They say that you have to experience the lows in life to truly appreciate its highs. It is certainly a low time for Wigan Athletic. They stand second from bottom of the Championship after 19 matches, having won only three. Moreover the positions of both the new manager and the chairman are precarious, pending the […]
Two goals, one in each half saw Sheffield Wednesday win their first game in twelve matches, a reverse that saw Wigan firmly ensconced in the relegation places of the Sky Bet Championship,leaving Wigan manager Malky Mackay searching for his first win in charge of the Latics. Mackay made two changes to the team that drew […]
Asking stupid questions instead of writing a proper match preview? Yep, as always at TNS, we’ll have some of that and this week we’ve tracked down Steve from Wednesday fanzine War of the Monster Trucks and peppered him with the questions that you’ve all been wondering about, oh and something about pies, because it’s ok […]
So well, that was a week! Even last night Wildheart was dispatched from the TNS office to go & report from outside the DW ground, as we’d heard an ITV News Crew was there. Excited at what could be massive breaking story, he returned a little miffed, drenched from the rain to find out the […]
The huge media events over recent days have in many ways overshadowed what fans would normally be looking at when a new manager is appointed. Our intention is to take a look at Malky Mackay as a football manager – how did he take Cardiff City into the Premier League, how was he regarded by […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=056pg-G0z1U?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent] He was good enough to score 13 goals in 37 matches last year in La Liga. He is hard working, good in the air, a real team player. His club prided itself on playing a more typically English style than is the norm in Spain. He played the lone centre forward role there. […]
With all the furore of late this prestigious award has gone un-noticed by both the local & national media, mainly it is because it’s good news about our club. The same club ( and Dave Whelan) they were ALL fawning over after deservedly beating City in the 2013 Cup Final, plus the same club that annoyed […]
The weather hasn’t got any warmer, but with 3 more people joining in this week, things are certainly heating up in the TNS prediction league*.
Last Wednesday, in a parallel universe, Wigan Athletic appointed Malky Mackay as their manager. At the resulting press conference, Mackay was revealed to the local and national media, flanked by Chairman Dave Whelan and Chief Executive Jonathon Jackson.
A wonderful set piece strike from Shaun Maloney was enough to give Wigan a share of the points against promotion chasing Middlesboro and although this lead was later cancelled out by Bamford, the point was just reward for a committed team performance in MacKay’s first game in charge of the Latics The Wigan line up […]