Tottenham Hotspur v Wigan Athletic: Martinez faces another spanking
It must be a great time to be a Spurs fan. Harry Redknapp’s are in the Champions League proper, are playing some fantastic football and this weekend they welcome the whipping boys of Wigan to the Lane.
To say Roberto Martinez has had a poor start to the season is an understatement. Thrashed on the opening day by Blackpool, Wigan then crumbled to the champions Chelsea. Now they return to the scene of their worst result in the top flight and no-one gives the visitors a hope in hell of recording their first points of the season here.
Only the heroics of Manchester City’s Joe Hart on the opening day of the season denied Tottenham a winning start to the new campaign but then they have to give Champions League hero Peter Crouch a big hand for ensuring they took all three points at Stoke last weekend following his late goal line clearance.
Spurs put nine past Wigan last time out and no-one other than our resident Wigan fan, Alan Moore, can see the visitors leaving the Lane with anything other than a hiding.
Tottenham Hotspur v Wigan Athletic; Kick off 3pm 28 Aug 2010
Prediction Panel
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Arsenal |
Don McMahon |
3 |
V |
0 |
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Aston Villa |
Lynette Ranson |
2 |
V |
0 |
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Birmingham |
Steve Coulter |
4 |
V |
0 |
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Blackburn |
Terry Kennedy |
4 |
V |
0 |
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Blackpool |
Phil Trow |
4 |
V |
0 |
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Bolton |
Dave Blackburn |
4 |
V |
0 |
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Chelsea |
Joe Tyler |
3 |
V |
0 |
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Everton |
Chris Goodwin |
4 |
V |
1 |
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Fulham |
Russell Goldman |
4 |
V |
0 |
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Liverpool |
Mark Williams |
2 |
V |
0 |
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Man City |
Callum Rothwell |
3 |
V |
1 |
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Man Utd |
Peter Lee |
4 |
V |
0 |
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Newcastle |
Michael Stout |
3 |
V |
0 |
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Stoke City |
Philip Eccleston |
4 |
V |
0 |
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Sunderland |
Tony Ratton |
3 |
V |
0 |
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Tottenham |
Dave Nash |
3 |
V |
0 |
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West Brom |
Andy Wakeman |
1 |
V |
0 |
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West Ham |
Nigel Telfer |
4 |
V |
0 |
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Wigan |
Alan Moore |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Wolves |
Chris Cox |
5 |
V |
0 |
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OUR EXPERTS |
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Editor |
Antony Melvin |
4 |
V |
1 |
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Writer |
Colin Illingworth |
6 |
V |
0 |
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Writer |
Hugh Larkin |
2 |
V |
0 |
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Writer |
Paul Grech |
4 |
V |
0 |
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Pompey fan |
Dan Taylor |
5 |
V |
1 |
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Boro fan |
Sue Gardener |
3 |
V |
1 |
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Pompey fan |
Peter Rendle |
3 |
V |
0 |
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West Ham fan |
Matthew Beeby |
4 |
V |
0 |
Panel Verdict
The Panel believes Spurs are going to give Wigan another drubbing.
Home: 27; Away: 0; Draw: 1.
* Do we have it right, or do you know better? Please don't bother with derisory comments on the predictions after the match - unless you also pulled us up before it!
