So, last week we looked at players who left Wigan Athletic supposedly to move on to bigger and better things. Leaving Wigan didn’t work out too well for the ones we saw last week but there have been one or two success stories. Throughout the eighties, there was a...
“No-one’s bigger than the club”. “The club will still be here well after he’s gone”. “Players come and go, but the fans will be here forever”. All of the above well-worn phrases are undoubtedly true. Yet whenever a player leaves a football club, especially one who was...
It’s been the numbers game all the way this week down at the Wigan Athletic forums this week. Or the Fickle-as-Feck Funny Farm, as it could more accurately be called. 4-4-2, 4-5-1, 5-4-1, 4-3-3… the arguments have raged amongst the armchair football managers as to...
Very brief 5-4-Friday this week, as my limited leisure time has seen me totally pre-occupied with the pre-season auction night for the Dream League. With sincere apologies to those who are not remotely interested – which I guess is everybody bar the 16 people who were...
Nani finally left Manchester United this week, albeit on loan. As a neutral, he’s no great loss to me. Neither, I suspect, will be there many a tear shed by the Old Trafford faithful at his departure. Actually, I am glad to see the back of him. If ever there was a...
