Wigan Athletic signed 23 year old winger Yanic Wildschut from Middlesbrough on a three month loan. Wildschut had made 11 appearances for Boro, including two this season. He has represented the Netherlands 10 times at under-21 level. Gary Caldwell told the official Latics website that: “He’s something we definitely haven’t got at the moment. We’ve […]
Synergy is the creation of a whole that is greater than the simple sum of its parts. It is something that can help football teams achieve way beyond what people would expect. In the 1980-81 season Aston Villa broke Liverpool’s stranglehold on English football by winning the First Division. Villa had finished seventh in the […]
A scrambled injury time goal from substitute Grigg secured a point for Wigan to maintain their unbeaten home start to the season but it was a close run thing after they had conceded two goals after taking the lead early in the second half. Wigan made two changes to the team that drew at Oldham […]
When Gary Caldwell opens his filing cabinet at the end of the season he will surely find the match report from yesterday’s game filed under the heading of ” two points dropped” such was Latics total dominance of proceedings and yet too timid tactics in the second half almost resulted in Latics coming away from […]
I don’t know whether it’s a busy lifestyle or my advancing years but the passage of time seems to be increasing at a rate of knots both in a personal sense and a sporting one. Nowhere is this more evident than watching the emergence of young Jordan Flores as a real talent in the Wigan […]
A goal on his debut start for Wigan Athletic by Jordan Flores followed by a second from Michael Jacobs was enough to secure the three points for Wigan in a game high in endeavor but low in chances. Wigan were forced to start the game with three changes due to suspension and injury to the […]
For the second week running, Wigan clawed back a two nil score line and for the second week running victory was sealed in injury time, unfortunately for the Latics and their raucous travelling support this time the victory went to the opposition as man mountain Ikpeazu bundled the ball home after a goal mouth scramble […]
So to the 7th match in League One, this will be against Port Vale, kick off will be 3pm on Saturday the 12th September. If you’ve ever wondered where Port Vale was, it’s best to describe it just North of Stoke! Though I assume Port Vale fans don’t like anyone using the words ‘Stoke’ to […]
Wigan staged a late recovery to turn around what was heading for yet another away defeat with three goals in the last ten minutes, sending the thousands travelling away fans wild with delight and leaving the home side stunned after a game in which they were very much the dominant force. Wigan were forced […]
So back in September I did an TNS article explaining with just statistics, how I saw Wayne Rooney getting to 50 England goals by the San Marino game. Of course 50 is a nice round number, but will also break a record that has stood since the 20th May 1970, Bobby Charlton’s 49th goal in […]