By Aston
April 8 2005

Ipswich Town defender Jason De Vos believes Town cannot rely on Wigan slipping up in the hunt for automatic promotion and have to win it them selves.

De Vos was part of the Wigan side that missed out on the play-offs on the final day of the season after conceding a 90th minute goal against West Ham, but De Vos believes Town cant rely on Wigan slipping up and have to take care of their own business in order to go up.

De Vos: “Last season, when I was at Wigan, we had five difficult fixtures to end with and we had Jason Roberts suspended for five games.

“It is not so much we blew it but more we could only pick up three points from those games against established Championship teams while we were in our first season.

“We can't rely on Wigan slipping up though. We have to do it ourselves. We have five games left and we know if we win them all we will go up so we must continue to focus on what we are doing and not look at anyone else.

“All three teams have a difficult run-in and so many things can still happen in all the games left. With 11 players, anything can happen at any time which can't be predicted. The game is not played on paper, if it was we would win on the coupons every week. That is the beauty of football.”

Source: EADT.

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