Monthly Archives: February 2017

A wasted opportunity for Latics – Wigan Athletic 0 Nottingham Forest 0

Posted on February 25, 2017 by ianhaspinall

Wigan Athletic missed an opportunity to move out of the bottom three with an insipid performance against fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest at the DW Stadium. Latics’ manager Warren Joyce selected a team without any attack-minded wide players in a 4-4-1-1 … Continue reading →

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12th Man – Time to make changes

Posted on February 24, 2017 by ianhaspinall

Latics received a major setback to their survival chances when they lost at Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday night. They remain in 22nd spot and are two points behind 21st place Bristol City who have one game in hand. Calls … Continue reading →

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Latics’ survival hopes receive a setback – QPR 2 Wigan Athletic 1

Posted on February 22, 2017 by ianhaspinall

Wigan Athletic remain rooted in the Championship relegation zone after a narrow 2-1 defeat to Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road. Matt Smith opened the scoring for Rangers after only four minutes when he converted Conor Washington’s cross from 12 … Continue reading →

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Deadlock at the DW – Wigan Athletic 0 Preston North End 0

Posted on February 19, 2017 by ianhaspinall

Latics were held to a hard-fought 0-0 draw by Preston North End at the DW Stadium. In a game of few chances Latics’ Matt Gilks saved a penalty and the follow up from Jordan Hugill and they were denied a … Continue reading →

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12th Man – Relegation battle – who will go down?

Posted on February 17, 2017 by ianhaspinall

Latics are now entering a critical phase in the season and have 15 games to secure their Championship status. Tuesday night’s last gasp 1-0 victory at Wolves ensured that they reduced the gap on the teams above them and they … Continue reading →

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Buxton’s brilliant boost – Wolves 0 Wigan Athletic 1

Posted on February 15, 2017 by ianhaspinall

Jake Buxton boosted Latics’ Championship survival chances with an 88th-minute headed winner at Molineux. It was Buxton’s first ever goal for Latics as they managed their first double of the season by defeating Wolves. In a scrappy game with few … Continue reading →

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Latics 94th minute heartache – Fulham 3 Wigan Athletic 2

Posted on February 13, 2017 by ianhaspinall

Latics suffered a potentially devastating blow to their Championship survival hopes when Neeskens Kebano scored the winner in the dying seconds at Craven Cottage. The visitors had produced a spirited and hard working display which deserved some reward but they … Continue reading →

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12th Man – Time for a new double act

Posted on February 10, 2017 by ianhaspinall

Latics second-half performance against Norwich City on Tuesday night was in complete contrast to their woeful first-half display and proved that they must be more attack-minded if they are to have any chance of avoiding relegation. Warren Joyce has mainly … Continue reading →

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Bogle grabs a brace as Latics go 4-4-2 – Wigan Athletic 2 Norwich City 2

Posted on February 8, 2017 by ianhaspinall

New signing Omar Bogle grabbed a second-half double as Latics fought out a 2-2 draw with play-off chasing Norwich City. Warren Joyce’s team had produced a woeful first-half display and were a goal down at the interval after Nelson Oliveira had … Continue reading →

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Lack of attacking ambition proves costly – Wigan Athletic 0 Sheffield Wednesday 1

Posted on February 4, 2017 by ianhaspinall

Latics remain rooted in the bottom three of the Championship as they lacked a cutting edge in the home defeat to play-off contenders Sheffield Wednesday. In a dour Friday night game in front of the Sky TV cameras the Owls … Continue reading →

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