Wigan Athletic continued to continue their European adventure with a well fought draw against a well organised if over enthusiastic Kazan side. Owen Coyle opted to rotate his squad from the side which lost against Blackpool resting five players in Perch Rogne, McManaman, McArthur and McClean with starts for Beausejour, Holt, McCann, Shotton […]
Anyone else see a pattern emerging? I think it’s important that we have decent home form as those are the games which most Latics fans turn up to see, even though we have been less than convincing at times. Yet away from home, we seem to be somewhat disjointed and are struggling to either play […]
The short trip through Lancashire seeking to end a run of three away league games without a win or even a goal. A mediocre performance against a well drilled Blackpool side saw this grim run continue with Wigan’s away form rapidly becoming a cause for concern. Owen Coyle opted to rotate his squad from the […]
“It’s not great. The manager’s just not given me any chance at all. Of course it’s demoralising. You go down there and a manager (Martinez) buys you and tries to mould you into the player that he wants you to be and then of course he went to Everton. The new manager (Owen Coyle) has […]
Have you noticed with the national media on all their various platforms that their is only two teams in the Championship ? Queens Park Rangers and whoever Queens Park Rangers are playing.
Ben Watson’s great run into the penalty box in the 34th minute of the recent Maribor match enabled him to put Latics into the driving seat with a 2-0 lead. Watson’s header was spot-on, but would not have been possible without a wonderful cross from Jean Beausejour on the left. One of the features of Latics’ […]
Sometimes you don’t have to be good, you just have to be lucky. Or in the case of Blackburn’s Grant Hanley, a little bit stupid. I’m not sure how that game would have gone had it remained 11 v 11 but it was a highly fatigued looking Wigan Athletic which took to the field on […]
A Wigan side backing up from their first ever European game snatched a injury time victory against a ten man Blackburn Rovers side who can have no complaints for the dismissal of captain Grant Hanley for what appeared to be a punch in the face of Nick Powell. Wigan manager opted to retain the […]
No, not even we’re that obvious, but hey, let’s hope we’ve a few ‘Wild Rovers’ on our hands come tea time (note – our political correctness department have insisted I point out they’d be wild because they’re cross at losing, not because we’re encouraging hooliganism or casting aspersions about people from East Lancashire). No, today’s […]
…or credit where it’s due. Last week’s assessment of the start of Owen Coyle’s Latics career ruffled some cages and rattled some feathers. I wasn’t trying to be controversial or attack the manager, but it got treated like that in some quarters and although I’ve had plenty of people tell me they agree with […]