Alex Revell proud of Stevenage performance at Wigan Athletic
Stevenage needed to put their Exeter doldrums firmly behind them and quick – and the performance at Wigan Athletic was just the tonic for manager Alex Revell.
Boro drew 0-0 at the DW Stadium and while there was the obvious disappointment at not picking up three points, the way they performed on the back of the 2-0 loss in Devon on Saturday left the boss proud.
Revell said: “I would never set a team up not to win, but performance and organisation was what we needed because we lacked that at Exeter.
“You have to learn that if you lose games, you run the risk of losing your shirt.
“We felt it was time to change and the performance has shown it was the right thing to do.
“Obviously we want to create more chances, of course we do, but it was about the performance tonight and about showing people how organised we can be.
“We wanted to get back to keeping clean sheets because if you get those, you stand more chance of winning games.”
Wigan enjoyed the majority of the possession in the first half but without testing Murphy Cooper.
And the Boro keeper only had a couple of shots in the second period to deal with as Stevenage stepped up through the gears to make life very difficult for the Latics.
Revell explained tweaks were needed at half-time.
“First half, we didn’t get it quite right,” he admitted. “When they’re on the pitch and they move like that, it’s very difficult to get key messages across.
