Is it worth trying to explain why it’s the end of July before I’m publishing the season review? I thought not. The whole thing started off with good intentions back in May and still hasn’t been fully finished, so it may seem a little disjointed and the disappointment of the late season form could have […]

Has anyone got a clue how good the Iranian league is? The national team may have played at the World Cup but I’m guessing that doesn’t translate to a high standard of football back home. Still, the first action of the season is still the first action of the season and it’s more about finding […]

So there you have it, not quite how you might have seen it panning out, but Latics have signed their first ‘name player’. The fee may seem over the top, and with the negotiations taking all of 5 minutes the wages must be healthy, but there is now a player in the squad who is […]

Latics are looking to quickly follow up the signing of Emile Heskey and Paul Jewell is suggesting that two new faces could be at the club by Monday.  He and is team will be working over the weekend to finalise the deals for what the official website describes as “two more major signings”.  Jewell seems […]

Latics £5.5 million bid to sign Emile Heskey has been accepted and the player is expected to hold talks with the club today. I guess we’ll never know if Jewell would have bid regardless, but given recent events you’d have to say that Heskey is seen as a replacement for Jason Roberts. That raises questions […]

West Ham have today had a bid of £4 million for Pascal Chimbonda knocked back by Latics. The amount is a significant step towards the £6m that the club have said they want for the player but does not seem to have shook the resolve of either chairman or manager. It’s not clear whether West […]

Maurice Lindsay’s role at the club is yet again up for questioning. He’s managed to keep a low profile since joining the board but those allegedly ‘in the know’ are telling us that he’s about to oversee a cull of the admin staff at Latics. First in line seems to have been commercial manager, John […]

What do you read into being told that the manager won’t sign his contract until his assistant is sorted out? It is fair enough I suppose, in many other clubs Jewell would be sorting Hutchings’ contract out himself and there’d be little risk. Still there’s a chance he won’t sign and if he doesn’t then […]

Today is D-day for the happy go lucky, glove wearing Frenchman, Pascal Chimbonda. He’s due back from his prolonged World Cup break, expecting talks with the manager and Spurs are about to make yet another bid for the player. Listening to his agent, it’s expected that the next bid will be around the £3.5 million […]

Which is the most disappointing? That England yet again fell in glorious defeat or that in doing so they failed to show any of the style that was expected nearly as much as the medals? The country was a sea of shocked faces come 7.30 but having just watched a penalty shoot out did we […]