You know those fat ladies, they just love to sing. The one that had been hanging around the Latics camp since they beat Burnley, may have started to warble after the Arsenal game, but it was only a warm up. She’d finally get to open her lungs after the West Ham game but that didn’t […]
So what were you hoping for around about this time last week? (this time being 8:25 on a Wednesday morning). A bacon butty? A bit of ‘exercise’ to lift the spirits for whatever comes when you get out of bed? or a good win against Portsmouth to set Latics up for the trip to the […]
I’m really not sure about this game, my nerves are jangling like the cash converters’ gold on a family of scrotes and, worst of all I’m not completely sure why. Yes, we’re getting to the business end of the relegation ‘battle’ but, regardless of this result, Latics will wake up tomorrow with their destiny firmly […]
Does luck even itself off over the, course of a season? If it does then you don’t get out what you put in. If you did then we could expect some cracking refereeing decisions over the next five games courtesy of Stuart Atwell and the little Argentinean that has nearly cost Latics their place at […]
Latics know the cruel nature of late goals but we also know the sheer absolute pleasure that they can bring. The two main highlights of our first top flight season hinged on them. The opening day defeat to Chelsea was heartbreaking, but may have been what drove Latics on to achieve what they did. The […]
Credit to Bolton and all that? If you’re not convinced that I mean that, then it’s because I don’t. Of course sides don’t win 4-0 without deserving some credit, but I’m from Wigan and it’s Bolton we’re talking about, so they get none. At least that saves you from any ridiculous notions of Kevin Davies […]
Are you over it yet? No? Good, because neither am I, or maybe I’ve just not ‘accidentally’ bumped into enough scousers to have fully expressed my smugness just yet. The only thing I’ve had by way of comeback is “do you think I’d have rung you if we’d have won?”, which was easily dismissed with […]
It’s easy to be kind about Liverpool, whilst hardly clean of soul they aren’t a monolith like united nor a richer than thou plaything like Chelsea or City. In a lot of ways they’re just like the rest of us only a rung or six further up the ladder and more successful with it. Not […]
Having suffered from laryngitis for the majority of the week, I was in dire need of something to cheer me up this weekend. Seeing Everton beat Hull 5-1 yesterday went some way to achieving this, though you can’t really fill the hollow void of not playing on a Saturday afternoon, no matter how many times […]
So we’re at the stage of the season where a win would be delightful, if not essential, so what game do we get? That’s right we get Liverpool, with just about the only bonus being that the Scousers aren’t desperate for a change of luck. Otherwise what should be a formality would immediately become a […]