Paul Jewell’s attempts to bolster the beleaguered Latics front line were boosted this afternoon as West Brom accepted a transfer request from Nathan Ellington. The midlands club may be hoping this move will spark a bidding war for the striker but their open willingness to sell can only be good news for Latics.

In a week where a much misunderstood interview led to suspicions that Kristofer Haestad was after a pay rise before he’d kicked a ball for Latics, you’d think that his more experienced colleagues would be wary of what they said to the press.  Not so Denny Landzaat and readers of today’s Daily Mail will be […]

It would be folly to suggest that either Andreas Granqvist or Kristofer Haestad would be at Latics if the rumoured interest from top four clubs had ever materialised.  Equally the cynics will be quick to tell you that they are only here to put themselves in the shop window.  Either way it is refreshing to […]

Let’s face it, this game was written off by the majority of fans, most of all we didn’t want a draw, but given the choice of a replay at the JJB or losing to yet another injury time goal you’d have taken the draw every time.  No matter how much there was to take away […]

Word from Happy Harry is that Portsmouth will be taking the FA cup seriously this season; it doesn’t appear that Latics have got that luxury.  With priorities becoming clearer with every inept performance, Paul Jewell will be putting any thoughts of a trip to Wembley well out of mind and will instead be looking for […]

As the week has gone by it looks increasingly like the conspiracy theorists were right, I was wrong and Andy Webster has popped off to Glasgow Rangers.  The move is on loan to the end of the season and Paul Jewell says that the situation will be reassessed in the summer; however Webster has already […]

If you’ve been concerned by some of the transfer dealings this season, then it is now time to run for the hills.  It takes a lot to type the words, but Latics have signed David Unsworth.  The 33-year-old joins the club on a free transfer from Sheffield Utd, who have been trying to shift him […]

Go on, admit it, you didn’t think it would ever happen, did you?  Following the success of the price reduction for the Chelsea game Latics have now recognised what the fans told them back in August and reduced admission for the remaining games of the season.  Fans who were expecting to pay as much as […]

Yes, it’s that time again, the season is half way through and we all get to do a little jig as we take a look at ‘just how far we’ve come’.  There’s no doubting that the season so far has been a mixed one.  There were two sets of fours, wins and clean sheets on […]

It’s well and truly January.  How can you tell?  Well everyone has gone transfers mad.  Fans that have been moaning about the depth of the squad for the last four months are now advocating an almost total transfusion of the playing staff.  Of course the club is fairly quiet on the subject other than comments […]