TyldesleyLatic

Maybe he isn’t good enough for the prem but it wasn’t Watson’s error that gave them the breakaway for their first goal
It was McCarthy who was tackled/fouled/lost the balll not Watson
easy mistake to make – with 2 gingers in the middle of the park it got a bit confusing at times!!

From the period I’ve been watching Latics my all time bext XI would be

Al Habsi (before this season it would have been Carroll)
Chimbonda (was superb in our best ever season – what he did after that season finished is irrelevant he is still our best performing right back ever)
Baines
Atherton (only played at a lower level for us but went on to prove he was top flight class)
De Zeeuw
N’Zogbia
Parkinson (again only played at a lower level for us but went on to prove he was top flight class)
Bullard
Valencia
Roberts
Camara (difficult one for me coz I don’t remember Quinn or Newell playing for us so can’t name them. Ellington proved he couldn’t hack it at the top level & so I’m left with Camara or Rodallega & whilst Rod’s probably puts in more graft I want someone who I know if he gets a chance will score & for 1 season that was Camara)

Subs:
Carroll, Rodallega, Lowe, Palacios, Beesley

The reason many are mentioning it is because we have eyes & can see when a team is sitting back as opposed to being pushed back
I think a further reason many people are mentining it (I certainly am) is in light of Ronnie Stam’s comments in the WEP following the home draw against Fulham when the team also appeared to sit back & try & protect a 1 goal lead (and failed). His comments are on the Wigan Today website but basically were in response to a comment that Fulham pushed the team back & he said somet along the lines of “No they didn’t. That was a deliberate tactic to bring them on to us & then try & work the ball into the space that they’d leave behind them when they pushed forward”
It didn’t work then coz we don’t have the players to play that way & it didn’t work last night either

It was an entertaining game I’ll agree but I think the 3 points were in part chucked away due to some poor finishing early in the 2nd half & a change of tactics at half time. when this was combined with West Brom pushing forward to try & get somet out of the game it was only ever gonna lead to us not getting 3 points & in the end it should have been none but for some fine goalkeeping

On another issue – I think Di matteo is getting his knickers in a twist about nothign for the “penalty” that wasn’t given. There has got to be some form of intent for a handball to be given & a defender slicing a clearance up on to his arms, which in turn didn’t move towards the ball nor did they allow him to gain possession of it, is by no means a handball offence

Have to agree – i thought Ben Watson (whilst not excatly setting the place on fire) was the best of the midfield trio last night.
That would have possibly gone to McCarthy if for whatever reason Bobby hadn’t hauled him off & replaced him with the completely ineffective Thomas. I also thought Diame was non-existant last night – some reward for McArthur’s good performances of late that Bobby ranks him behind Thomas, Diame & Watson but what do I know

As for other players, i thought Di Santo was playing well up until about the hour mark when he just seemed to completely lose interest & i remember even N’Zogbia giving him a rollocking shortly before he was hauled off for an apparent lack of effort
N’Zogbia was superb in the first half but completely ineffective in the second (bar one run & shot)
Boyce got the complete run around from jerone Thomas in the second half – just how often did he have to show him inside & keep getting beat by him before he realised it was a bad idea
Figueroa looked good going forwad but poor defending
Gohouri – some good tackling/blocks but his distribution is akin to somet I see in the South Lancs Counties league on a Sunday morning
Caldwell’s – too slow at this level
Al Habsi – faultless
Rodallega – gets himself in to good positions but as someone else another thread has mentioned he seems to want to bust the net every time. His left leg is also next to useless

i think i averaged about 6 hours of lectures a week & then I had 6 seminars spread over a 2 week period so it was about 9 hours a week
Mind you I did a very “booky” degree & the the uni did recommend 3 or 4 hours of reading for every hour spent in a lecture or seminar which of course I followed to the letter!!! ;)
My sister on the other hand did a career based degree (environmental health) & was in from 9 till 5 virtually every day bar Wednesday’s (half days) which I always thought was a bit much!!

Don’t tar all students with the same brush – in the dim & distant past when I was a student I remember having lectures scheduled from 5 till 6

Mind you having said that I thought it was scandalous & didn’t go to many of em. Likewise with those scheduled at the ludicrously early time of 9am!!!

Fair point regarding the players on the post but by the same token not having anyone on either post when the corner was initially taken was not the reason the goal 1st goal was conceded on Tuesday, and nor was it the reason Newcastle got their late equaliser at St James’ Park

As such maybe its the initial poster you should tell needs evidence to back up his claims!!! ;)

If he’s better than what we’ve got at the moment (which he is) then I’d welcome him with open arms.

Personally I couldn’t care whether he’s spat at some celtic supporter who was giving him stick or arry de zeeuw for that matter or whatever else he’s alleged or been proved to have done – as long as he can produce the goods whilst wearing a Latics shirt then that’s enough for me

I’d rather have a team full of Hadji-Diouf’s than one full of mother theresa’s