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Martinez slams beaten Latics
15 Aug 2010 - 12:54:26
Wigan Athletic boss Roberto Martinez accused his players of lacking courage and commitment following their season-opening defeat to Blackpool.
The Latics lost 4-0 at the hands of newly-promoted opposition and afterwards Martinez pulled no punches.
"The first half was unacceptable," he said. "When you play against a team that is newly promoted you know they are going to be ready for the battle and we were a yard off.
"We were very slack and sloppy and Blackpool took advantage of that. Then after that everything that could go wrong did go wrong.
"At the start of the Premier League you need to be ready. That's nothing to do with any football issue.
"You need to be ready to earn the right to be on the ball and we didn't do that.
"We allowed Blackpool too much space and we thought having the ball would be enough to win a football game and that's what cost us."
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