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Manchester United pipped rivals Chelsea to clinch their 17th title triumph with victory at Wigan. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for United from the spot after 33 minutes following Emmerson Boyce’s foul on fit-again Wayne Rooney. Emile Heskey then wasted Wigan’s best chance with a second-half header. And substitute Ryan Giggs clinched United’s Premier League [...]
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Ecuador star Antonio Valencia scored two second-half goals to seal Wigan’s Premier League place for next season with a surprise win at Aston Villa. Valencia, with just one goal in 29 previous matches for the Latics, was fortunate to see his shot deflect off Wilfried Bouma for the first goal. But the second was a [...]
Reading played well today like they had spirit,but is it all to late? Lets hope not as the other Premier League results favoured us and thank fully we are still just out of the drop zone. Still playing Doyle on the wing today then subbed by Little I still don't know why he thinks Doyle should make so many starts the guy isn't firing and so why field him all the time? In my opinion Little should have started and played Long up with Lita from the start. Well a deserved point and we can only pray that Reading will manage to get some more points in the 2 games left and not have to rely on the other teams to keep us safe a win would really 1 win would almost do it , so well done to the boys and lets take something off Spurs they can afford it and we need it some come! on you Royals
HighlightsFirst HalfSecond HalfTeam NewsEmile Heskey and Marcus Bent have been passed fit to face Reading after picking up a hamstring injury and cut leg respectively against Tottenham.Defender Erik Hagen is available after illness, but Erik Edman (knee) is out for the rest of the season.Winger Jimmy Kebe is a doubt for Reading, while Brynjar Gunnarsson has suffered a setback in his recovery from a groin operation and will miss out.Leroy Lita is back in contention following a loan spell at Charlton.Team FromWigan AthleticKirkland, Melchiot, Scharner, Boyce, Kilbane, Valencia, Brown, Palacios, Taylor, Bent, Heskey, Koumas, Skoko, King, Sibierski, Pollitt, Aghahowa, Bramble, Figueroa, Hagen, Olembe.ReadingHahnemann, Federici, Murty, de la Cruz, Sonko, Bikey, Ingimarsson, Duberry, Shorey, Ros
O Wigan após um desastroso inicio de epoca, onde esteve muito tempo a ocupar os últimos lugares, consegue neste momento estar numa posição de relativo sossego, mas o relativo em futebol amanha pode se tornar perigoso, pois esta equipa, apesar de ocupar a 13º posição, esta com apenas 5 pontos de margem para despromoção.
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Emile Heskey scored for the second time in six days as Wigan edged closer to safety with a well-deserved draw in a breathless match against Tottenham.HighlightsFirst HalfSecond Half<!-- BEGIN Sampurn Ad Code --><!-- END Sampurn Ad Code -->
Emile Heskey scored for the second time in six days as Wigan edged closer to safety with a well-deserved draw in a breathless match against Tottenham.HighlightsFirst HalfSecond Half<!-- BEGIN Sampurn Ad Code --><!-- END Sampurn Ad Code -->
Emile Heskey scored for the second time in six days as Wigan edged closer to safety with a well-deserved draw in a breathless match against Tottenham.HighlightsFirst HalfSecond Half<!-- BEGIN Sampurn Ad Code --><!-- END Sampurn Ad Code -->
Emile Heskey scored for the second time in six days as Wigan edged closer to safety with a well-deserved draw in a breathless match against Tottenham.HighlightsFirst HalfSecond Half<!-- BEGIN Sampurn Ad Code --><!-- END Sampurn Ad Code -->
Emile Heskey scored for the second time in six days as Wigan edged closer to safety with a well-deserved draw in a breathless match against Tottenham.HighlightsFirst HalfSecond Half<!-- BEGIN Sampurn Ad Code --><!-- END Sampurn Ad Code -->
Emile Heskey scored for the second time in six days as Wigan edged closer to safety with a well-deserved draw in a breathless match against Tottenham.HighlightsFirst HalfSecond Half<!-- BEGIN Sampurn Ad Code --><!-- END Sampurn Ad Code -->
