Apologies in advance if you’ve turned up expecting the usual dose of balanced, insightful analysis, some thoughts on how Latics might go about beating Blackburn or just a general, upbeat ‘we’ll be right’ kind of missive. There’s not so much of that around here, not this week anyway.
Bolton 4-1 Latics Sunday 9th December 2007 You can try to keep the sunny side up as hard as you like, but when you’re faced with the type of situation Latics are in, after the sort of performance they’ve just mustered at their nearest rivals (at kick off – both on and off the pitch) […]
It didn’t take long did it? With ink barely dry on the contracts at their respective new clubs, both Steve Bruce and Paul Jewell wasted no time in getting their mates on board and cutting out the old King’s Men from the backroom staff at both Latics and Derby. Jewell’s team contains one interesting omission […]
How long does it actually take foreign players to learn that a) the British press will take any opportunity to twist whatever you say to their own benefit and b) that it’s not acceptable in this game to openly discuss any doubts or concerns that you may have about your colleagues or manager? Denny Landzaat […]
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 […]