Wigan have had a week to recover from the trip to Wembley. Uwe must now pick the teams to play Reading at home and Burnley away. Reading, Brighton and Ipswich sit below Wigan on 64 points, so I’d say the Reading game is the more important.
Uwe has a wider choice – Waghorn and Kiernan can play and Maloney, Caldwell and Espinoza return from injury. It’s hard to predict Uwe’s teams, and I don’t know why he preferred Carson to Al Habsi at Wembley. I assume Ramis is fit.
For the Reading game, let’s go for something like;
Al Habsi
Perch Ramis Barnett Crainey
Waghorn McArthur Gomez Beausejour
Fortune Powell
Some players deserve a rest, so for Burnley perhaps;
Al Habsi
Boyce Ramis Barnett Crainey
Waghorn McEachran Collison Maloney
McManaman Maynard
That leaves just Blackpool, Birmingham and Blackburn.