HighlightsFirst HalfSecond HalfTeam NewsWigan are without defender Erik Hagen who is unavailable because of illness.But Hagen and long-term injury victim Erik Edman apart, boss Steve Bruce has a full squad to choose from.Tottenham full-back Pascal Chimbonda has a calf strain and is a doubt but Jamie O'Hara is back in full training after a bruised foot.Goalkeeper Paul Robinson (ankle) is struggling while Gareth Bale (foot), Benoit Assou-Ekotto (knee) and Ledley King (knee) are out for the season.Team FromAbout the MatchWigan have a six-point cushion above the relegation zone, following Monday's highly creditable last ditch draw with title-chasing Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.The Latics have not conceded a goal in five games, and over eight hours Premier League football at the JJB Stadium.Tott
Emile Heskey struck with an injury-time volley to earn a point for Wigan and leave Chelsea's hopes of winning the Premier League hanging by a thread.HighlightsFirst HalfSecond Half<!-- BEGIN Sampurn Ad Code --><!-- END Sampurn Ad Code -->
Emile Heskey struck with an injury-time volley to earn a point for Wigan and leave Chelsea's hopes of winning the Premier League hanging by a thread.HighlightsFirst HalfSecond Half<!-- BEGIN Sampurn Ad Code --><!-- END Sampurn Ad Code -->
Emile Heskey struck with an injury-time volley to earn a point for Wigan and leave Chelsea's hopes of winning the Premier League hanging by a thread.HighlightsFirst HalfSecond Half<!-- BEGIN Sampurn Ad Code --><!-- END Sampurn Ad Code -->
An injury-time goal by Wigan striker Emile Heskey put a massive dent in Chelsea’s hopes of winning the Premier League title as the Latics earned a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge.
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HighlightsFirst HalfSecond HalfTeam NewsChelsea manager Avram Grant may risk first-choice goalkeeper Peter Cech with the 25-year-old making good progress from recent facial surgery.Cech may need to play with a chin guard but if he does not make it Hilario will deputise with reserve team keeper Rhys Taylor, 18 this week, on the bench.Wigan midfield duo Michael Brown and Jason Koumas are both available again after suspension.Manager Steve Bruce has no new injury concerns, with only Erik Edman missing.Team FromChelseaHilario, Taylor, Ferreira, Belletti, Alex, Terry, Carvalho, Ben-Haim, A Cole, Bridge, Lampard, Essien, Ballack, Sidwell, J Cole, Wright-Phillips, Shevchenko, Pizarro, Drogba, Obi, Makelele, Kalou, Anelka.Wigan AthleticKirkland, Melchiot, Scharner, Boyce, Kilbane, Brown, Palacios,
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Chelsea coach Avram Grant will be hoping to build on his side’s performance against Fenerbahce in the midweek and further close down the gap at the top of the Premiership table when they meet Wigan Athletic should Manchester United slip up against Arsenal on Sunday. Watch all live premier league action [...]
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HighlightsFirst HalfSecond HalfTeam NewsWigan are set to welcome back Honduras midfielder Wilson Palacios from suspension for the visit of Birmingham.Fellow midfielders Michael Brown and Jason Koumas remain suspended, though manager Steve Bruce has no new injury problems to contend with.Birmingham have their own suspension problems with defenders Franck Queudrue and Liam Ridgewell both unavailable.James McFadden (knee) and Olivier Kapo (hamstring) are unlikely to be included despite making good progress.Team FromWigan (from): Kirkland, Melchiot, Scharner, Boyce, Kilbane, Palacios, Skoko, Taylor, Valencia, Heskey, Bent, Aghahowa, Hagen, King, Sibierski, Pollitt, Bramble, Figueroa, Olembe.Birmingham (from): Maik Taylor, Kelly, Parnaby, Schmitz, Jaidi, Martin Taylor, Murphy, Larsson, Muamba,
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Jermain Defoe scored twice to maintain Portsmouth's push for fifth place and leave relegation-threatened Wigan still fighting for Premier League survival.HighlightsFirst HalfSecond HalfGlen Johnson cleared Antonio Valencia's goal-bound shot off the line before Defoe struck from an acute angle after good work by John Utaka on the flank.Wigan were awarded a penalty for Sylvain Distin's nudge on Valencia but David James saved Ryan Taylor's effort.Defoe then struck in the dying seconds to finish a great counter-attack.Pompey need only two more points from their remaining games for their best total in the Premier League in what has been a magnificent season for the FA Cup semi-finalists.Harry Redknapp's men weathered a second-half storm to continue their push for a Uefa Cup place on two fronts.
