Not a good couple of weeks. The Marlon King stuff was bad enough but add to that a thumping at the hands of everyones relegation favourites Portsmouth and a draw against Fulham - two games which were very winnable - and I don't think thats what Wigan fans had in mind ideally for on or off the pitch business. Where is it going wrong ?

I've had loads of Managerial heroes as a kid, but to be honest not many of them have had the hotseat here at Wigan. Yes I admired Bruce and Jewell most recently but I've started to think that Martinez is going to out do both of them.....Let me explain....

Arghhhh! Well, the good vibes from the Chelsea match were good while they lasted! We seem to be going for the record of most inconsistent results in the Premier League at the moment. Our next two games are Man City at home and Burnley away... your guess is as good mine for what can happen with those two!

I'm not here to say 'I told you so' but I did mention in my last post after beating Chelsea that it wouldn't surprise me if we were to get nothing from the Hull game. It's a cliche but our unpredictability is getting to be a tad predictable. We'd be really dangerous if we could just get some consistency from stringing a few results together.

What a fantastic result the Chelsea game was ! An exceptional performance from every one of the Latics proves we have a team which can beat anyone on our day and with the next game at Hull - definitely a winnable game if ever there was one - things are looking up for the mighty Wigan !

Well that wasn’t supposed to happen after the great start at Villa! A thrashing at the hands of Manchester United, exiting the Carling Cup at Blackpool and losing to Everton. Suddenly the game at Villa is starting to seem a long time ago. There are quite a few doomsayers around at the moment predicting that the dreaded 'R' word is already hanging over us.

However here's a few reasons why we can still be cheerful.....

First of all let’s put things in perspective about how far we've come. I think a few of the people who are constantly running us down have to be reminded that we were in the bottom two divisions just a few years ago. I still have to pinch myself every time we play the likes of Man United or Liverpool. Every week we're in the Premier League is an adventure in itself.

Wow...the league is finally back and what a weird start ! Only Wigan could play off the park a team who flirted with Champions League Qualification and yet barely 3 days later lose to a team who literally havent been in the same league as Wigan for the last few seasons. Fasten your seatbelts...looks like this could be a bit of a topsy turvy season.

As much as it pains me to write this clubs like Wigan are probably never going to be a glamorous Northern club in the shape of a Manchester United or even the on-going soap opera that is Newcastle United, for us to compete amongst the big boys we have to be a little bit smarter then the rest. Signing an unheard of Paraguyan might not capture the imagination but who knows what can happen if we can continue unearthing the likes of Antonio Valencia and Wilson Palacios. With this in mind I thought I'd explore some signings from outside the Premier League......yes, outside the Premier League.....Scary eh ?

With the dust finally settling on the Steve Bruce era at Wigan it’s time to stop reminiscing and look to the future !

It’s a case of out with the old and in with the new at the JJB Stadium. Wigan have probably the most talented lower league manager on board in Roberto Martinez which is a really positive appointment. Hopefully he is going to set about buying players which are today unknown but by January will be coveted by the likes of Manchester United !

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