We’ve not been affected as much this season as in previous seasons, but the EFL really need to get a grip of International Breaks for clubs in League One’s and Two’s. The amount of lost revenue to club’s missing out on Saturday fixtures through no fault of their own. We only had half of the […]
All isn’t well at the Brick Community Stadium at the moment and it shows. First off let’s give full credit to Hemel Hempstead Town, The Tudors as they’re affectionally known should be the ones in the Second round – not us. Ryan Lowe admitted as much after Saturday’s game, I think without penalties Hemel would […]
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 […]
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 […]
That summer was over in the blink of an eye and we stand on the precipice of another nine months of a season that could mean absolutely anything. More midtable obscurity? A play-off push? Outsiders for an automatic promotion challenge? All of those scenarios could theoretically be possible, it’s going to be a relatively new […]
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 […]
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 […]
I told you they’d eventually drag us back in. Two draws and a win from Crawley, Wycombe and Huddersfield would be seen as a good return for a side that had struggled in February. But in true Latics fashion they up-ended that to win against Huddersfield as opposed to Crawley. In fairness to Latics the […]