Going…going…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
By: Shaun |
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Wigan v Fulham. If ever there was a fixture to put you into a deep sleep then this is it. I asked a friend before what he thought the score would be for this match but he told me the game would probably be abandoned after the players fell asleep on the pitch. Other people agreed with me that a predictable 0-0 would be the likely outcome.
The Wigan board seem to have realised that this game could be, lets say, a bit boring and have announced that children can get in for a quid if they live in some local schools. So if you do turn up on saturday, expect to see more kiddies than usual. Will they manage to stay awake? Possibly not but a game like Wigan v Fulham is hardly going to persuade them to come back to watch another game is it?
Team news now. Wigan have Kevin Kilbane suspended. He will probably be in the stands with a hot chocolate and a pillow watching the, er, entertainment.
As for Fulham, well who cares?
My prediction: drink plenty of caffeine before the game- its gonna be a long one.
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Why Heskey deserves his England call up
By: Shaun | 1 Comment
Before you lose interest in this blog by thinking I’m a biased Wiganer who (of course) would think that Heskey deserves his call up, please bear with me. Over the past season and a bit I have watched Emile at the JJB stadium. In nearly all the games he has played in he has made a big impact. Some of the games he has been ‘invisible’ and had not had as much influence as the fans would have liked but most of he time that was due to Wigan having a team that played as strangers together and after a few passes turned to alehouse football- the big ‘hoof’ up the field to the striker.
However, this season it has been different. Chris Hutchings has brought a new style of football to the club and the ball seems to be staying on the ground a lot more. Ball-into-feet seems to suit Heskey better. The work-rate is first class though. If his team mates can find him, Heskey can be influential. However, work rate is not the only attribute that makes a good striker.
“We all think Emile could be greedier around the box,” says Hutchings. “But he will often see a team-mate in a better position and instinctively try to find him. We’d like him to score more goals but it should not be overlooked how much he creates for us at Wigan. He takes so much pressure off the other strikers, he never hides and he always takes responsibility. He sets a precedent with his unselfishness. He had a great understanding with Michael Owen at Liverpool and I’m sure that can work again for England.”
Category: Team NewsA loss which feels like a win
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I suppose i could be negative about the result: A late goal sinks disappointing Wigan.
No.
It is true that conceding a 87th minute goal from Mikey Owen is upsetting (especially as its the second late goal we have conceded in the last week) and it is true that Wigan never created an awful lot in front of the Newcastle goal. However, being negative gets you nowhere in life and the same applies to football.
So, lets look at the positives. Marcus Bent got a good chunk of time under his belt as a Wigan player. I think that this loan signing could prove to be very useful for Wigan this season. However, if he doesn’t perform we haven’t got the burden of being stuck with a player, who to be honest, never really set the world alight at Charlton.
England’s ‘potential savior’ Heskey had a good game. He won plenty of headers but could have done with someone running onto them. Owen perhaps…
There have been plenty of signings this season but its nice to see that the team has a resilience and fighting spirit- something that was lacking at times last season. No points, but a winning team spirit.
It’s early days but i have the feeling this could be a decent season for Wigan. Hopefully come May, some of those so-called pundits will be proved wrong with their ‘Wigan certain for the drop’ predictions.
Those negative, negative ‘pundits’…
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