To the final whistle

It always amazes me at Wigan Athletic, with all of our history with late goals and comebacks there’s still a sizeable amount who depart before the final whistle each week without fail.

Even this season knowing what had come against Rotherham, Cambridge, Plymouth and countless others. Would you leave?

Thelo Aasgaard thankfully went right to the final whistle, and boy how we needed him. After a stop start season due to injuries we haven’t seen the best of the French Norwegian scouser yet but there’s signs he’s getting back to his influential best.

He was involved in the opening goal at Plymouth last month and was one of the few creative sparks against Shrewsbury.

The Shrewsbury match followed the path of many midweek games at the DW this season, Latics started off brightly before fading and essentially chasing a way back in to the match.

Thankfully the aforementioned Aasgaard was on hand to see Latics return to the promotion spots in League One.

Wednesday night wasn’t a sparkling performance by any stretch, no wonder really when you look at the weather conditions and the fact that Latics hadn’t played at home since Halloween.

Yet despite that Latics still dominated the second half and although it’s a cliché it’s a sign of a good team – winning when you’re not at your best.

To take seven points from nine in the last three league games and progress to the third round of the FA Cup is a good period in anyone’s book. The reunion with Paul Cook on Sunday is sadly off, I felt for Cook on Saturday.

A good man who served Latics well as both a player and as a manager. It seems strange that a club would allow a manager to move out a whole squad, bring in nineteen new players and still dispense with his services before we’ve even reached Christmas.

Ipswich haven’t a sparkling record with managers recently, a bit of patience goes a long way in a football club and although we’re doing magnificently well at the moment I hope if we endure a bumpy period, as we will at some point that Leam Richardson is shown that patience.

He’s certainly earned it over the last twelve months.

Sean Livesey

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