The broadcast camera found Dawson pulling away from his staff on the touchline while beckoning his bench away from the sidelines for fear of punishment by the referee, but it seemed he was too busy getting things under control as the Wolves players trekked slowly towards kick-off.
When they kicked off, Wolves responded by retreating into their own half, leaving only Neto to press and Cunha to support any counter that might break.
The shape was compact and deliberate, and it made Wigan's task considerably harder than it had been in the opening ninety seconds of the half.
Three times in the next twenty-five minutes Wigan found the edges of something.
The first came from Leo threading a ball between two Wolves midfielders for Reyes, who arrived at the edge of the box and shaped to shoot and then cut inside instead.
