Controversy is never too far away where our Mr Camara is concerned. He joined the club with a reputation and his actions since have done pretty much nothing to shake it off. Last season , his sulk after being substituted, his late return from the African Nations Cup and his agent’s constant chirping about opportunities […]
I’ve always said that there are only a handful of really top keepers in the world at anyone time and plenty of poor ones. Between that there are a large number who could hold their own at any level given the chance. Latics have had their fair share of the latter in recent times, in […]
Five years ago, Wigan Athletic conceded a mere 25 goals all season on the way to the Second Division championship. This season in eight games less, they conceded 59, we almost got relegated. The conclusions are easy to make and it’s a simple fact of football that the more you concede the less likely you […]
After a season where criticism of the club and its fans has been waiting around every corner of the JJB stadium, ears have been pricked all round waiting to sample how the new manager would handle the barriers that Paul Jewell insisted stood in his way. Early indications are that he’s got his pole out […]
Ye gawds, Latics are among the early movers and Shakers in the summer transfer market. Today’s two signings may not rock everyone’s boat, but you can see where the manager is coming from with both of them and at least there’s now a fighting chance that we’ll have 11 first teamers to take the field […]
If the season had been that little bit less stressful, if Latics had won just a couple more games and if the tendency to knock long balls onto Heskey’s head had been a little less obvious then we might have spent a little more time discussing the relative merits of the players that are actually […]
The final task for our ‘expert panel’ this season was to pick out the three biggest bad guys of the season. After a season of turmoil you’d think there’d be plenty to choose from, but when it comes down to it, incompetence just isn’t the same as crimes against the club. It may be tempting […]
In a season of mediocrity, it hasn’t been hard to pick a player of the season. So few players have stood out and it comes as no surprise to see the same three names featuring in most people’s lists. The order that they have appeared is more surprising and the only reason I can imagine […]
Last season there was plenty of choice for the game of the season award, but still the ultimate choice was easy. The dross served up for most of this season means that it’s been slim pickings but that’s made it harder to choose in the end. Actually, I’m not sure who I’m trying to kid […]
It’s impossible to say which of the 37 goals, scored by Latics this year, was the one that kept us up in the end. The obvious candidate would be Unsworth’s penalty but it could just as easily go to one of the few goals that didn’t matter, the fourth against City, Landzaat’s consolation at the […]