Sunday 24 February 2013 09:06, UK
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez insists that Saturday's result at Reading will not determine their Premier League fate for this season.
Despite Wigan's predicament, Martinez insists he has no trouble maintaining a positive approach because he can see progress being made. "I think we're a much better team than we were in the previous seasons," he said. "We've improved tactically, technically and physically and there are reasons why we haven't been able to get results like the one we had at White Hart Lane. "That was a performance we're capable of repeating consistently and that's the aim. It's something we did at the end of last season. "The position we're in is not somewhere we want to be but we are who we are, we're not shy of these challenges. We look forward to them. "It's a great opportunity to go into the final 12 games of the season with the opportunity of achieving our aim and that's the way we see it. "It's been a difficult season in terms of missing key players but, on the flip side, it's been great for other players and young players to get experience that we're going to be benefit from in the final third of the campaign. "As long as I can see the team improving and developing, I'm always excited for the next step."
