All this praise for a player that has been slated for the past 2 years, fickle - surely not!
Honestly though i am not convinced that had he played all game we would have won. A couple of cameo performances does not mean that he should play the full 90 each week. I think the introduction of him and Holtby against City changed the game and one of the reasons they were so affective was because city didn't react. Had they both started then city would possibly have setup differently or made changes to nulify them. I think the injection of precision and hussle (Holtby) in the last 20 of a game is a great strategy against a team that is tiring, personally i would try and do something similar against Chelsea. Wigan, we should beat them with any midfield we put out, will we.........thats a different question.
Honestly though i am not convinced that had he played all game we would have won. A couple of cameo performances does not mean that he should play the full 90 each week. I think the introduction of him and Holtby against City changed the game and one of the reasons they were so affective was because city didn't react. Had they both started then city would possibly have setup differently or made changes to nulify them. I think the injection of precision and hussle (Holtby) in the last 20 of a game is a great strategy against a team that is tiring, personally i would try and do something similar against Chelsea. Wigan, we should beat them with any midfield we put out, will we.........thats a different question.