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....

I've always admired the Managers who seemed to pay attention to what the fans wanted. The guys who weren't afraid to get their team to put on a silky passing show because, after all, this game we love is about entertainment isn't it ? I reckon that Martinez is such a manager who knows the sort of game us fans want to see. Ok, we may be Wigan, we may have spent most of our history in the lower leagues, we may have more illustrious neighbours but we've earnt our right to play in the Premier League, so why can't we have fun doing so ? At the moment some of the football we're playing is a joy to watch. If there's any neutrals reading then give us a chance and check out one of our games sometime. We havent got as many household names as Man Utd or Liverpool but trust me you'll be entertained....

The last two games against Man City and Burnley have started to show Martinez's plans coming together. Four points from games against a City side I think are going to be a genuine title contenders this season and a really tricky away game against Burnley who have already taken the scalp of Man United at Turf Moor this season. You can't really complain with that can you ? The Burnley game was especially pleasing as we really seemed to dominate and seeing as how we originally went behind early on it would have been so easy for our heads to drop and end up with nothing out of the game. It was really pleasing to see the link up play too between Rodallega and Scotland, Scotland is actually starting to look like a pretty good buy. He holds the ball up well and seems to compliment Rodallega's skill. Maybe we've got the origins of a decent strike partnership there ?

The one thing I think Martinez has got over his predecessors at Wigan is that he seems to have a long term project in mind. If things come together then the football we play is going to be quite special to watch and hopefully we can push on from merely fighting to stay in this division.

I'd be really interested to hear about what you all think of Martinez. Obviously it's early days so far but does he inspire confidence in what you've seen from the Latics up to now ? Or are you left feeling under-whelmed and longing for Brucey to come back !? Let me know....

Until next time....hope your all having a good week.........