What’s your take on Jimmy Bullard? Was he the laugh a minute ball of energy, the beating heart of the team that made easy work of rising from the 3rd flight to the top level? Or was he the limited player who had started to believe the hype (or his agent) and was showing more […]

Who should we blame this time? Is it the player’s fault? His agent’s? The club’s? Whilst Chimbonda’s transfer request was, at best, ill timed it was hardly unexpected. The way this has gone down has done no one any favours. At a time when he should have been taking a moment’s reflection on the season’s […]

What has arguably been the most successful season the Latics have ever had is going to end with a party, yet another where you get the impression that everyone would much prefer us not to turn up.  Then again this is nearly as important a game for us as it is for Arsenal, not least […]

Like so many of our recent games, this one is being billed as the biggest one in the club’s history.  Promotion to the Premier League means that much for some people.  There remains a sneaky feeling that there might be at least two more ‘biggest games’ yet to come.  Whatever the reality it’s certainly a […]

The world has decided that Wigan Athletic need a goalkeeper and so we continue to be linked with every Tom, Dick or Boaz that is unhappy or supposedly playing below their level. The pattern seems to be that we are looking for a younger keeper to supplement the elder statesmen of Filan and Pollitt, with […]

Bloody hell, they’re at it again. Whoever we went for last summer, (Elmander, Tekke et al) Everton were there watching our back and supposedly waiting with a bid. The thing at the time was that neither side won and none of the transfers happened. Now it’s getting a little irritating. We bid for Johnson; bosh […]

I’m bored of talking about the Andy Johnson saga (ok then, I’m really a bit pissed off we missed out) and today’s rumours aren’t exactly the type to get the blood flowing. So it’s time to cast the net a little bit wider and delve into the murky Welsh underworld (Swansea?) for news on a […]

You take a bit of time off and all hell breaks loose.  It’s over a month since we last spoke and a mixed bag of results have finally seen Latics creep past the 50 point marker but at the same time fall away from the race for a European place.  As we approach the final […]

He was the missing link in the promotion plans, the scorer of the club’s debut goal in the top flight and the man who dragged the team to the League Cup final. But before that he was the Judas who did a (I assume metaphorical) u-turn on the M6 when Harry have him a ring, […]

Let’s get the obvious things out of the way first. Yes, everyone expected this to be a relegation battle; yes, both teams have done really well this season and yes, it’s refreshing to see freshly promoted teams ‘challenging’ for Europe. Tomorrow’s game was always likely to be a key game for both teams and the […]