Martinez after the 9-1 loss Wigan Suffered to Spurs
"If you analyse the Tottenham game, at half-time we went in at a
"To lose 9-1 and then win the next game shows the character of the group and the leadership material within themselves, the winning mentality. I was extremely proud."
Later that season Wigan lost 8-0 to Chelsea
This is him after he became our manager talking about that 9-1 loss to spurs
"If you analyse the Tottenham game, at half-time we went in at a good moment but in the second half we conceded eight goals in 40 minutes, which is impossible to explain. It's a freak event."
"To lose 9-1 and then win the next game shows the character of the group and the leadership material within themselves, the winning mentality. I was extremely proud."
Later that season Wigan lost 8-0 to Chelsea
This is him after he became our manager talking about that 9-1 loss to spurs
"Those are the games that divide men from kids," he said. "It gives you a real platform to move on. After that incredible defeat, we won the next game which is something which is difficult to do."
In addition Martinez suggests the magnitude of such a result actually helped
his Latics side stay up that year.
"You get more information about those extremes than you do in other situations," he added. "You get the same outcome – no points – if you lose narrowly, but they are less drastic.
"A heavy defeat helped us stay up, 100 per cent. That took us into a different level and the season after it took us to another level as we want to."
So basically losing 9-1 was the game that enabled them to stay up, a week after conceding 8 goals in 40 minutes he praises the leadership qualities throughout the team and the character of the players. For real we actually hired this guy...
