Wigan can take momentum into next season - Caldwell

Wigan Athletic can build on their recent form and carry that momentum into a more successful campaign next season, manager Gary Caldwell has said.

Tuesday's 3-0 win against Rotherham was Wigan's seventh since Caldwell returned to the club on 16 February and means they are now eight points clear of the League One relegation places.

He took over with the Latics in 22nd place, however they are now 13th and look set to finish comfortably mid-table.

"We have to win as many points as we can and see how high we can finish and see what we can achieve from now until the end of the season," he told BBC Radio Manchester.

"I think it will say a lot about us as individuals when we go about our business and try and win as many games as possible and finish as high as we can and then go into next season with some momentum.

"Then over the summer we can build a totally different football club that hopefully is never in this situation again and is enjoying a fight of a very different kind next season."

Wigan are one of the form sides in the division since Caldwell's return, after stumbling under the stewardship of Ryan Lowe.

As to what he credits for their resurgence, Caldwell said it is not all down to tactics.

"I think we just made it fun really for the players. I think if you ask the players, they'll say on a daily basis, they've enjoyed coming into work. They've enjoyed some new ideas," he added.

"We play games a lot before meetings. We have a lot of fun. We got the players together and had a night out pretty quickly when we came back in here.

"I think as much as yes, we've done some things tactically, I think the psychological aspect of where the team was [showed] what we needed to do to pick the group up, to bring the group together.

"Results obviously helped that in terms of the spirit and the togetherness and the momentum that we started to build."