Month: September 2010
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Birmingham 0-0 Wigan: On the road again (finally)
Normally, you’d say a point away from home is a pretty good result. Not exceptional, but acceptable given the circumstances. This afternoon, I’m left considering missed opportunities rather than sitting here with my post-match Coke content with Latics’ afternoon’s work. I will say that a draw was the fair result given the even nature of […]
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Wigan 2-1 Preston: Making progress, slooowly
In many ways, this was not your typical Lancastrian Carling Cup derby. For one thing, Latics’ style of play is anything but Northern. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to find an Englishman amongst their starting line-up from last night’s tie with close rivals Preston North End. With Chris Kirkland currently out of favour and […]
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Wigan 0-2 Manchester City: ‘Magnificent’ unbeaten run comes to end
Right, this afternoon wasn’t pretty so I’ll spare you too many gory details. All you need to know is that Wigan lost. This was partially down to the fact their presence in the opposition half was, shall we say, less than adequate, at least if you see scoring goals as your primary target in a […]
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Wigan 1-1 Sunderland: Potency is for wimps
I go on hiatus for a week and on my return find my comment queue filled with spam, each and every message containing absolutely nothing to do with football. Well, I suppose that’s what you get for not posting in… however many days it’s been. Latics were also back in action this afternoon. Not that […]