They did not really cut each others' throats but Wigan Athletic and Tottenham Hotspur induced surface injuries at the DW Stadium in playing out an interesting draw when each team needed a gain. Therefore both stay one place less than they should be to attain their differing goals a' and while every remaining game is actually essential, one fitting on each number jumps out. On Wednesday week Spurs, presently fifth, visit Andre Villas-Boas's former club Chelsea; on the ultimate day of the growing season Wigan are in home to Aston Villa, the team instantly above them in the underside four, whom Roberto Martinez loyally declined to participate last summer. It is all very well taking one game at a period, concentrating only on the following one and other various clichAs, which for Wigan means absent to West Bromwich Albion and for Tottenham at home to Southampton on Saturday. For once, but, people and managers were willing to allow thoughts to wander further forward. "We need to head to Chelsea, so that will be the decider really," said Spurs midfielder Scott Parker of his team's Champions League ambitions. "There remain four activities and we have to keep battling. We have a tough game against Southampton today but the Chelsea game will probably be considered a vital one it looks. I'm certain we just need to keep maintaining this and turns and there will be more twists and hopefully this point will be big." Traditional competition apart, the undeniable fact that maybe it's Chelsea and Arsenal denying them a place among the European elite for the second year running has received some Tottenham readers looking on the dark side. Parker contends the participants aren't similarly affected. "I don't think it comes into your thinking," he explained. "It is never been mentioned. I do believe we only know that is winning games, and what we should do. It sounds simple, but at times it is hard. The Champions League is where everybody really wants to be; it will be significant for all of us as a club and as players." Villas-Boas added: "Chelsea still need to head to Old Trafford. It could be which our sport [against them] is just a decider; we don't know but right now, we have to attend and see." If previous failures may have an adverse effect, nevertheless unconsciously, on Spurs, Martinez feels Wigan's previous great escapes can just only benefit them while Villa, Newcastle and Sunderland are less acquainted with the force. "Other clubs haven't been fighting relegation before in 2013. They have experienced a safe place. That can be difficult for them," the Wigan manager said. For Martinez's side the talk is of four glass finals either side of, effectively, the FA Cup final. Maynor Figueroa, carried off on Saturday with a groin strain, probably will miss all of them but midfielder James McArthur said: "It is still in our own hands. We have to decide to try and get our last four games, so we're all switched on for the remaining season. Wherever it simply take us, we'll only decide to try and get as many points on the board as possible." McArthur was high in encouragement for team-mates Callum McManaman, who has shrugged off unrequired headlines after his ghastly handle on Newcastle's Massadio HaAdara to score crucial goals in the FA Cup and now against Spurs, and James McCarthy, one of few competitors to possess trained Gareth Bale this year. McManaman said: "It is frightening what I've been part of." Therefore could be the potential importance of that Aston Villa recreation on 19 May.
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