Wigan Athletic News 24/7Writer: worbo 
Date:Sunday August 3 2008
Time: 11:43AM
UK time is: 03:52:51
Choose your club
Other Sites
Network Navigation
Vital Partners
'If It's Football, It's Vital'
Wigan Athletic - Sunday Reaction 'The Zaki Affect`
Latics met Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough yesterday in their latest preseason friendly and came away with an exciting 3-2 victory, the team had a good competitive run out and the new away kit was unveiled.
Significantly though an Egyptian loan signing scored the last goal of the game after coming on as a substitue with 30 minutes remaining, that Egyptian Amr Zaki could well turn out to be the most important player in the clubs history so far.
Zaki is a player with a massive reputation back in Egypt, he is a football superstar in his home land and an international with a fantastic strike rate, if he can carry that strike rate into the Premier League then no doubt the Latics will enjoy their best ever season.
The potential goes much farther than this and it needs the club to act now.
We have three players on board, Zaki and Hondurans Maynor Figueroa and Wilson Palacios who are massive personalities in their native lands and already this site alone has seen a very large increase in activity
We have been told that Wigan Athletic IS the biggest European club in Egypt and Honduras with the interest generated by our wonderful imports, we, the Latics, are now going Global, in a big way.
Wigan Athletic supporters have been increased by millions, when Palacios signed I for one couldn`t believe the interest from Catrachos (Hondurans) in our club but that has been dwarfed by the reaction to the signing of Amr Zaki.
Zaki is, I suppose, the David Beckham of Egypt and we know what the interest is in Becks, the club needs to tap this potential and ensure that Wigan Athletic, the Latics, is a name that flows off the tongue of our Egyptian friends
Yesterday was significant because it was the start of the future, a new chapter in the history of Wigan Athletic and this chapter will be called 'The Zaki Affect`
Vital Latics
It's easy to join us at Vital Latics to register , simply click the link and enjoy getting involved
Vital F1 Prediction League - Join now for Monaco
Your Comments
Good read, worbo. I hope he'll be success in the PL. Good luck next season.
Fan of Blues
Cheers Fan of the Blues...isnt it about time you left those pensioners behind and joined our merry band ;)
worbo
No way!!! Chelsea all the way, but now with Zaki on your board, I'm starting to have a soft spot for Wigan. ;)
Fan of Blues
lol I thought you already had a soft spot for us
worbo
Well, it's a bigger spot now. ;)
Fan of Blues
Don't want to be pedantic, but it should be "The Zaki Effect".
sarahp23
No sarah you are not being pedantic but 'Affect' is what I want because it is Psychological rather than physical and therefore affecting the psyche of the club and the minds of football supporters around the world and their perception of Wigan Athletic so, you might be right you know......anyone else share some light on this
worbo
Middle-aged pedant's response: Definitely should be "effect. "Affect" is a verb, so you can affect something, but the noun would be effect - so you could have "an effect" on something. Just to confuse matters further, you can effect something, but that means something completely different. Still who cares, we're all happy about Zaki - and we all hope Barry's right about the effect of the international publicity.
lythamlatic
should be effect but this is a football site not Oxford University Press so who cares?
baskerville
Amr Zaki is our hero..Trust me..He will score amny goals this season..i am sure about that..
mczone
Well affect or effect, I suspect, that Zaki will inject, into the Latics, some fanatics, that will see our clubs tactics, be discussed by the masses, of catrachos and pharoahs, that now elect, to follow our sect, and is it al due to the Zaki effect, that had an affect?
worbo
I didn't mean to offend - was just pointing it out! Just thought you might want to change it that's all as it's a glaring error.
I think you're right about Zaki though - it's a great opportunity for the club to raise its profile it countries like Egypt, Honduras and Ecuador. The main problem is though about how they can actually go about doing that given the limited resources of the commercial/marketing team as it is. I'm sure it isn't half the size of a lot of other Premier League clubs. Perhaps the best marketing tool could happen on the pitch - I'm sure if we have a decent start and Zaki can get on the scoresheet week-in week-out then it will generate even more interest. A South American or African tour next summer wouldn't do any harm either. Alternatively, I don't think it would hurt if Whelan brought in an external branding company which has the experience and knowledge of how to raise Wigan's profile outside of the UK.
