Wednesday 15 May 2013

Mixed Emotions

This must be a very strange time for Wigan fans. When thy celebrated their excellent FA cup win, they were painfully aware of a nagging and less pleasant appointment to come. As has often been seen raising ones game for a big day is a different prospect for the minnows to maintaining it ov a 38 games season. Just a couple  more performances like the one against City and it would have been one of the under performing giants that took the dive. In have no personal grudges against Villla, Fulham, Sunderland or Newcastle but it was sheer negligence that put them within reach of the drop.

When it comes to anti climax let down seasons at least Wigan have the Cup. I remember a glum season in the early 90's where Palace conspired to 'finish in the last 4 of every competition they entered.' So we had the pleasure of being beaten semi finalists in both the League and FA cups plus being 4th from bottom of the Premier. Any other season that would have at least given us the joy of top flight survival. That year, to shrink the top flight it had been decreed that that bottom four would go. I think we even conspired to prolong our cup agony by taking Man U to a replay in the FA cup semi. We finally lost having let in a sloppy goal at the corner. Apparently partly due to Iain Dowie being off the pitch having his contact lense adjusted. Typical Dowie, disappearing when you need him most.

Apart from Cardiff none of the potential promotion sides this year have convinced. Leicester and Palace limped into the playoffs on the back of poor runs. Watford surrendered the automatic slot in a similar manner, and well Hull are workmanlike. If Wigan can keep their heads they should bounce back. The other relegated teams have been shockingly poor and will not greatly improve the gene pool of a division that is flatteringly called 'competitive.'

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