League One is an absolute rollercoaster this season, as we approach the New Year ten points separate play-off chasing Stevenage and relegation zone dwellers Plymouth Argyle. Latics who it’s fair to say have been underwhelming for most of the Autumn rose to the heady heights of 12th with a crucial win over Burton but could […]
So much for my assertion last week that things were improving, things took a huge and somewhat worrying step backwards on Saturday afternoon. In seasons like this – where increasingly promotion looks beyond us the minimum that you would hope for is to succeed in the local derbies or at least put up a bit […]
Can two defeats in a week be described as a crisis? No of course they can’t. Can two defeats in a week be considered the end of Ryan Lowe’s honeymoon period? With the manner of the defeats, quite possibly. It’s been a long time since I came away from the Reebok, Unibol, Macron, Tough Sh*t […]
Alan Young, a name to strike fear in to anyone interested in watching a decent match in the lower depths of the EFL. You just knew as soon as he was announced it was going to become all about him, and as with Stevenage 24 months previously he had a right good go at becoming […]
We spoke about consistency last week and Ryan Lowe’s Latics are now consistently putting results together. The one frustrating thing? It could have been even more. Saturday’s trip to Rotherham saw Latics ahead at half time after clearly being the better side. We then struggled during the second half to the point where Rotherham looked […]
Searching for consistency. I think that fairly describes the last seven days. At home we seem to have cracked it, two great home performances in the league have led to six goals and six points. Away from home? Still a work in progress clearly. That search for consistency has been hampered by an endless list […]
How would we assess the last two matches? Erm, shall we say room for improvement? Leyton Orient was poor, there’s no getting away from that. Latics never got going in the London sunshine but I think the departure of James Carragher to injury early on did far more to unsettle us than Orient themselves. Richie […]
Not been a great week has it? Wigan Athletic the only side without a new manager bounce. Following the disappointing defeat to them men, we followed it up with the dullest 90 minutes of football I’ve ever witnessed in the East London sunshine. We marginally improved on another long trip to face Gary Caldwell’s Exeter […]
What a strange seven days MK II. The departure of Shaun Maloney was always going to be a shock to the system, a surprise departure at a time of the season when Latics fans probably least expected it. I’ll be honest after the side seemed to stabilise under Glenn Whelan I suspected that the club […]
I’ve seen some appalling decisions in my 30 odd years watching this football club but the events of the last few days must surely rank up there. Let’s start with Saturday, it was a disappointing match no doubt about it. Even after going ahead we didn’t necessarily look comfortable and then the substitutions which were […]