away. The first was that FM12 lists Kirkland as out injured with his back, this is before his […]
Good performances eventually yield good results, that’s the theory anyway. This was very much the point Roberto Martinez was making at the end of last season and referred to the draws against Villa, Spurs and Everton in the latter months of the season.
Many words have been scribed about our plight and the fractious fallibility in some eyes that our manager in situ is not the guy for the job. Fair enough, we are all entitled to our valued opinion but do you not think that we are […]
Yes we’re back – the new issue of the Mudhutter fanzine will be on sale this weekend from all the usual spots. Price at £1.50 it contains 40 pages of articles and features about Latics, life and all the things we all like.