I remember Adkins saying pre-season that Shaw and Ward-prowse were getting burnt out quicker than anyone else (using those sport science bra thingys) and that after giving them a morning off they came back and were the best performers. So it may well be we are trying to just keep him 100% for Wigan.
It could be we're trying to "Do a QPR", park the bus and use Foxs set pieces to try and nick something.
I don't really believe this is what we're doing but people don't even stop to consider it before going into rant mode.