Paul Jewell must have had mixed feelings as the rain pounded on to the Vicarage Road pitch.  The frustration of a missed opportunity to put some distance back between his side and the relegation places offset somewhat by a performance that was short of guaranteeing Latics the points they desperately needed.  In fact the weather […]

The season starts here?  Not quite, but at the half way point and with that run of games out of the way it’s a good time to draw a line under the games that have gone and start on the earnest quest for the points that Latics desperately need.  On paper there’s no better place […]

Two days, two signings and things are looking a little more interesting than they did on Boxing Day.  First up was Sweden Under-21 international and Helsingborgs captain Andreas Granqvist followed a day later by Norway midfielder and boy band member Kristofer Haestad.  Both deals may be on loan until the end of the season, but […]

As Andrew Flintoff is finding out, some times you just come up against better teams whose form means that you can’t get anywhere near the standard required to challenge them.  There’s no pretending this game was any different it was the footballing equivalent of Shane Warne against Matthew Hoggard and Latics made it clear from […]

Having come through a run of games where his squad’s shortcomings have been laid bare for all to see, Paul Jewell is expected to be busy during the January transfer window.  If tales are to believed, the manager’s shopping has started early with moves for two players being strongly touted in the press.

After last Wednesday’s performance against Arsenal, you wouldn’t have thought that Latics were capable of producing another game containing two halves of such different energy, commitment and skill that you’d swear that they were played by different sides, but here it was.  Throughout the first forty-five minutes you’d have been excused for thinking that a […]

Indifferent form, picking up wins where we can, upsetting the odds occasionally whilst getting beat by teams that we should be doing better against.  Keeping one eye on the top six but being more concerned about avoiding relegation.  Worrying about losing our best players and the clubs inability in the transfer market.  Watching good players […]

It’s Christmas, everyone is drinking too much and the paranoia and conspiracy theories are kicking in.  In the Mourinho spirit, I was all ready to apologise to Paul Jewell after my criticism of him subbing Henri Camara at half time last week.  More fool me eh?  After a quick scoot around the Message Boards I […]

In the return of our version of the ubiquitous ‘list of stuff’ feature, Things That Make You Go mmm… looks at the fixture that welcomed a good proportion of our current fanbase into the fold.  Chelsea come into town on Saturday and whilst the game might not carry the same romance that it did last […]

I finished the Arsenal report with a glib line about saving performances like that one for games like Sheffield United.  As it was it was almost poetic in its tragedy as in the very next game Latics turn out their single most abject performance since joining this merry band of robbers thieves and vagabonds that […]