O 6º classificado, Portsmouth, recebe o 14º, o Wigan.
O Portsmouth é um outsider na luta pelos lugares europeus, está a fazer uma excelente época, está nas meias finais da FA Cup, e são uma equipa muito matreira, que defende bem e ataca pouco, mas pela certa. Um facto curioso é que a equipa tem mais [...]
Roque Santa Cruz took his tally against Wigan to five for the season as Rovers eased to victory at Ewood Park.
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The Paraguayan opened the scoring with a simple header after Chris Kirkland could only parry a David Bentley drive.
Marlon King levelled from the spot after Christopher Samba had been sent off for a tug on [...]
Roque Santa Cruz took his tally against Wigan to five for the season as Rovers eased to victory at Ewood Park.HighlightsThe Paraguayan opened the scoring with a simple header after Chris Kirkland could only parry a David Bentley drive.Marlon King levelled from the spot after Christopher Samba had been sent off for a tug on Emile Heskey.But Jason Roberts restored the lead before Santa Cruz headed the third against a Wigan side who had Wilson Palacios dismissed for two bookings.Before either the game or crowd had warmed up, Wigan suffered an early scare as Kirkland fell heavily in taking a cross.The Latics keeper was able to continue after lengthy treatment, but his troubles clearly persuaded Blackburn and Bentley in particular to adopt a shoot-on-sight policy.The England winger had his firs
Emile Heskey scored his first goal for seven months to give Wigan a crucial 1-0 win in their relegation showdown with Bolton that was overshadowed by a poor refereeing performance from Steve Tanner.
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Emile Heskey's 33rd minute goal secured a vital three points for Wigan but deepened Bolton's relegation worries.HighlightsAt half time, Wigan 1-0 BoltonWigan had lost Jason Koumas who was red carded for a late challenge on Gary Cahill after only four minutes.But Heskey superbly volleyed home Mario Melchiot's long-throw throw from six-yards out and despite a second-half rally from Bolton, Wigan held on.Bolton had penalty claims for handball in both halves while Erik Edman also cleared off the line from Kevin Nolan.Bolton manager Gary Megson had rested nine players for this crunch clash at the JJB Stadium, but it made little difference.His side played without fluency and rhythm while their passing was erratic and poor in a disappointing first half.Despite having the numerical advantage thank
It does seem like the logical place to start this entry is Sunday’s game. For me it could have swung the title race firmly into the path of Man Utd. Many Arsenal fans would have been delighted to see Portsmouth win at Old Trafford but for me it is not so great. Obviously it shows [...]
Wigan Athletic 0 – 0 Arsenal
Two points lost against an unadventurous and generally hardworking but functional team. But that’s enough of the Wigan view, what about Arsenal…?
For all of the excuses regarding the state of the pitch, it has to be described as a fantastically indifferent performance and a poor result. It could of [...]
