Us v Wigan pre-match thread

[UK Redsox]

It would be good to see Tish have a run out. If not, I'd like to see Leo in front of GG and Jedi rather than Pointy

[darren woolley]

I reckon we will win this 2-0.

[damon loves JT]

I reckon we will win this 2-0.

I reckon you could be right there D-dogg

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

I'm confident Bruce won't make the same mistakes he made last game and so will not play Gestede and Gardner.

Grealish will come in for Gardner and I think he'll either pick Ayew (hopefully) or Gabby instead of Gestede with Kodjia central.

Hopefully he'll try Tshibola instead of Westwood, but not sure he will (why does he seem to hate Tshibola so much?).

Is Baker back? I'm not a big fan of Captain Calamity Elphick.

A comfortable win for us I think.

[maigrait]

2-1 to the good guys...

[olaftab]

I'd forgotten that Bruce used to be their manager. Twice

Once for full 18 days.

[JD]

This is the game that we finally break the shackles and start to set up the rest of the season. I reckon it will be 6-1 to us.

[manic-road]

3-1 win and continue to move up the league.

[Matt Collins]

Wigan don't seem to score or concede many at all, with the odd exception

We don't either

2-0 with a late goal

[ADVILLAFAN]

Going by past history they will probably win this. Both teams seem to hate playing at home against the other.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Wigan is still the town I've lived the longest, and I love the place.

I have disliked Wigan ever since I ate something described as Pea & Ham soup in a cafe there in 2007. It is without doubt the worst food I have ever tasted. Even worse than the lukewarm pie I purchased at Gigg Lane in 1968 and the manky chips I had at Boundary Park in 1971.
Don't they know how to prepare basic food up there ? It's grim up North !

On a positive note. Despite the disgusting fayre on offer we did win that day in 2007 and I predict the same 2-1 scoreline at VP this Saturday. 

[Nelson Lodge]

Played only 16 League games vs Wigsn. From October 2005 to March 2013.
Won 5 Drawn 6 Lost 5

As others have posted Home record at VP against them is dreadful.
Won only 1. Drawn 3. Lost 4 ! Goals, For 4: Against 11

Horses for courses so Wigan to end this season's unbeaten home run 1-2.


To complete the record at their place Villa have
Won 4 Drawn 3 Lost 1. Goals, For 14 Against 8.

[cdward]

I would like us to go at them from the kick off, and use our strength up front.
Bruce has had his new manager bounce, and has restored the confidence in the team so we are no longer conceding daft goals.
Now we need to start turning draws into 3 points to move up the league towards the play offs.
Would I settle for a draw? No, we need to start winning these games.
The next 6 games we should be aiming for 14+ points, a points haul of 10 or less and we will probably be in this league for another season.

3-0 to us. Kodija x 2, Grealish.
Time to turn up the heat

[levico]

We'll we SHOULD win this one but I have a gut feeling that they may sneak it.

Fear not, I'm usually wrong.

[Jon Crofts]

We'll fuck the fuckers