As for Zaki though, I thought he looked promising yesterday. He seems strong, willing to get stuck in and always looking to get on the end of things. There also seemed to be lots of passion there which has been lacking in other strikers we've had in recent years - notably in Camara and King. Dare I say it, but Zaki looks to be in the Graeme Jones mould - just hope he can get the goals that Jonesy scored!
sarahp23
No offence taken sarah, being a teacher I am usually the one correcting gramar! though I must stress I aint no English teacher
worbo
Which subject do you teach, worbo?
Fan of Blues
Hey lactics fans Greetings from Egypt, Zaki is not the egyptian beckham hes one of the best strikers in egypt this list includes zidan of hamburg and miso of boro but he is a fantastic player he wont stop so u really have a catch there.If u want to see our beckham just search for abu trieka if u get this guy i wont be surprised if the lactics won the premiership hes the kind of player that raises the performance of the rest of the team sort of like zidan of france but anyay congrats u took one of our best look out for egypt 2010.
oozie123
That's funny how oozie123 said Wigan would win the title if they got Abu Trieka...Au Trieka is a great play maker (the best for the last 3 years in Egypt) but he does not have the pace to play in the premiership, especially after all the knee surgeries he had...He is a very skilled player though!
masree82
Have Your Say
Recent Articles
John Motson - Latics Fans Best In Premier League (Wednesday May 22 2013)
Last Man Of The Match Vote Of The Season (Tuesday May 21 2013)
End Of An Era - Latics 2-2 Villa (Monday May 20 2013)
VIDEO: Martinez On The Highs And Lows Of Football (Monday May 20 2013)
Stats: Wigan Athletic v Aston Villa (Monday May 20 2013)
A Time To Celebrate - Latics v Villa (Sunday May 19 2013)
Shaun Maloney Man Of The Match v Arsenal (Sunday May 19 2013)
Wigan Athletic - The 12th Man - 19/05/13 (Sunday May 19 2013)
Barmpot Decision - I'm Not Frustrated - Honest (Saturday May 18 2013)
Shaun Maloney - Vital Latics POTS - The Video (Saturday May 18 2013)
Archived Articles
Vital Members League (view all)
| 1. | Oscarbon | 346 |
| 2. | Marksparko | 311 |
| 3. | worbo | 266 |
| 4. | lathamwafc | 163 |
| 5. | StuT | 158 |
| 6. | russialatic | 122 |
| 7. | hayzee | 114 |
| 8. | MadWig1 | 113 |
| 9. | scotdave | 111 |
| 10. | legolad | 98 |
League Results (view all)
| Latest Results | ||||
| Wigan | 2 | - | 2 | Aston Villa |
| Arsenal | 4 | - | 1 | Wigan |
| Wigan | 2 | - | 3 | Swansea |
| WBA | 2 | - | 3 | Wigan |
| Wigan | 2 | - | 2 | Spurs |
| West Ham | 2 | - | 0 | Wigan |
League Table (view table)
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 14. Southampton | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | -11 | 41 |
| 15. Aston Villa | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | -22 | 41 |
| 16. Newcastle | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | -23 | 41 |
| 17. Sunderland | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | -13 | 39 |
| 18. Wigan | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | -26 | 36 |
| 19. Reading | 38 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -30 | 28 |
| 20. Q.P.R. | 38 | 4 | 13 | 21 | -30 | 25 |
Breaking League News
| Liverpool: Begovic To Replace Reina?
» Liverpool : 22/05/2013 20:54:00
|
| Coates thanks friend Pulis
» Stoke : 22/05/2013 18:30:00
|
| Petrov Delighted With Assistant Coach Role
» Aston Villa : 22/05/2013 16:52:00
|
| Boateng Signs Two Year Deal
» Fulham : 22/05/2013 16:50:00
|
| Sullivan Warns Of Complacency!
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:49:00
|
| Lukaku Desire
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:48:00
|
| Carroll Withdrawal
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:47:00
|
Current Site Poll (view all polls)
|
|