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Stop wailing, Whelan!

Wigan win will be even sweeter, says FanZone's Nick Colling

Posted: 27th November 2009 16:44

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Stop wailing, Whelan!

Campbell: will come good at Wigan

Why do we care what Dave Whelan thinks? He's doing the honourable thing and protecting his manager from the papers and I respect that, but we will still make his Wigan boys look like a bunch of mudslingers come 3pm on Saturday.

Sunderland FanZoner Nick Colling
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I'm going to tell a little story about last year's trip to Wigan this week, purely to embarrass one of my mates.

Last year we agreed in advance that Wigan away would be one of the games to take in, having already done Villa it seemed like the thing to do. All was looking well as he picked me up from my house with the bacon sandwiches at the ready.

As we set off, he noticed that the fuel gauge was low and that seeing as he was borrowing his girlfriend's car we decided to do the right thing and fill it up for her.

Unfortunately for my mate however her car was a diesel, and didn't exactly welcome the litres of petrol that were being pumped in. This became quite evident as we rabbit hopped out of the petrol station and limped down the road before he owned up.

I was fuming inside, thinking 'nice one mate, let's miss the game'. I sat there in the back for a while pretty glum at missing the game but in the end we drew and I didn't really miss much. However, this should a lesson to everyone that if you fail to prepare then prepare to fail, as Mr Keane once said.

Agony

Last week I chose not to go the game, I can't exactly remember the details of why - well, at least I'm not going to openly admit what I chose to do instead of the game - but needless to say I was in agony after missing another great win. But perhaps more importantly, another fine performance.

I said at the start of this season I expected great things from Lorik Cana and I'm not shy to state how right that prediction was; perhaps the credit should go to both of us! Another performance to be proud of against another top team, I'm loving this season, I really am.

I'm looking forward to going to Wigan this weekend, an overnight stay in Manchester promises to be fun, while the football should be interesting to say the least.

I think the result against Spurs will actually work against us and make the game far harder than it should have been. With Mr JJB coming out this week and having a pop at Brucie for some of the signings he made, I initially felt that it could be somewhat of a grudge match, but again the response from Big Steve was spot on!

Why do we care what Dave Whelan thinks? He's doing the honourable thing and protecting his manager from the papers and I respect that, but we will still make his Wigan boys look like a bunch of mudslingers come 3pm on Saturday.

The facts are simple this weekend we need to win, let's not mess about with a point or worse lose, lets go for it. Make no mistake with a depleted front line it will be very hard but we can do it. If it were me I would play Kieran Richardson just behind Fraizer Campbell instead of the waste of space that is David Healy.

I can't wait for this weekend and I just hope it's as good as last week, a point I'm sure two of my Arsenal supporting mates will agree with. Watch out for Campbell on Saturday I have a feeling he is about to say 'Hello net'...

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