He didn't mean he hoped to "nick one" from the start. He was clearly saying that, given the nature of the game and the way Gillingham set up, that was the only possibility of three points in the final quarter
The majority of football matches are draws or decided by one goal. This notion that we should be battering teams is not realistic, especially as most of them simply come in with the intention of frustrating us.
You haven't come up with a different team, so presumably your argument is that if Mowbray TOLD them to be positive, instead of negative, we would be winning four-nil!
You must see that makes no sense at all. Why wouldn't he be doing it!?
In any case, Wigan have won one more game than us. Where is the evidence of total negativity?