"We haven't even done the basics right, two goals straight in front of our goal and we haven't defended them and then someone gets away with a turn on the edge of the box.  We had some really good chances but we didn't punish them. The lads have put 110% in again and they did look leggy and jaded."

"Darlington were very fresh and you would expect that, they haven't played for eleven days whilst we've put a shift in at Norwich and then again at Morecambe, but it's virtually the same eleven again.You look at the bench and it's very young.You look at their bench and they have the likes of Martin Smith and Blundell coming on."

"Our expectation levels are high, but to come to Darlington and lose is no disgrace, but we didn't give ourselves much of a chance because we didn't defend the middle of the goal well enough and we didn't take our chances.It's not blaming anybody; the lads have said that themselves, we haven't put everything together."

"We have an unbelievable team spirit and attitude and you can't question the lads work rate again, but the end product is not as good as the work rate and the attitude, but somewhere in there, we haven't got a certain something.We have had it because we proved that we had it earlier in the season and that's the frustrating thing about it."

"Nothing has changed but with the injuries that we've had recently and the number of games that we've had recently and we have another game on Tuesday. Hopefully we have got Scotty back on Tuesday and hopefully we have Andy Mangan back on Tuesday, but we will have to wait and see.You're hoping and praying to get a full strength squad, but you'd still like to strengthen that squad."

"Hursty had a good chance and we've just spoken about it.He's apoligised to the lads; he doesn't mean to miss those.He's there to either miss or score those, but he was in the right place, I thought his work rate again was excellent but if that had gone in, it would have been a different game."

"Do I fear for my future? - Of course I do, that's been well publicised.It's one of those things, it's a results game and we are not getting results.I can't complain about the players because they have been absolutely brilliant and they've given me everything that they gave got over the last two and a half years, and by no means is the white flag coming out, but whatever will be - will be."

"Your just hoping that we don't get another injury, Colin Woodthorpe came off with a deadleg, David Buchanan is not a natural left back and if Scotty doesn't make it for Tuesday, or Andy Mangan, or Paul Morgan.I'm confident they will be, but if not, then we've been really decimated from being in such a strong position earlier on."

"Tuesday is a massive game for us.It's one of those games where you're going in as underdogs and you give it everything that you've got, but with various comments that people have made and this timescale then I suppose people are counting that game."

"I'm lucky in other aspects of my life, this is a job and it's a job that I passionately care about, but in other parts of my life I have been very blessed.  You have to take that into consideration but this is still a job for me and it's a job that I have put everything into."