"We all know that it hasn't been good enough, I'm not going to criticise any of us, and we know ourselves individually and collectively that we were not good enough.  The fans have the right to criticise us after that performance, but we are third in the league and we still have a great chance of going up."

"One goal would have opened them up; we are not hitting the target at the moment.  That's just the way it is going at the moment.  We've just got to be positive now; Macclesfield on Saturday is a big game now.  It's all we can do now, move forward to Saturday.  We didn't deserve to win on Tuesday night; we will take the point and keep going."

"Making the runs to get the penalties is irrelevant; I just want to win games.  We've huffed and puffed over the last couple of games, myself included and I missed a couple of chances.  We all need to get better at that and we know that.  I'm not going to criticise anyone because that's what people want me to do."

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"Supporters have every right to boo us after that performance, but we've all got to stick together now.  We know everyone is frustrated and that is getting a bit edgy.  We haven't won in a long time but if we carry on moaning and get at everyone throat then we won't get anywhere."

"A few things were said in the dressing room because we are angry at ourselves; we demand a lot more from ourselves as a team and as individuals.  Now we just have to come back strongly on Saturday."

"We've got eleven games left, that's 33 points.  Six or seven wins will do it.  On Tuesday if that one hadn't have been cleared off the line, it would be a different story completely.  They scored the goal and in fairness to them they came out and had a go.  I don't know what formation they were using, they were just attacking which made it a bit awkward for us, but come Saturday we know what we need to do."

"As a team we just need to relax a bit more, we all know that it will come.  A few of the players have been getting stick and I think that's a bit harsh at times.  We are third in the league.  I know people expect a lot.  Two years ago when I came here, Bury just escaped relegation and Mansfield went down.  I'm not making excuses because we know collectively and individually that it's wasn't good enough over the last couple of games, we know it."

"If all of us can stick together, the fans the players and get right behind us then I know that we will give it our best.  We've set a high standard between ourselves and we don't need people saying this or that.  We just need to keep going, we know the team, and we want the fans to get behind us.  I believe we can go up.  No more excuses - we need to start winning."

"For us as a team, drawing wasn't good enough.  We don't need people telling us that we should be beating Darlington, that's no disrespect to them, they are bottom of the table for a reason, but we didn't beat them, we took a point and we move to Saturday."