Down to ten men after just a quarter of a match against a Derby side flying high towards the top of the table. It was always going to be difficult; the fact Latics kept the defecit to one goal and could have gone on to actually earn a point should be seen as a positive. […]
A draw at Bolton isn’t perhaps the most satisfying result, given their league placing and position of perpetual turmoil. Yet the prospect of going there and losing would be absolutely unthinkable, so in that respect, I was happy with a draw. I thought we had the majority of the play and should have gone on […]
Five points, three games and three games unbeaten. Many will think last week could have gone a lot better others will think that we’ve finally turned the corner after a poor autumn. Either way I think there’s a lot to be positive about going forward. Hopefully we’ve started December as we mean to go on. […]
What to make of Wednesday night? Well I thought our goals were very scruffy, and we treated the Blackburn players very shabbily, persistently manhandling them and fouling, whilst they were playing by far the better football throughout the game. Whoops, my apologies – I thought I was Tony Mowbray then for a second! Seriously, what […]
There’s getting back on it, and there’s getting back on it. Wednesday night was definitely the latter. What an emphatic way to get your first win in six matches and in the process rub it in, against those Lancashire rivals who we got one over last season. The signs of a turn around in fortunes […]
The great Mudhutter back issue sell off We’re looking to make a bit of room in MH Towers, so we’re offering you a deal. If you’re a new or occasional reader, you can buy 20 back issues for just a fiver, that’s around 900 pages of Wigan Athletic, general football and other daft related […]
It’s been a welcome respite from the stress and strain of the league over the last couple of weeks. Normally I would be perplexed at the thought of an international break interrupting our season but if a break could come at the right time I think this was it. Come Saturday afternoon I’ll be desperate […]
It is a new era on Saturday but I fully expect events to unfold gradually rather than a big bang approach. There’s some different blokes in the board room but I expect that just like the last lot, they will be hoping for a home win. There’s no shame in losing a long unbeaten home […]
‘Don’t be sad it’s over, be glad it happened’ That was the message posted by David Sharpe across social media following Wigan’s 2-1 defeat to Leeds on Sunday, and the final match with the Whelan family as owners. Sunday was disappointing from a football view, and it was a shame that the family bowed […]
Three away games played, ten goals conceded and three defeats. Saturday was a disappointing day, the atmosphere in the away end was like nothing I’ve ever experienced in Paul Cook’s time with Wigan Athletic. There was a lot of anger on the terraces and seemingly a lot of that anger, was aimed at the man […]