Latics 1-1 City Saturday 1st December 2007 A hunk of huff and puff between a couple of slices of stupidity, garnished with an unkind refereeing decision may not seem like the ideal snack to take away the relegation blues, but when you’re a team that’s been starved of points, goals and hope, you’ll take what […]

I guess the revolution starts here. Back at home for the first time in nearly a month, a decent run of games ahead and, of course, a new man at the helm. You don’t have to be a genius to work out that it’s going to take more than a week to turn around turn […]

Arsenal 2-0 Latics Saturday 24th November 2007 Thank Peter Houghton that the last week is over and done with, that football is back again and that we can (hopefully) start to get over the latest bout of sweet, amateurish, chaos to sweep through the club.  As it happens I quite like the fact that, in […]

If you’d asked me a fortnight ago I’d have never guessed that Steve Bruce would be our next manager. Some of that would have been down to the history between he and a chairman who bears grudges like Peter Risdale buys (or, at least, bought) tropical fish, but mostly because the man in question was […]

Up until this Tuesday, even the bookies weren’t clear on who they thought would be the next Latics manager. Early certainty that Graham Souness would quickly be bullying the squad into shape fell away within hours, leaving a muddle of slight of hand and speculation so typical of the fourth estate’s approach to the beautiful […]

In a move that indicates levels of sense not previously associated with dealings at the JJB, Paul Jewell has removed himself from the speculation surrounding the Latics Manager’s post.  Despite a reportedly ridiculous offer being put on the table, Jewell has stuck to the line that he took in May stating that he’s had his […]

Spurs 4-0 Latics Sunday 11th November 2007 Whether or not Chris Hutchings had lost the dressing room became a fairly moot point yesterday as his stand-in went one better and somehow managed to misplace his team somewhere on the road to White Hart Lane.  How else could you explain a performance as weak as this […]

You couldn’t make it up really, then again maybe that is exactly what has happened.  Barely enough time has passed for Chris Hutchings to list his Premier League suits and silk ties on eBay, before his old boss is seriously being linked with a return to the JJB.  I’m not saying it’s set in stone, […]

So, with Dave Whelan off in Barbados for the next two weeks, should we assume that any shopping for a new manager is going to be done on-line?  It might sound daft but thought is probably preferable to some of the other options available, especially when you consider who he’s left back at the ranch.  […]

How many games does it take to prove that you are a Premier League manager? I suspect that the answer is more than 12, but it seems that that number serves as a fair marker for chairmen to consider that you aren’t. Or at least that is how Chris Hutchings must feel on this dripping […]