"I'm actually taking some comfort from that, I thought in the second half we were the only team in the game and we could have snatched something right at the death but for some fantastic defending."

"I do take a lot of positives out of the game and the biggest is that we kept going against a team that is third in the league.  We can't give teams a start after three minutes with a penalty - it's an absolute joke."

"Not the decision or the foul - the fact that we were in the position to give away a penalty like that. It was a real poor start.  We've talked about it and that's the fifth goal in five games that we have conceded in the first 25 minutes.  You just can't give teams a 1-0 start.  It's something that we obviously have to work on."

"We have to work on it, but we have to do it pretty quickly, because in general play we are as dangerous as them, but we keep giving teams a goal start."

"It's 19 games since a clean sheet.It's hard to change personnel so we have to change mentality.The most important part of the game is how the team starts and it usually dictates what happens throughout the game."

"We've started pretty poorly, certainly in all the games that we have played since I have been here, so it's up to us to look at that, maybe its what we are doing, but I don't think so."

"For me, as soon as the warm up starts - its game time and its mind on one thing only and that's the game and we seem to be distracted by other things.  They get in the way of the focus.  That's what I believe and that's other things get in the way.  It takes the focus of what they should be doing and what they should be concentrating on."

"The first goal is not a great goal, it's a penalty. There's no reason for it and we've talked about it about being nice and narrow with three up front - and we weren't, we were in the position where we didn't win the first ball.  There was a flick and he was in."

"Whether it was a penalty or not, I don't know, but you can see why he has given it.  He was in a position where any sort of contact and the chances are it could be a penalty."

"We started poorly again in the second half.  Kevin Gall had two headers and they are playing three up.   Our right back only has one person to mark and nobody else, but he gets two headers in.  Obviously I'm not happy with that and you can be sure that I have told him.  It's an easy game, if that's who you are marking, then you make sure he doesn't put his head on the ball."

"I'm obviously disappointed with the goals, but happy with the attitude and the application and the desire not to lose.  We had the best chances, there's no doubt about that.  Elliott Bennett was great all the game and he has a fantastic work ethic.  He had a great chance but it wasn't falling for us today against a pretty strong side.  They have chopped and changed a little bit, but they still have a strong squad.  We can take some credit out of the game, and I hate doing it or saying it when you lose because its all about winning, but we gave it a right go in the second half, but it shouldn't take going a goal or two goals down to get us going."