But five months later,Coyle was fired and the replacement is a face who will want to forget about Doncaster's promotion more than anyone else-Brentford boss Uwe Rösler.
Rösler has since been unbeaten in the league as the Wigan boss.This will make matters tough on Saturday.
THE GROUND-THE DW STADIUM
The DW was built in 1999.Until the demise of JJB Sports,the stadium was called the JJB Stadium.The ground was renamed in 2009 after the initials of chairman and former player Dave Whelan.
It was the smallest stadium in the Premier League with a capacity of 25,000.In 2008,Wigan Warriors RFC agreed a groundshare with the football club and play their home games at the DW,when Wigan Athletic don't play.
THE GAFFER-UWE RÖSLER
East German Rösler has had a varied career both in Germany,England and briefly in Norway where he coached.
After he worked for the secret police in the Eastern side of Germany as a teenager,he joined Leipzig as a trialist before he went to Dinamo Dresden as a young adult.His big move came in 1994 to Manchester City and his reputation grew for his skills as a midfielder.
He left City in 1998.He went back to Germany to have spells at Kaiserslautern and a club in Berlin.He returned to Southampton in 2000 and then to Norway's Lillestrøm,but he fell ill with cancer.
He recovered from cancer and his coaching badges.Lillestrøm made him their boss in 2005 and won the league with them.He then moved to Viking in 2006 and left in 2009,citing personal reasons.His next managerial post was for a few months at Molde but he was sacked.
He retuned to England again for Brentford in League One.Playoff finals came and the big singings.He came within one penalty of the Championship in April 2013,but it was missed and Rovers infamously capitalised on the mistake to score.Best not remind him.
When Coyle left,Rösler became Wigan manager in December 2013.He is currently unbeaten in the league.
SIX OF THE BEST
ALI AL HABSI-GOALKEEPER
Captain of the Oman international team goalkeeper Ali had trained to be a fireman but wanted to pursue a career in football.He has played for Oman 101 times.
He first came to England to play for Bolton in 2006 from Norway's Lyn Oslo.He left them for Wigan in 2010 on a three-year-deal and was a key member of the team.
GARY CALDWELL-DEFENDER
Aged 31,Caldwell was a key for the defensive unit and was another one of the Celtic recruitments,along with Shaun Maloney,in 2010.
His family of footballing links is impressive.His brother Steven lives and plays in Canada for Toronto FC and,coincidentally,he has two younger brothers who actually trialled at Wigan!
NICK POWELL-MIDFIELDER
Nick is still 20 years old but he has made a rapid rise in terms of league status.
He was at his hometown club Crewe for seven years after joining as a kid.He was strong in Crewe's promotion push and scored their winner at Wembley,only to move to Manchester United in 2012.
Despite scoring in the league,he's been loaned out to Wigan to get experience.
ROGER ESPINOZA-MIDFIELDER
Honduran Roger was an unknown talent before he arrived to Roberto Martinez's side in January 2013.
He had spent over five years in the USA for Kansas City Wizards but agreed a deal with Wigan in 2013.A work permit was agreed and he moved to England.
GRANT HOLT-STRIKER
Grant's performances for Norwich were fantastic in the strikeforce.He moved to Wigan for £2,000,000 for Owen Coyle's recruitment mission to get back in the big time.He has since been loaned out to Aston Villa.
NICKY MAYNARD-STRIKER
Maynard could make his debut on Saturday after joining on loan from Ole Gunnar Solskjær's Cardiff City.
No comments:
Post a Comment