Shaun Maloney says Wigan ahead of schedule after Northampton win

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Shaun Maloney admits his Wigan Athletic side are ahead of schedule after starting their Sky Bet League One campaign with two succe sive wins following a Miami Marlins Jersey 2-1 victory over Northampton at the DW Stadium.Having started the campaign with an eight-point deduction for financial i sues last season, Wigan are now only two points from wiping out that deficit after a flying start.Two goals in the last 20 minutes from Charlie Hughes and Callum McManaman gave them victory over Northampton, who had led through a Sam Hoskins free-kick after 24 minutes.Maloneys men would move into positive points with another win at Carlisle on Tuesday.Its been a really positive start in the league, he said.We set ourselves a target of six games to get into positive points, so were maybe a little ahead of schedule.But we know what football can do.In terms of todays game, I thought it opened up in the last 20 minutes, but we had a brilliant feeling at the end.And all the credit has to go to the players.It was the players that had to see out the last half an hour at Derby, where we had to defend for our lives.We had to do the same here for the last 10 minutes plus seven minutes of injury time.But the mentality of the young group, I think its always a bit of an unknown.And we had some big, big performances today to get us over the line.Wigans matchwinner was McManaman, who is in his third spell at the club, having won a 12-month deal in the summer after training with the Martin Prado Jersey side since Maloneys arrival in January.I thought he was brilliant in the first half against Derby, but hes had a knock on his hip, added the Wigan bo s.I would have liked to have started him today, and I ended up needing him longer than I wanted.But it was a brilliant day for Callum.Ive seen the progre sion hes made while hes been back here, all the work hes put in, and Im so, so happy for him.For Northampton bo s Jon Brady, it was a case of what might have been.Its a step up in standard and, if you dont defend right, you get punished, and we were today, he said.Were still getting there, but todays performance gave me a lot of confidence in the group.On a big pitch like this, its very difficult to step on and pre s like we did in the first half.And thats a big reason why we couldnt step on as much in the second half.We scored a very good goal, thats the quality Sam po se ses.We also hit the post, but Ill compliment Wigan here.The blocks in the box won them the game today.A lot of our opportunities were what Id want from my team.But their attitude, their never-say-die, their never-give-up, was really commendable.Both Brady and his a sistant Colin Caldwerwood were yellow carded in the final half an hour by referee Ro s Joyce.McManaman has poleaxed one of my players, and the referee has done nothing about that, he added.And the fourth official pretends he hasnt seen it, which is disappointing.Its just the consistency and the dark arts they were Andre Dawson Jersey using.But Ill leave it there before I say too much.
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