Arsenal's title push suffered a big blow as the league leaders dropped two points away at Wigan. The Gunners are now two points ahead of Manchester United, but the Red Devils have a game in hand.Arsenal were a far cry off of the heights they reached in a 2-0 victory over AC Milan in the Champions League midweek. The Gunners didn't have a large edge over Wigan in possession and failed to manage any clear cut chances, although it must be said that Wigan keeper Chris Kirkland performed admirably to keep the fixture goalless.Lineups:Wigan: Chris Kirkland; Emerson Boyce, Mario Melchiot, Erik Edman, Paul Scharner; Michael Brown, Jason Koumas, Antonio Valencia, Wilson Palacios; Marlon King, Emile HeskeyArsenal: Manuel Almunia; Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Philippe Senderos, Gael Clichy; Alex Hle
It was never going to be pretty on a ploughed field in Wigan, but we did enough to have won today, I hope that our missed chances do not cost us dear come May. Wigan huffed and puffed but didn't create anything clear cut, Almunia only had one real save to make from a decent twenty yarder in the second half.
Adebayor had a couple of great opportunities, a one-on-one at the beginning of the game
Arsenal's indifferent Premier League form continued as they were held to a goalless draw by relegation-threatened Wigan at the JJB Stadium.HighlightsFirst HalfSecond HalfArsenal could have gone ahead after 43 seconds, Emmanuel Adebayor denied by the advancing Chris Kirkland.But their fluent passing game suffered on the appalling pitch and Wigan could have won it, Luis Antonio Valencia forcing Manuel Almunia to tip over.Cesc Fabregas was denied by another Kirkland save in the dying seconds.Arsenal are two points above Manchester United having played one more game and they have now drawn their last three Premier League games.As for Wigan, they move three points above the drop zone and go ahead of Newcastle into 14th in the process.It was just their second point out of 66 in their games again
Arsenal have snapped up another young talent from Barcelona's feeder club, Ignasi Miguel, a centre back of some pedigree. This story was first broken by the Telegraph. Obviously there is a long way to go for the lad, and very few of these highly rated youngsters make as first team regulars, however it's still promising for the club, as Arsenal is seen as a club that will put young players into
The standard of pitches in the Premiership can fall between two extremes; The Emirates is superb. The JJB is frankly a shambles; something a farmer would be ashamed to call a ploughed field. That is not an excuse ahead of any potential failings as today’s hosts readily admit the pitch is less than perfect.
The injuries [...]
After our performance in the San Siro we must push on, both on a European and a domestic front. That starts this Sunday with the Premier League match at Wigan Athletic. The pitch up there will be awful and I doubt they will want to sort it out before we visit the JJB! On a [...]
Arsenal travel to the JJB Stadium this Sunday to face off against relegation-threatened Wigan. Steve Bruce's Latics, who are currently 14th in the Premier League, would consider any point(s) taken from their clash against the league leaders a good haul, but will face an uphill battle against the impressive Gunners. Arsenal currently sit at the top of the Premier League table, one point ahead of last season's champions, Manchester United.Wigan are on a run of decent home form, having won their last two home games against West Ham and whipping boys Derby, after losing 2-1 to Everton and Chelsea. The Latics also held Manchester City to a goalless draw last week, although they lost to Sunderland last month.Arsenal's recent league form is nothing spectacular, with draws against Aston Villa and
Man City 0-0 WiganWigan earned an important point in their fight to avoid relegation against a Manchester City side whose season is in danger of fizzling out.HighlightsFirst HalfSecond HalfBenjani wasted City's two best chances as he was denied by Chris Kirkland's block, then turned Darius Vassell's cross wide early in the second half.City struggled to find any rhythm and Wigan finished the stronger side.Wilson Palacios should have won the game for Wigan late on, but City keeper Joe Hart made a crucial block.City were without the injured Micah Richards and suspended Martin Petrov, and the loss of two such influential figures was keenly felt in a first-half that made a mockery of its billing as entertainment.Stephen Ireland almost opened the scoring after 23 minutes with a curling shot that
