{mosimage}We’ve been here before, and in a summer where poaching and tapping up have enjoyed more than their fair share of discussion it could only be a matter of time before the spotlight turned on Latics and their shopping at the St Andrews superstore.  Only it’s not the signings of Palacios, Kapo and De Ridder […]

… feel the quality. I think I’ve written before about the difficulties that clubs like Latics face when trying to achieve that poisoned chalice that is supposedly essential to get anywhere in football these days, strength in depth.  Not only do they have the financial problems of balancing the wage bill, but there’s another set […]

When I first sat down to write this article, I ha a pretty cool image in my head. In it I was the calm interested observer, not quite on the outside of things looking in, but on the fringes of things, exercising my freedom of choice. Not biting back against rampant consumerism, as such, but […]

Those keen NewsNow watchers amongst you will have noticed that I had a bit of an IT blip a few weeks ago.  It gave those with an interest in such things, a chance to revisit reasons past, which I’ve been lead to believe was a problem for some rival fans who didn’t appreciate the reminder […]

Having a largely turgid season makes it just as hard to select the best game as having an exciting one. Then again 2007-08 wasn’t exactly easy where Wigan Athletic were concerned. A reasonable start, followed by a run that would have seen pretty much any manager out of the door were topped off with a […]

It is getting increasingly obvious that it’s just me. Not that long ago it looked likely that we’d be spending the summer reading about which clubs were about to put bids in for Valencia and Palacios. Both players have their qualities and it’s fairly easy to see why someone might want to buy them, maybe […]

There’s one simple thing that separates good teams from bad ones.  No scratch that, there are plenty of benchmarks to measure how good a side is, but there’s just the one deciding factor in deciding how successful a team is.  Whether it’s about stopping them or scoring them, football is all about goals. The last […]

Paul Jewell’s departure from Wigan Athletic was never going to end happily for all concerned.  There had been debate, throughout the seven year success story, about whether Latics had been successful because of the man at the helm or he had managed what he had because of the club he was at.  In the end, […]

I normally save the announcement of the ‘Not a patch on…’ player of the season until later in the review process, but it can’t wait this year because I’ve got something to get off my chest. What on earth are you thinking people? Paul Scharner? Paul Bloody Scharner? Ok, so he throws himself about, strut […]

Despite the season turning into one of relative success and Latics finishing off with a run of form that would do for 80% of the division, I’m struggling to motivate myself to pull together a review of what hopefully will prove a real watershed for the club.  In fact the whole nine months has been […]