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One of the worst goals I’ve ever seen us concede. There was nobody within 5 yards of him, at the back post from a corner. That’s just appalling.

I take it you’ve not been watching us very long?

I take it you’ve not been watching us very long? :unsure:[/quote]

TBF its one of the worst defender goals I’ve ever seen by anybody. Its amateur stuff to concede a goal like that.

It was a very poor goal to concede but no worse that many other equally bad goals given away by teams over a season.

The time to worry is when keeps on happening as the season progresses.

I suppose since I’ve been following football in general and Wigan Athletic in particular since the mid-sixties I could be classed as a more mature supporter. So when someone posts “TBF its one of the worst defender goals I’ve ever seen by anybody.” I feel I ought to put it into some kind of perspective.

I really can’t remember if I posted after the Spurs and Chelsea games. I seem to recall that after the Chelsea game – I’m assuming you mean the opening home game of last season – the general feeling was that Ramis should be excused his errors and time would tell if he was a good signing. Regarding the Spurs game I thought Boyce’s error was unlucky and the Figueroa/Robles one embarrassing bad. I certainly don’t feel the necessity to jump on this forum after every mistake and start criticising players and performances but if it serves to vent somebody’s spleen and avoids the dog getting a kicking then fine.

We are a club who have come a long way. I don’t expect us to attract the best players in the world or the best in the Championship but it’s obvious the better players make the fewest mistakes. It’s a new league and a new defence and we are six games into the season. If the errors keep happening and we keep dropping points then there’s reason to be critical.

Our defending (Forest aside) has worried me this season. We do seem to have the same old problem though that our midfield couldn’t win a kicking contest against a bloke with one leg.