White Hart Lane: Bad reading for Latics fans
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Latics squad offer refunds after rout
Wigan Athletic's players are to refund fans' tickets for Sunday's humiliating 9-1 reverse at Tottenham in the Premier League.
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A White Hart Lane horrorshow saw Roberto Martinez's side endure the proverbial run-around in the capital.
Having had time to assess their performance in North London, Wigan's players have come to the decision to refund their travelling supporters.
Captain Mario Melchiot accepts the level of their performance was unacceptable and hopes this gesture at least partially atones for such a heavy defeat.
"We feel that as a group of players we badly let down our supporters yesterday, and this is a gesture we have to make and pay them back for their tremendous loyalty," read a statement from Melchiot on the club's official website.
"There is not a lot else to say, just that as a group of professionals we were embarrassed by the way we performed, we feel it was below our standards and this is something we feel we owe to the fans.
"Now we have to draw a line under the game, focus completely on training this week and bounce back on Saturday.
"We are professionals, we will take it on the chin and move on but it's important that we do not take our supporters for granted."
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alfried1983 (Tottenham Hotspur fan)
"pescue (Blackburn Rovers fan) nice to see a rovers fan supporting cheating, so its ok to cheat as long as it doesnt affect the game? but i suppose what else should i expect from the team that diouf. it suprises me that you say spurs fans are disliked. i very rarely come across that. maybe just jealousy. by the way, nice to see you guys performing way above expectations this season so far! "
pescue (Blackburn Rovers fan)
"Great gesture by Wigan, you should be very proud of your squad. Nice to see Spurs fans cant miss having a dig at Scharner... because that goal made all the difference. Just for the record this story is about Wigan players giing money to wigan fans, not some stupid pointless goal decision, but hey you wouldn't be spurs fans without being disliked by everyone else..."
alicante (Bolton Wanderers fan)
"Bolton players read on ... this is what a bunch of professinal players do for their fans not sit wineging like old women in the dressing rooms.
Would take the honesty of your players for our lot any day. Good luck for the season."
alfried1983 (Tottenham Hotspur fan)
"this is very nice but im still yet to hear and admission/apology from scharner re the blatent handball he used to get a goal. disgusting"
Salter (Ipswich Town fan)
"Respect to Wigan"
agenblue (Tottenham Hotspur fan)
"Respect for the the Wigan players, good move. Not a lot of teams are man enough to turn up for boss to shout at, look how many chance newcastle had last season and they didn't do it once. "
Spurs.DK (Tottenham Hotspur fan)
"A great gesture By Wigan's players. Latics fans should be proud of their players for coming forward with this move, when they could easily hae said little to nothing and carried on business as usual. Respect Wigan."
longy78 (Millwall fan)
"I have to wonder, if Wigan had propper support would the players have offered. After all how much is it gonna cose the players to refund 10 tickets ?"
longy78 (Millwall fan)
"Millwall hosted a Help for Hero's day at the Den Saturday and after our woeful performance against Wycombe I think our squad should donate their money to the help for hero's charity."
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