Has Martinez Missed His Golden Opportunity?

24 October 2011 11:18
Wigan Athletic's Roberto Martínez earned admiration for staying loyal to his club by rebuffing an offer to take over at Aston Villa last summer ....

   ... BUT ... he can't come up with a Plan B in the wake of six straight league defeats.

Roberto Martinez: "We dictated the game.

"We were the better team. I'm very disappointed but I'm very proud of the way we played.

"Wigan have been in the Premier League for a long time because we've developed a pattern of play.

"Anyone can have a lucky win but you cannot have a lucky stay in the Premier League. I feel that, unless we play very good football, we will not achieve our aims.

"Although I think we can play a lot better, more performances like today will, eventually, get us a lot of points. In many aspects, and for long spells, we were perfect. The only thing missing was that we couldn't hit the back of the net.

"We know we are not far away from getting positive results.

"Now we need to be even more stubborn about staying with the things that we do.

"I know football is cruel but it surely can't be that cruel to us? I'm sure our rewards are just round the corner.

"We've got a young squad but my players have got great concepts about football. The way they want to play, the way they want to get on the ball, makes me look forward to every day at Wigan.

"Now I just hope football can give them something back."

 

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Source: FOOTYMAD