Latics ace on spice of Posh challenge - and the air quality in Wigan?!

Funso Ojo has challenged resurgent Wigan Athletic to go head-to-head with League One leaders Peterborough this afternoon – and prove they belong at this level.
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Latics make the long trip south looking to build on the midweek win at Bristol Rovers, which breathed new life into their survival fight.

Hot on the heels of last weekend’s fine display against Lincoln, who arrived at the DW top of the table and were extremely fortunate to leave with all three points, Latics are far from a side who have been in turmoil – on and off the pitch – for most of the campaign.

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“If you look at the game against Lincoln last weekend, that was probably our best performance in recent weeks – even though we lost,” acknowledged Ojo, a January arrival from SPL outfit Aberdeen.

“We actually came off the pitch thinking we’d actually enjoyed the game and the performance, with the feeling we should have won the game never mind got a draw.

“That gave us the belief that we are a good team, and we know we can make it difficult for any team in this league, including Peterborough this weekend.

“Let’s try and take that level of intensity into Peterborough, and see what happens.”

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The Belgian midfielder has only been at Wigan a matter of weeks, but he has already become a fixture in the engine room – with even more responsibility given the recent injury to Chris Merrie.

He says the transition has been helped by the similarity between playing in Scotland and England, where he’d previously starred for Scunthorpe.

“It’s not been that much different to being up in Aberdeen, to be honest,” he added.

“Because of the lockdown situation, we're all still pretty isolated, it’s still just going in to train and then going home.

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“I have to say I was really in love with life in Aberdeen, and in Scotland.

“I would step out of my flat, and within 10-15 minutes I’d be in a huge park.

“There’s also a lot of parks and walks down here in Wigan, but the air quality was a little better up there.

"It's a little less clean down here...maybe we need to get some more recycling bins here in Wigan, so more people throw away their rubbish properly!

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"In terms of the football, I've been asked that question a lot, about the differences between playing in England and Scoitland.

"I have to say it's pretty similar, expect there's probably a bit more competition down here, and the amount of teams.

"It's still weird that in Scotland you can play the same teams three or four times a year, sometimes five or six if you get drawn against them in the cups."

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