After the weak start I changed tactics of Wigan totally. 4-4-1-1 was replaced on 5-2-1-2 with two fullbacks covering the whole flanks. Then I began to tune new tactics scheme trying different individual settings and different players on positions (I will describe my new tactics in one of the next post). As a result I'm glad with the performance of my at the moment. In October and November we had row of the following matches in the Premier League: There is only one annoying match with Portsmouth where we could do nothing to resist with dignity. The performance in the other games was very keen. Though in half of matches we suffered a lack of class for gaining a needed result. For example, Arsenal - Wigan after the first half - 1:2 and than 4:2 in the end. By the way it was very principal
Starting as Wigan manager I suspected that it would be hard to make a good start in the first row of matches. And this is it what I've got: Only 3 victories and 1 draw in 10 matches. My current problem (linked with such poor statistics) is finding the tactics that will be suitable for the team. Almost all these matches I've been playing 4-4-1-1 formation with Whole Pitch pressing. And performance of the team was rather good - I liked playing style. But there was very poor realization of goal moments. And after all I decided to develop more successive tactics having more than one forward. At the current period I'm working on this question. Returning to the results of Wigan in August and September I would say that the most negative game was with Burnley which is certainly weaker but
After the previous post where I had reviewed the players of my Wigan I decided that the teams needs to be strengthened by footballers of more high quality. Therefore I spent a lot of money on different transfers (12) - more than any other Premier League club: My starting transfer money amount was rather high for such modest football club - $25M. We bought 11 players spending $23M and took 1 player on loan also: There are very different types of transferred players, I would say: Young prospective : Nacer Barazite, Kevin Monnet-Paquet, Rence van der Wal, Oussama Assaidi, Antony Di Lallo, Joe Mattock - all of at most 19 years old. Old good Bolivian cheap guys: Ivan Castillo, Luis Cristaldo, Oscar Sanchez - all are of at least 36 years old, but have rather good attribute values
Wigan 1-2 ChelseaNicolas Anelka scored his first goal for Chelsea to help them beat Wigan in their FA Cup fourth-round tie.The opening half was highly forgettable with Joe Cole's first-minute shot the only real effort of note.But eight minutes after the interval Anelka put Chelsea ahead with a sublime volley from Juliano Belletti's pass.Anelka set up Shaun Wright-Phillips to make it 2-0 before Antoine Sibierski pulled a goal back with a super volley, while Marcus Bent hit the bar late on.The Wigan pitch looked in a poor state and unfortunately the quality of the football in the first half was no better.With a wide, boggy stripe running right down the centre of the field, it was perhaps unsurprising that neither side opted to pass their way through it.But that made for a scrappy, fragmented
Match PreviewAn undermanned Arsenal side managed to break down a resolute Wigan in the last ten minutes to go clear at the top of the Premier League table as Manchester United faltered at Bolton.Wigan showed some real character in their compact defense, but a goal from William Gallas opened the game up in the 83rd minute and Tomas Rosicky insured the win with a second only two minutes later.Lineups:Arsenal: Manuel Almunia; Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Kolo Toure, Gael Clichy; Emmanuel Eboue, Neves Denilson, Lassana Diarra, Tomas Rosicky; Theo Walcott, Emmanuel AdebayorWigan: Michael Pollitt; Emerson Boyce, Titus Bramble, Andreas Granqvist, Salomon Olembe, Paul Scharner; Kevin Kilbane, Michael Brown, Jason Koumas, Denny Landzaat; Marcus BentArsene Wenger was forced to field a makeshift midfield lineup due to injuries to Alex Hleb, Mathieu Flamini, and Abou Diaby. Gilberto was also out due to fatigue, and Cesc Fabregas missed the match due to suspension after picking up his 5th yellow c
When Eduardo played in Olic for Croatia's second goal I couldnt help but feel a small sense of joy. That pass summed up completely why England is where it is and Arsenal are getting the blame. Before the match I explained my reasons why it is not Wenger's fault and that one pass just backed up my points. The way he carried the ball forward and slipped a perfect pass through three defenders showed why English players cannot get into the Arsenal squad. Only once did I see a pass of such quality and that was from David Beckham. Apart from the cross to set up Crouch I did not once see a pass that opened the Croatia defence up and cause them real problems. The England players did not run with real purpose as Eduardo did. England are not good enough and the first step to improving the dire situation we are in is not caps on foreigners but acceptance. Once this is done then maybe we can get somewhere.
