"We've only got ten men....."

Wigan Athletic 1 - 0 Bolton Scumderers

12th in the league now, are we now classed as 'mid table'?

The biggest talking point of the match really was the referee. I very much doubt he'll be refereeing a premier league match again anytime soon so i hope he enjoyed it. Straight from kick off Emile Heskey got smacked in the face by the ball, soon as we kicked off again Koumas went in for a challenge and got sent off. It was the most farsical sending off i've seen in ages, and wasn't deserved at all. After that set back we adapted quite well. The referee got every decision wrong this afternoon for both teams, he really didn't have a clue. It's a good job the linesmen were there to make sure he got some things right.

We dominated the first half and were rewarded with an Emile Heskey goal, yes you heard it right, Emile Heskey scoring his 2nd in god knows how many games. He's lucky that Marlon Kings so crap and the flacks getting deflected off him for a while. Just before the goal we had a Paul Scharner effort 'cleared off the line' apparantly it was over the line but i'll have to see on MOTD later on.

Second half was a different story. Bolton came out the better team and threatened our goal quite a bit, the defence held steady though and Chris Kirkland made some great saves. Marlon King finally got subbed and was replaced by Kevin Kilbane. Good tactical move by Bruce as this left Heskey up front on his own and gave us a bit more steel in our midfield. We were never going to get another goal, the main aim was to stop Bolton scoring, and we did exactly that.

Good 3 points and pay back for that 4-1 drubbing at the Shitbok.