Tottenham Hotspur 4 v 0 Wigan Athletic
Saturday 11th November 2007
Sunday away @ the Lane and one for Latics fans not to remember on this Poppy day of 2007. Even with David Cotterill making a rare start, Marcus Bent was the only one upfront as per is the norm of late so it was no surprise that Spurs strolled to a two nil lead before the half hour mark was up.
New boss on the block Juande Ramos must be thinking that the Premiership is a doddle as woeful Wigan lay down and died.
Shocking defending led to all the goals, with severe lack of concentration and commitment being a ever consistent problem.
Unlucky for Wigan the hosts took control on with the opener coming in the 13th minute.
Robbie Keane was fed the ball on the left by Malbranque before taking the proverbial out of Granqvist on the byline. The resulting cross should have been easily sorted by Kirkland buta bad error effort could not prevent Jenas scoring his first of two by tapping in on the line.
Berbatov started to enjoy himself as nearly all the Bulgarian's flicks and tricks were coming off. Dimitar set up the next two goals, the first of which came after another 13 minutes, Robbie Keane was definately offside when Berbatov's through ball was made, however Jenas had made a run on the blindside of a slow acting Wigan defence and he sauntered past Kirkland before scoring past Kevin Kilbane on the goalline.
34 minutes in and a rout looked likely as Englands No1 launched a mega kick onto Berbatov who slipped the ball onto Neil Lennon who controlled it with his first touch & scored with a cracking volley towards the far post. Antoine Sibierski came on for the ineffectiual Welsh winger Dave Cotterill but all Latics had to offer was hopeful high balls in the vague diection of Tottenhams goals.
Jenas should have had a hat-trick a minute before the break, he ran onto yet another Berbatov fick but he shot a lick of paint the wrong side of the post from Spurs point of view.
The second half was a real worry for the travelling faithfull, just how many goals would Spurs go on and get ? As it was, thankfully just the one but the half started badly when Keane lobbed over when he was sent thro' as the Cockerals refused to sit back. Chimbonda made Kirkland save at his near post, & Kirland saved well from Lennons rasping drive but Spurs Bent added the last nail in the coffin 17 minutes before the end, his shot hit the post after two goal hero JJ had threaded him through.
Howard Webb was the ref, we couldn't blame him, the team has to take the collective responsibility for one of our poorest performances in the Premiership.
Latics fans bemoaned the board on Five Live, allegedly only two turned up and PJ who wants Chris Hutchings as his assistant has allegedly asked for sky high wages and been turned down by the club. Smokescreen tittle tattle but rumours abound about our club, meanwhile taken from the BBC website..........
Wigan caretaker boss Frank Barlow's views on the 4-0 defeat
"The scoreline was a fair reflection of the match - very fair. We were very disappointing, and contributed to a couple of their goals, while Spurs were outstanding at times.
"We knew before today the position we're in - and this result only compounds that. We can't afford to wait for a new manager to come in and wave a magic wand, we have to sort ourselves out now.
"We have to be fit, passionate and determined to turn things around because this team is capable of staying in this league."
Kirkland , Taylor , Melchiot, Bramble, Scharner, Granqvist, Skoko (Brown 64), Kilbane, Landzaat, Cotterill (Sibierski 39), Bent.
Subs Not Used: Pollitt, Hall, Olembe.
Sunday away @ the Lane and one for Latics fans not to remember on this Poppy day of 2007. Even with David Cotterill making a rare start, Marcus Bent was the only one upfront as per is the norm of late so it was no surprise that Spurs strolled to a two nil lead before the half hour mark was up.
New boss on the block Juande Ramos must be thinking that the Premiership is a doddle as woeful Wigan lay down and died.
Shocking defending led to all the goals, with severe lack of concentration and commitment being a ever consistent problem.
Unlucky for Wigan the hosts took control on with the opener coming in the 13th minute.
Robbie Keane was fed the ball on the left by Malbranque before taking the proverbial out of Granqvist on the byline. The resulting cross should have been easily sorted by Kirkland buta bad error effort could not prevent Jenas scoring his first of two by tapping in on the line.
Berbatov started to enjoy himself as nearly all the Bulgarian's flicks and tricks were coming off. Dimitar set up the next two goals, the first of which came after another 13 minutes, Robbie Keane was definately offside when Berbatov's through ball was made, however Jenas had made a run on the blindside of a slow acting Wigan defence and he sauntered past Kirkland before scoring past Kevin Kilbane on the goalline.
34 minutes in and a rout looked likely as Englands No1 launched a mega kick onto Berbatov who slipped the ball onto Neil Lennon who controlled it with his first touch & scored with a cracking volley towards the far post. Antoine Sibierski came on for the ineffectiual Welsh winger Dave Cotterill but all Latics had to offer was hopeful high balls in the vague diection of Tottenhams goals.
Jenas should have had a hat-trick a minute before the break, he ran onto yet another Berbatov fick but he shot a lick of paint the wrong side of the post from Spurs point of view.
The second half was a real worry for the travelling faithfull, just how many goals would Spurs go on and get ? As it was, thankfully just the one but the half started badly when Keane lobbed over when he was sent thro' as the Cockerals refused to sit back. Chimbonda made Kirkland save at his near post, & Kirland saved well from Lennons rasping drive but Spurs Bent added the last nail in the coffin 17 minutes before the end, his shot hit the post after two goal hero JJ had threaded him through.
Howard Webb was the ref, we couldn't blame him, the team has to take the collective responsibility for one of our poorest performances in the Premiership.
Latics fans bemoaned the board on Five Live, allegedly only two turned up and PJ who wants Chris Hutchings as his assistant has allegedly asked for sky high wages and been turned down by the club. Smokescreen tittle tattle but rumours abound about our club, meanwhile taken from the BBC website..........
Wigan caretaker boss Frank Barlow's views on the 4-0 defeat
"The scoreline was a fair reflection of the match - very fair. We were very disappointing, and contributed to a couple of their goals, while Spurs were outstanding at times.
"We knew before today the position we're in - and this result only compounds that. We can't afford to wait for a new manager to come in and wave a magic wand, we have to sort ourselves out now.
"We have to be fit, passionate and determined to turn things around because this team is capable of staying in this league."
Kirkland , Taylor , Melchiot, Bramble, Scharner, Granqvist, Skoko (Brown 64), Kilbane, Landzaat, Cotterill (Sibierski 39), Bent.
Subs Not Used: Pollitt, Hall, Olembe.
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