For anyone that hasnt h
I had no idea that I had touched a raw nerve, when I castigated the Chelsea faithful for the lack of contribution to the cause during the humiliating defeat by Croatia at Wembley yesterday in my article entitiled I blame Chelsea for England defeat. There was much banter and the Gooners gave as good as we got. Let me make it quite clear, we are proud supporters of a big Club. Now Chelsea fans call themselves a big club, why? This is usually the cliche applied to a club that has a large fan base and lots of history and trophies.Ok lets deal in more historical facts. and see how big this club is…
Chelsea founded 1905 , when the Woolwich Arsenal had already been up and running for 20 years. Chelsea live in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and love to give the impression that they have links with Royal patronage, well this was a pub team ok, the pub was The Rising Sun, now the Butchers Hook on the Fulham Road. We were originally the Royal Arsenal, you Chav dimwi
It’s back to Arsenal news after yesterday’s post on the English national team, but in all honesty things don’t read too well for the weekend Premiership clash with Wigan.
There were a couple of rumours circulating that Alexander Hleb and Mathieu Flamini had been injured on international duty and they have unfortunately been confirmed by Arsene Wenger. The Arsenal manager is expecting to be without Hleb for three weeks with a hamstring strain whilst Flamini will be out for a week.
The pair are joined by Abou Diaby, Cesc Fabregas and Gilberto Silva on the unavailable list for a variety of reasons. And whilst Philippe Senderos has been made available news that Robin van Persie would play some part against Wigan proved immature as Wenger confirmed he will be out for a little while longer yet.
“Hleb came back with a hamstring injury. I think he’ll be out for 21 days. Flamini came back with a little thigh problem too. That will be one week maximum. Senderos is a
Match ReviewThis Saturday a depleted Arsenal side face off against second from bottom Wigan as the Gunners look to retain the top spot in the Premier League.After three straight draws (against Liverpool, Manchester United, and Slavia Prague), the Gunners were just beginning to regain their form with an emphatic 3-1 victory over Reading before the international break.However, the international games didn't do much good for the Gunners, as Mathieu Flamini, Abou Diaby, and Alex Hleb all picked up injuries.There are no injuries in the defense, with Bacary Sagna, Kolo Toure, William Gallas, and Gael Clichy all fit and ready to play.However, with Cesc Fabregas already suspended for the match, it seems that Arsenal are facing what seemed impossible - something of a midfield crisis.Tomas Rosicky looks sure to start, although he may be pushed out onto the left with Emmanuel Eboue patrolling the right. Otherwise, Rosicky could start on the right with Eduardo or Theo Walcott used as a left winge
United's already packed treatment table had to endure more load after today's game. Already losing Carrick to a mid-week elbow fracture, tissue-boy (Saha) did himself no favours when he hurt himself during the warm-up to today's game.Once again in an absolutely crazy weekend where there was only one 3pm kickoff (and we're not on that list yet again), we had an early kickoff. And what it meant was that Kentona and I had to spend a mini-fortune bringing our better halves for another expensive prawning trip just to catch the game in peace.In a first half plagued by injuries to both Vidic and O'Shea, we had little to show for. Their replacements Anderson and Danny Simpson showed what little depth and experience we had left in reserve. With further injury scares to both Evra and Pique, Kentona and I were left wondering what else we had to offer from the bench. Thankfully we were playing one of the worst away teams in the form of Wigan. Had the competition been any stiffer, we could hav
The Insider 1999:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140352/
I always watch movie before I do my work. It releases me tension and stress from my head. A designer head is just like that, we need inspiration always. A number of inspiring movies that I remembered such as The Astronaut Farmer 2006 and The World Fastest Indian.
Unlike Mr Farmer from Astronaut Farmer, the hero of the movie character of Insider, is a living hero and has a website.
