Who do Wigan need to bring in to bolster their ranks in 2015?

  Now is probably the moment Malky Mackay has been waiting for since he was appointed Wigan manager in November – the January transfer window. Things certainly haven’t gone to plan since Mackay replaced Uwe Rosler. Just one win from eight games in all...
5-4-Friday… 5 Pilloried Footballers

5-4-Friday… 5 Pilloried Footballers

I found myself in the rather unusual position this week of defending a Liverpool FC player. Not only that, but the player in question is Steven Gerrard – sorry, Stevie Geeee, as we’re supposed to call him – and he isn’t someone I particularly like. Mind you, like most...
5-4-Friday… 5 Dry January Things

5-4-Friday… 5 Dry January Things

Is your Facebook and Twitter feed filled with sentimental “new year, new me” nonsense? To be fair, mine hasn’t been as bad as it has in recent years but it’s still pretty sickly.  Apparently, January 1st is the only one day of the year when people have the best, most...
5-4-Friday… 5 Xmas songs

5-4-Friday… 5 Xmas songs

Chris Griffin Says… is taking a well deserved (voted for by me) early break as we approach the end of the calendar year. This is partly due to pressures of work, a plethora of football matches on TV that are currently grabbing my attention, and a modicum of...
5-4-Friday… 5 xmas gripes

5-4-Friday… 5 xmas gripes

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… well, there’s no snow on the ground yet but it’s certainly at least starting to feel a bit like Christmas. The Christmas telly mags are in the shops, the brass bands are collecting outside supermarkets and it’s the Sports...