Off the back of another terrible defeat Athletic unsurprisingly sit rock bottom of the League with a goal difference of -10, not even the worst team in Premier League history, the Derby County side of 2007/8 can lay claim to such an abysmal start.
Chris Kirkland concedes yet another goal
In Roberto Martinez's first season as Wigan boss last year the Lancashire side suffered the occasional huge defeat, most notably the 9-1 embarrassment at White Hart Lane and a final day 8-0 loss to Chelsea. These were seen by most people as blips in an otherwise mundane season and generally it was considered that Wigan were playing an attractive style of football and improving under Martinez's tutelage. However, with ten goals put past Chris Kirkland in the first hundred and eighty minutes of the season Wigan's fans must be seriously concerned about their teams prospects over the coming 36 fixtures.
Perhaps the problem lies in the hands of the manager, Martinez who is only in his third full season as a manager, having gained just one years experience before moving to the DW with Swansea. Is the Spaniards lack of managerial experience and the even thinner finances available at his disposable starting to prove catastrophic for the predominantly Rugby League centred town?
Even though the season is in its embryonic stages it is already looking like this could be the year when Dave Whelan's dream could take it's first backward steps with relegation from the holy grail of the Premier League. Wigan's normally Mr reliable, Kirkland was responsible for two of the four goals against Blackpool and doesn't look like the one time future England No.1 any more and arguably Athletic's most talented player, Chalres N'Zogbia looks certain to leave within days, the future does not look bright. The fact that selling Titus Bramble to Sunderland in the summer is looking like a regrettable decision already sums up the problems that Wigan Athletic seem to have this season.
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