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Spurs win increases pressure on Latics survival hopes
On a day when the matches almost took second place to transfer deadline day,Wigan travelled to White Hart Lane to take on high flying Tottenham Hotspur. Roberto Martinez opted to revert to the 3 central
Read More »Transfer news, rumours and speculation
Wigan Athletic blogger Peter Walker from This Northern Soul gives Metro Sport his view on the season so far and discusses his hopes for the January transfer window – PLUS we bring you the biggest
Read More »N’Zogbia – Exasperation at Aspiration Perspirations
‘They have greater aspirations, and it would be interesting, yes’. First up, I’m paraphrasing because I’m not wading through all the rubbish on NewsNow to find the couple of articles that actually bothered with
Read More »Can you see the end? Aston VIlla preview
£28 million, I reckon that’s the rough cost of mid table ‘security’, it’s certainly the reported price tag for Mr Darren Bent, latterly of Harrods, now presumably the property of some exclusive boutique where
Read More »N’Zogbia to Sunderland tomorrow then.
It’s funny how different people hear things differently isn’t it? Sky must have been pestering the club today for a line on the rumours that Sunderland are about to whisk Charles N’Zogbia away for
Read More »Joker’s Wild
“A laughing stock”, “you’re a bloody joke Wigan”, “we need to sign some proper quality”. If I’d had a quid every time I’d heard those sentiments over the last six years then I’d have
Read More »Just another manic, err, Tuesday
I suppose the time has come to give up on thoughts of last season’s end of term review (with apologies to Charles N’Zogbia, Maynor Figueroa, James McCarthy and the teams that beat Arsenal, Chelsea
Read More »You wait ages for a bos…
…and then Juve start sniffing around your best player. So there you have it, 1st June, contracts are ending and the window is thrown open (found yourself a club yet, Paul?). Latics jumped the
Read More »Pretty Please With a Cherry On Top
No I haven’t either. As I type, I can’t even remember the lad’s name properly, it calls to mind Portuguese managers, expensive wool or bright red cherries in 1970s cocktails, and it begins with
Read More »Building a defence
One I remember as a hot prospect who couldn ‘t break into Newcastle ‘s defence (!!?!?!) the other I have vague recollections of being linked with a year or so back. Both of Latics
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