It's been a difficult week for Wigan boss Ryan Lowe. He saw his side lose at Bolton last week, get knocked out of the cup at home in midweek and then succumb to a purring Cardiff City who took three points back to South Wales. It was the first home league defeat for Wigan.
“I am disappointed that we haven’t come out of the game with anything,” he said.
“It’s been a tough week for me, the players, staff, and the fans.
“I thought the lads tried, but they couldn’t get near a good team in certain elements. They were too quick and fast for us, and moved the ball a lot better than we did.
“We felt that the game would be won on transitions. I’ll have to watch the first goal back, but we haven’t got out to the ball quickly enough, and it’s a strike across bodies that’s ricocheted in.
“We changed a few things at half-time, and I thought we were a little bit better. We had a couple of corners and opportunities, but the last goal probably summed us up.
“There was one point where our fans really got behind us, and we were pressing and getting in their faces, which we should’ve done more. We changed shape to allow us to have more attackers on the field and have a good go, but it meant we were wide open.
“The lads will debrief the game tomorrow - I have got them all in at nine o’clock and will tell us what they feel went wrong. It’s on them because we give them the game plan, and they’ve got to be able to take it into fruition.
“When they do, they’re a good team and have won games of football. At the moment, there are a couple of players not doing what I am asking them to do.
“We weren’t good enough today, and we’ve got to make sure we are better in training next week.
“I don’t want to get too high in expectation, but I want to make sure the Brick is a fortress and we don’t lose many games like we have done today. That’s one - we just have to make sure it doesn’t happen too often.
"It's my job to pick the players and staff up because they’ll be down, and we’re going to have to keep working on the training pitch.
“We’re in a not-good spell at the moment, so that’s up to me and the staff to make sure we get back into a good spell as quickly as we can.”
