Tag: Jussi Jaaskelainen
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It’s an Omen: Misadventures of the Wigan Athletic Goalkeeping Staff Vol I
As I thrust apart my curtains on Friday morning, I was greeted with an unsettling sight: snow, and plenty of it. “Hopefully this isn’t an omen,” I gulped while hurriedly thumbing the 24-hour forecast for Robin Park. Little did I know that mere miles from my darkened doorstep, an even more sinister omen was about […]
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Millwall 0-0 Wigan: Motoring into Mid-Table March
Melicitations, merry mentlegen! It’s Mid-Table March here at Meshuga Mel’s League One Discount Motors, and do we have the delightfully demented deals for you. [Theme from mid-90s UK TV game show ‘Trivial Pursuit with Tony Slattery’ begins to play.] Can I interest you in this sturdy 1985 Nissan Peterborough? Ah, maybe this weekend, you say? […]
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Jussi J: Man of the Moment
He gets no respect, I tells ya. The formidable Finn forfends four forwards from five fine finishes, and what is his reward? Swines pinching a sneaky swig from his personal goalmouth water bottle. I sincerely hope that Oldham man asked permission first, mainly because you never know what liquid is actually in there. Even the […]