Veteran Wigan goalkeeper Mike Pollitt is urging his team-mates to shrug off any feelings of self-pity going into the Barclays Premier League match against Everton on Sunday.
Pollitt, standing in for Chris Kirkland, was left distraught after the 4-1 defeat by Blackpool in the Carling Cup.
Wigan have now lost three successive matches with Manchester United and Wolves taking maximum points after they won the opening game at Aston Villa. It is a worrying time for new manager Roberto Martinez and Pollitt issued a rallying call.
He said: "If we go to Everton feeling sorry for ourselves, you know it's going to happen again.
"We are professional footballers and our lives revolve around the game. We have got to think long and hard about our performance and aim to put it right.
"Everything is new at the moment but we've got to start hitting the ground running because if we do not do that, we could find ourselves trailing behind."
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Message to all players - I certainly would not be paying wages on self pity - its about time you were paid on results - last nights performance wasn't good enough for the park on a sunday afternoon - and you can't blame all on Martinez as this was going on from half way through last season - the mentality is all wrong - if you think that the people of Wigan want to come and watch that and pay for the privilege you are sadly mistaken and if I was Martinez, the niceguy would be left at home - I would be kicking some of you players well and truly up the backside as its no more than you deserve. You are letting your manager, chairman, fans and yourselves down - its you on the field and there has been no excuse for the "football" we have seen during the last week.
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