Wigan More Important Than Madrid?
Roberto Martinez’s Wigan, then. A team not so much nailed to the foot of the table as secured there with a length of ragged old Velcro; still favourites for the drop but by no means cut adrift. It’s tighter than Mickey Rourke’s face down there at the moment, with just a single three points enough to jettison the Latics into 13th or somewhere awfully close. And their form’s not what you’d paint as relegation, either; undefeated in three out of the last four and conquistadors of fellow strugglers Blackburn and Birmingham along the way. Yeah, that’s right. Stats coming at you like hot sauce.
For us it’s the conundrum of knowing that a win is vital in the hunt for 4th while keeping half a peeper on midweek’s impossibly glamorous trip to Madrid. To rest or not to rest. Not, is the answer. Señor Roberto might insist that any moth-eaten Tottenham side could show up tomorrow and cause considerable mischief, eagle-eyed viewers among you will have noticed that League exploits this season haven’t exactly been master classes in flat-track bullying. Wolves, Blackpool, West Ham, Wigan. All supposed cake walks, all made devilishly hard work of. Squad rotation is not quite a luxury we can yet employ, with regret, so it’s full-strength all the way. Kranjcar in for the injured Bale, Bassong in for the likewise Gallas; job’s a good ‘en. Worry about Los Blancos later. What say you?
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