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 […]
If you asked around for thoughts on Paul Jewell’s most important signing for Latics a number of names are likely to crop up. John Filan’s role in the rise of the club is likely to get him a mention or two and Jason Roberts will be well remembered as the missing link between first and […]
It’s barely a week since the end of the season and the Jewell out Hutchings in malarkey, we’ve not had time to put together our end of season review, but column inches wait for no lazy journalist and the transfer rumour mill is already back in full swing. There’s absolutely no chance of us here […]