"I am hoping we will get the rub of the green sooner rather than later"

Iain Dowie, the Latics boss brushed aside speculation that he was joining Crystal Palace and heaped praise on his players after the loss at Colchester. Dowie said, “It is nice that players from the opposing team said we deserved to win the game but we didn’t get the points at the end of the day. The boys can hold up their heads because, technically, our play was bright and we should have won. I am hoping we will get the rub of the green sooner rather than later. It is no use feeling sorry for ourselves, there is no point moping about. We have to crack on, be tough and strong and keep our chins up because we have a big game against QPR on Saturday.”