It has been a whirlwind couple of days since the news broke that Dave Whelan had sacked Owen Coyle (sort of), and the rumour mill has been churning out names ever since. Football certainly has both a sense of timing and humour, after the eventful week that led to Coyle losing his job also […]
News has been growing today that the chairman has made his mind up over who he wants to be the next Latics manager and has gone all out to get his man. But you know that and have probably been talking about it since tea-time. So rather than go on about it some more (for […]
“We gave the last bloke four years” Yes we did apparently, although I’m not sure whether that means the fans who supported him, hated him, tolerated him or refers to the chairman himself who has about 50% of the power when it comes to determining how much time a manager spends in situ in the […]
The fanzine editor in me has been playing to the crowd this week throwing out sarcastic comments aplenty about our recently departed manager. The humanist in me sees it very differently however and I do feel quite sorry for Owen Coyle in a way as well.
Sometimes, the thoughts of Chairman Dave are cringe worthy, at others they’re honest and brutal. Sometimes he tells you things you’d rather not listen to, others he tells you exactly what you wanted to know. Whether he’s in mouthpiece or car crash mode he always gives good interview and he always gives interviews. As a […]
Mike Phelan is the bookmakers’ current favourite for the vacant manager’s job at Wigan Athletic.
Losing three home matches in a little over a week would put huge pressure on any manager, let alone one whose initial appointment did not go down well with so many of the fans. The media say it is the fans who ended Owen Coyle’s tenure at Wigan. The more rational argument is that […]
So he’s gone. I’m not celebrating mind, the only good thing about Owen Coyle’s reign at Wigan Athletic was that it was short. Ignoring any debates about events on the pitch it feels like his appointment saw principles that we had thrown out of the window and lost us six months that set us back […]
MC Owen Coyle has left the building https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0fmAzAOFE8