Chelsea Dagger

If you told me when Latics got promoted to the Premiership in 2005, that it would take us 35 attempts to beat one of the so-called ‘Big Four’ I would have said ‘Bollocks, we won’t get to play them 35 times!’ But we have and finally at the 35th attempt we beat one of them, as we ended Chelsea's 100% record and knocked them off the top of the table, whilst climbing into the top half ourselves. Every Latics fan has described it as a 'joy to watch' and hopefully this result will attract more Wiganers to the DW Stadium

Titus Bramble, Hugo Rodallega and Paul Scharner scored the goals in an historic win, but to be fair it’s hard to pick out an individual performance, as all the players worked hard across the pitch to grab our first win against one of the best sides in Europe. One player I have been impressed with however, is Hendry Thomas. He seems to be very much like the departed Lee Cattermole, but better on the ball and a lot quicker.

Of course some deluded muppets are coming out with ‘we should be beating lesser teams like Wigan’ and ‘the ref is a cheat’. But to be fair to the lot from West London, the moaners have been in a minority and the rest have been gracious and admitted Latics had outplayed them and deserved to win. Bloody hell, what’s going on? We beat a top four side, the ref gives us a penalty, sends off their keeper and we’re getting praise all round! It’s crazy but very welcome!

All credit must go to Roberto Martinez, as his team has finally shown what he’s been talking about all summer. We’ve had a tough few games - being beaten 5-0 by Man Utd and 4-0 by Arsenal, but who really expected us to win them games? We’ve played 7 games and 5 of those have been against teams that finished in the top 6 last season. We’re 3 points better off than from what most people expect us to be and we’re only a win or two away from breaking into the top 6 ourselves.

Our style of play has changed and so has our squad. It takes time to get everything settled and even Bob admits everything still isn’t 100%. Can you imagine us when we do hit top gear? Blimey, I can’t wait!

I was ashamed to read that some of our very own Interweb warriors were calling for Bob’s head a few weeks ago, something which was totally bang out of order and just plain stupid. Thankfully these snakes seemed to have slithered off and hopefully the proper fans will get behind the lads as we travel to Hull next week.

Up the Latics!

Taken from my personal blog - Sex and the Mudhuts