RLB POST FULHAM

Regis Le Bris gave his assessment of what went wrong yesterday at Craven Cottage. He also explained why Chris Rigg was left out of the squad, confirming that the teenager is not injured, and why he was unimpressed with the brawl which broke out after the final whistle.

IT WASN'T ENOUGH

"First of all we faced a good team, as expected because they were really good a few weeks ago against Arsenal for example so it was really clear that they have this offensive threat, this ability to create chances, to be dominant with the ball and I think we managed just OK this part during the first half, we are not proactive enough to change, shift the momentum but we tried during the half time to change this part, we had our opportunity I think just during the first part of the second half I think we felt that it was possible to change something but it wasn't enough."

STRENGTH IN DEPTH

"It is fair to say that, their subs helped a lot to give this extra energy, different style of play as well and they managed to stay consistent with their threats with different players. They have depth on their bench especially for their offensive players so it's a good reminder about our basics, if you don't win many duels, if you don't win the second balls, it's not possible to impose something."

RIGG WAS TACTICAL DECISION

"Yeah, we had 21 players available today which is good, so we don't have many injuries now and after that I have to make a choice."

FIGHTING TALK...

"I don't like fighting at the end because if you still have energy in your tank it means that you didn't push enough, so I don't know what happened before but for me it's not a positive situation."

BACK TO BASICS

"It's a good reminder about our basics, if you don't win many duels, if you don't win the second balls, it's not possible to impose something."

LEARN FROM IT AND ONTO BOURNEMOUTH

"We struggled to create, we struggled today to manage for example when they went long our man from our press we were not efficient, the intention was really positive, we wanted to impose something defensively but we were not good enough to manage the duels so we had to defend probably around our box just after, probably too often and second balls after their long play as well, so basics are really important in football and if you don't win this part, at least 50-50, you can't impose anything. I think it's another good lesson, we have to be at our best, otherwise the opponent can exploit their strength."