Pitching Bitching

Sunday 9th March
Wigan 0 – 0 Arsenal

Latics finally got a league point off Arsenal, something which they’ve been threatening to do ever since our first season in the Premiership.

Afterwards all the media attention was on how league leaders Arsenal were held by the JJB pitch and some cheeky journalist even gave the groundsman the man of the match award! If you’re paid £60,000 a week, you should be able to play on Blackpool beach! The constant moaning from all the ‘Top 4 bummers’ is proving that our game of football as gone, probably forever. Instead we now have whinging, overpaid, undeserving ‘stars’ (and ‘fans’) who can’t even play on a bumpy pitch!

Then again, if it weren’t for a bias referee, Wigan would have had an injury time penalty, after the cheating Fabregas handballed in the box.

Earlier, Latics had kept Arsenal at bay with some great defending. Kirkland making some great saves. Nigel Spink’s appointment as goalkeeping coach has certainly done the trick hasn’t it?

Latics had chances of their own, Wilson Palacios wasting two great chances. Jason Koumas had a shot deflected wide and Valencia brought a great save out of the Arsenal keeper. But it was Fabregas, who earlier had pushed Emile Heskey into a camera (no booking), who made Kirkland make a match-saving save, then the Spanish international handballed Jason Koumas’ shot, right at the death. Yet again, nothing from the ref. As Steve Bruce said later ‘What! Wigan get a last minute penalty against Arsenal, come on!’ And he was right!

So looking on the bright side, it’s a point towards our fight against relegation, a point that nobody expected us to get. So I’m happy!

Later, it was back into Wigan, where I drink large amounts of alcohol that didn’t agree with me, as I got pissed yet again! I still had a great time though!

Next up is Bolton at home, a relegation ‘six-pointer’ if there ever was one.

See you later!

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