Interview: Wigan fans

We caught up again with George Chilvers who runs The Ultimate Wigan Athletic Website for his views on the season so far and his prediction for this weekend's match at the Cottage. I always think the opinion of another team's supporters normally gives a pretty fair assessment of how a side is generally perceived so I think George's comments make particularly interesting reading. As usual, our thanks go to him for his time.

Q. When we last spoke you were quite optimistic about your start to the season. How are you feeling now?
A. Disappointed with the way things have gone. I’m still convinced we have the players with the technical ability, but somehow they've been performing below par. We have a long run of defeats behind us (hopefully behind us) but that has included ‘The Big Four’. This Xmas period is really important to us with games against teams we would hope to pick points up against.

Q. Are you pleased you’ve got Steve Bruce? What does he bring you?
A. Yes, very much so. He brings experience of relegation fights and I get the impression he'll be sorting out the underperformers.

Q. How important is getting a result at Fulham to you this weekend? There’s a bit of fan unrest at the moment at Fulham and this match is being seen by many as make or break time for Lawrie Sanchez.
A. It's very important for us and we do see this as a chance to pick up much needed away points (sorry!). We need to start picking up points now and move out of the bottom three.

Q. Where do you think you’ll end up this season?
A. A few places above the drop, say 14th - 16th.

Q. Who do you think will go down?
Derby obviously, and then any two of Sunderland, yourselves I'm afraid and Middlesbrough.

Q. Finally, what do you believe the score will be on Saturday?
A. 2-0 to us if we play like we did last week, 0-5 to you if we play like we did at Bolton.
Cheers (and I hope I’m wrong in question 5).