On air, analysts replayed the numbers and former players joined in debating their chances.
Every programme seemed to have someone explaining why the run couldn't continue, especially when they looked towards the fixture everyone was already looking forward to.
Wigan had won ten in a row, but now, it was time for them to face up against their biggest challenge yet, one of the most decorated clubs in English football history with the German tactician at the helm.
That morning, the first thing Leo heard was his phone vibrating against his pillow.
He opened one eye, searching for the phone that kept on pinging muffledly.
Leo reached for the phone without lifting his head from the pillow and squinted at the screen.
A lot of the notifications were ones he didn't really have the mind to read at that time of the day for him, but a lot of the notifications were also from the Wigan players' group chat.
Dawson:
