It all started badly when he ignored Victor Moses' plea for a stonewall penalty and moved even worse when he watched Morten Gamst Pedersen take a penalty to himself for Rovers' second goal.
Latics boss Roberto Matinez put as dimlomatic a spin on it as possible, but the crux of the situation was that Andre Mariner single handely took two points away from Wigan who deserved to be celebrating a fantastic win.
Once again this is an example of key decisions going against our football club and this needs to be addressed by the authorities.
Referee's are now professional and earn six figure salaries for the work they do. There has to be retrospective action for such an amaturish display from Mariner.
His inadequacy for the Premiership was highlighted in the single instance that he allowed Blackburn's second goal following the phantom corner from Pedersen.
In any other walk of life, Mariner would be looking long and hard at his P45 this week. Why should a referee be any different?
For however poor Mariner was, the Latics were brilliant. The annoying defensive lapses are still present and the sooner the Latics can get a settled back line the better.
Martinez baffled supporters with his team selection as he cut and changed the line up beyond recognition, this single move to a 3-4-3 formation offered the answer to his critics who believe the Spaniard has only one formation.
Ronnie Stam reveled in his roll on the right hand side whilst James McCarthy was a different animal following his break away from the first team.
More than this it was a team performance. The first minute aside and the back line looked settled with the switch to three centre backs offering further comfort.
To a man the midfield worked tirelessly both in possession and without the ball. Diame and McCarthy in the heart of the field were like men possessed.
Then there was the creativity of the wingers. Jordi Gomez took full advantage of the time he was given on the ball whilst Victor Moses had Michel Salgado tied in knots.
Conor Sammon up top proved why he is the man to lead the Latics forward line with a comanding, physical performance that caused no end of problems to the Rovers defence and linked play superbly.
The big Dubliner's presence was missed when a sheepish Rodallega replaced him with twenty minutes left.
The rot has been stopped, and whilst it should have been maximum points for the Latics, next week's trip to Sunderland offers a fantastic chance to get three vital points against former boss Steve Bruce.