Dr Wigan Website:
http://www.jeffreywigand.com/index.php
I watch this movie twice and just now in Star Movies..I watched it because there was no other good movies and I want to recall the movie back in my head.Starred by Al Pacino and Russell Crowe a year before Gladiator hits the box office. I recommend for those who haven’t see yet this movie, see it first and then go to Dr Wigan website.
I will not do movie reviews from now on because its out of the way of this blog purposes.I just wanna show Dr Wigan website that I found.
Around the Web, Inspira
Wigan went ahead with a Emile Heskey goal, and Villa could possibly have expected to have come away with more when Wigan went down to 10 men when Antonio Valencia was sent off due to that tackle on Wilfred Bouma.Villa enjoyed the majority of the possession and laid on the pressure, but Wigan defended well and the goals didnt come. Early in the second half Gabby Agbonlahor scored again for Aston Villa, but no lead was gained by the home side.When any team is ahead and loses a player, they are bound to sit back and defend. Villa just dont seem to have that depth and quality of side right now to penetrate during this kind of situation.Maybe if we are lucky and Randy Lerner & Martin O'Neill can attract the right players during the summer then next season will be a different story. Villa did well to get back in the game, but should have put the chances away and come away with all 3 points.we had our oppportunities, but the goals and the points just didnt come. Are we safe yet? too soon to
Aston Villa take on Wigan at Villa Park 1 week from now. I think we can do a number on these boys and take the full 3 points.after the battling display against Everton tonight, gaining a point, and with another run out against Blackburn on Saturday, i think we will be more than ready to take on and win against Wigan Athletic next week.7 games to go until the end of the season, and we can't afford a slip up. Come on Villa; Blackburn and Wigan next up - We can take these lot on, and come away with the spoils.Aston Villa Lottery syndicate http://www.VillaLotto.com or villalotto.blogspot.com
Taken from Premierleague.comEngland squad striker Darren Bent rifled home an 86th-minute penalty to clinch three priceless points for Charlton Athletic at The Valley.The crucial Barclays Premiership relegation clash seemed destined for a draw until Fitz Hall was penalised by referee Peter Walton for his challenge on Marcus Bent.And Darren Bent made no mistake from the spot as he easily beat goalkeeper John Filan to fire his 12th goal of the season.Charlton showed just one change to the side that beat Newcastle United 2-0 with Dennis Rommedahl replacing Marcus Bent, who was brought on at the interval following a below-par half from the misfiring Dane.Skipper Darren Bent overcame the knee injury that forced him to miss England’s Euro 2008 qualifiers while Alexandre Song recovered from his hamstring problem in time to make the starting line-up.Leighton Baines, Lee McCulloch and Hall all returned from suspension for Wigan while Caleb Folan overcame his ankle problem to partner Emile Hesk
Afternoon all; a short post regarding Wigan & Bolton.
So, another comeback is needed at the Emirates stadium to ensure we stay unbeaten at our new home and to keep the pressure on Liverpool who are now just 1 point ahead of us. We also have a game in hand.
A couple of quick points regarding yesterday’s game:
1) Henry was out of order - I know that Wigan were time-wasting but there was no need for Henry to do what he did after the first goal. He’s the Captain and should lead by example.
2) Mad Jens was also in the wrong but wasn’t it funny?! And how many keepers have managed to get 5 cards in season before?! I can’t think of any off the top of my head. It rather conveniently keeps him out of the Carling cup final….
3) Flamini is a very lucky boy. You only have to look at the Senderos incident last weekend to see how another ref could have reacted to the little ‘tug’. But saying that why didn’t Heskey stay on his feet and try and pu
BBC is largely devoid of any defensive cover which is surprising as unless I have missed something, Connolly is fit and could fulfill that role for the first team. However, Arsene seems to know what he is doing and assuming that the notoriously unreliable Beeb are right, the team I foresee starting is:
Lehmann; Hoyte, Toure, Djourou, Clichy; Walcott, Fabrega, Gilberto, Rosicky; Adebayor, Henry
with a bench of:
Almunia, Flamini, Aliadiere, Baptista, Traore
I suspect that Gilberto is deemed to be the cover for either Toure or Djourou whilst an injury to Hoyte may well see Flamini increase his repetoire of positions filled at Arsenal to right-back as well, although I have a feeling that he has carried out those duties already. At my advancing years though, the memory is one of the first faculties to go although typing is not far behind because I am all fingers and thumbs in doing this. And you will have to forgive any spelling errors because I cannot get things right.
