Fine margins is an often overused phrase, it’s also one that often irks me. Probably due to its overuse by certain Wigan Athletic managers that should be left firmly in the past – I’m looking at you Malky, Warren and Owen. But for this week fine margins is most definitely a suitable phrase. After the […]
We need to talk about Latics, we need to talk about this fantastic side that has been assembled this season and we sadly need to talk about the support that this side receive. Let’s establish a few facts before we go on, Wigan Athletic do fantastically well in terms of crowd numbers and have done […]
No fans, no history, tin-pot, rugby town, empty seats the insults are well versed and we’ve heard them all a million times before. Curiously more than often these very same insults come from supporters of clubs that you would expect to have some sort of alignment to little Wigan. Clubs of a similar size, clubs […]
It could well have been a case of after the Lord Mayor’s Show on Saturday as Latics got back to league action against in-form Gillingham. After the cup heroics of the previous Saturday, and the struggles to score in recent league games at the DW it wouldn’t have been surprising for Latics to not get […]
Well that was a lot tougher than it needed to be, a match that everyone expected to be an easy passage to the third round proved undeniably tougher than Cook and co expected. Tuesday’s replay against Fylde only went ahead after a late pitch inspection following the freezing weather in the North West and I […]
Talk about a week of contrasting emotions. Saturday was probably the lowest we’ve felt all season. For the first time under Paul Cook it felt like we were out classed and out fought by Bradford. Bradford were one of the few teams this season to come to Robin Park and have a go, and we […]
It was good to see Latics bounce back from their second defeat of the season with another six points. Last time Latics tasted defeat they bounced back with three wins in a row after the Shrewsbury defeat, I don’t think anyone will be complaining if we get the same reaction to that Peterborough defeat. I […]
So two matches, a second defeat of the season and another chance to bounce back – last time Latics experienced defeat they went on to win the next three with seven goals for and zero goals conceded. If STAT isn’t enough for you Paul Cook’s side have taken 22 points from their first 10 games, […]
So it’s back to the day job on Saturday, and two weeks since our last league match with Portsmouth it feels like an age since we were in competitive action. Of course last time out our winning start to the season came to an end, in a match we really should have won. I still […]
So the window is slammed shut once more, although I always struggle with that metaphor. What sort of window is open continuously for 4 months a year, then stays closed for 4 months, then opens again for a month in the freezing winter and then stays shut again for another 4 months? Not to mention, […]