I promised myself some positivity this week.  It’s proving difficult, but as the days pass by I am finding myself more relaxed about the prospect of the team having to fight for their Premiership ‘lives’ this weekend.  Does that mean something has happened to give me hope that they can produce a performance that will […]

It seems an obvious thing to say but at this stage of the season, but when you are in Latics’ position the next game is always bigger than any other.  It may not sound right, but the game against Boro is vitally important and as much as some fans may be preparing for relegation we […]

It might only be Monday morning, but I’ve decided that it’s time to draw a line under the West Ham debacle so that I can try to get some kind of positivity going for the next two games.  The way things look at the moment, that could prove a nigh on impossible task, but try […]

…or, another West Ham Report. First of all apologies to those of you who made the West Ham review the most read article on the site this season. If I knew that there would be so many hits then I wouldn’t have waffled on so much. The thing is that’s how I felt about the […]

  Did they make the right decision or not?  Was the crime an administrative error, stupidity or something worse?  Would the decision have been different if the same board had been in charge or the league table different?  How can a player not be ineligible to play but at the same time be prevented from […]

It may have taken a hell of a long time but it has finally occurred to Paul Jewell and his players that this season might have given them something to apologise about.  Whether it’s come too late to who the fans round is another matter as is whether they are apologising for the right thing, […]

So, where did it all go wrong?  Two teams spend a season battling for European qualification; one of them makes it and then, POP!  All that hard work goes to waste and you spend your next season scraping around the bottom half of the table.  Should either (or both of) Latics or West Ham go […]

Liverpool 2-0 Latics Saturday 21st April 2007 In realistic terms, this was a game that Latics couldn’t really expect anything from.  If you had any doubt about it then there was a cavalcade of people waiting to remind you.  At the front of the queue was the manager, as always, ready to tell us how […]

With their inability to hold onto a lead, Latics are developing a bit of a reputation as one of the bikes of this division.  There appears to be little chance of them keeping their legs together so the trick is going to be making sure that they give as much as they receive and of […]

Latics 3-3 Spurs Sunday 15th April 2007 If you’re still wondering what’s gone wrong with Latics’ season then the 90 minutes against Spurs summed it up nicely.  A game where Paul Jewell’s men showed that they can match most teams in this division going forward whilst at the same time failing to capitalise on their […]