Anyway, I digress.
This Sunday sees the first visit of comedy pie-eaters Wigan to the Emirates. Most Arsenal fans will have fond memories of their last trip to London where they had the great honour of being the last team to play at Highbury. They also did us a favour by rolling over to a 4-2 defeat gifting us three points and Champions League football, leaving our impoverished neighbours live on channel 5 every Thursday night.
The Latics have been on a dreadful run of late but are coming to London off the back of a morale-boosting 1-0 victory over Porstmouth. They are also buoyed by the return of lumbering target man Emile Heskey, England U21 international left back Leighton Baines and Calamity Chris Kirkland to the squad.
However we have a rare piece of good injury news ourselves with Abou Diaby and Julio Baptista available for the game. Alexander Hleb, Willy Gallas, Freddie and Emmanuel Eboue remain on the treatment table. Also unavailable is Swiss Tony&nb
flangracneig pgoramian First of all, thanks for all the kind comments regarding the hidden post. We sat down and sorted out any tension there was between said person and myself. Out of respect for this person, the password won’t be given out to anybody else.
Onto happier matters, yesterday I made the short trip to Llanelian Road, to watch Colwyn Bay vs. Buxton. Buxton were top of the league, and The Mighty Seagulls haven’t won in 8. Was there going to be a demoloshing?
Not exactly.
In conditions that Ray Mears would find challenging, Colwyn Bay scored a goal in either half. What was impressive was our second half performance, playing against the wind, against a team that have only lost 3 times all season. I’ll probably get pneumonia in the next few days, but by god I went home happy - if quite tipsy.
One person who won’t be happy will be Mark Lawrenson, who’s 2-0 prediction of the Chelsea Wigan game was unsuprisingly wrong.
Chelsea won the game, but they
Chelsea had dropped points in an earlier draw with Reading, leaving United 4 points clear. Ferguson had dropped a number of stars, giving the reserves a run against an unfancied Wigan side.
Rio, Neville, Ronaldo, Giggs and Saha were replaced with Silvestre, Brown, Fletcher, Park and Ole. Although we had the better of the exchanges in the first half, Rooney squandered a number of good opportunities to give us the lead.
Second half, cue Ronaldo. He replaced Fletcher at half time and within 6 minutes of the restart had scored 2 goals. The first from a corner which resulted in a headed goal, and the second from the spot. He's first shot was initially saved by the keeper but he scored from the rebound.
Ole scored the third goal from a counter in the 60th minute, after Rooney's header had put him thru to face the keeper.
Like on Saturday, Wigan were valiant but ineffective. However in the spirit of Christmas, the ever generous Silvestre gifted a penalty to Wigan in injury time, when he fou
After a terrible first half, a Rooney-inspired United scored thrice to pull clear at the top of the table in an early kickoff.
Wigan scored early in the first half and had United on the backpaddle. We obviously didn't help ourselves by playing some really uninspired football. There was no flair, no width and no idea in our play. Quite frankly when the half time whistle came, I was pretty much ready to call it a day and go to bed. Luckily my girlfriend was using it, if not I would have missed the second half. The only bright spark in that terrible first half was a determined effort by Rooney which struck the crossbar.
The second half started with Giggs replacing Wes Brown and inspiring some really sweet attacking play from United. It was literally a reverse from the way we played in the first half. Our attacking movement was crisp and quick, and we tore the Wigan defence apart, but failed to find the net.
However in the 60 odd minutes, we found the opening when Vidic scored from a corn
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