As expected, like us, Mowbray was far from happy with what he saw out there last night and he didn’t pull any punches about the second goal.
NO EXCUSES
"We're disappointed with the result and the performance, we lacked energy and creativity. We know how they would play and what they would do, and I was frustrated with how we performed. It's not the first time we've faced a team with players behind the ball and it's not the first time we've struggled to break them down. It's a frustrating night and we're disappointed with the goals. The first one is a set play and the second one is a ridiculous goal. There's no excuse, we're disappointed and we have to be better on Saturday.”
LACK OF INTENSITY
"We needed more guile. We needed the intensity and the energy early on, to lock them in their half so they're a long way from our goal and not getting any free kicks or corners. We just lacked that intensity and sometimes I do think it's the youthfulness of the players, just not having that understanding of what it takes to be a natural winner and how ruthless you have to be. It's easy for me to say but they're learning curves - they have to learn from this one.”
TOO SLOW
"You have to be right at it from the off, aggressive and on the front foot and at it. It felt too slow, too much possession and not going anywhere with it, not direct enough. The fans expect to win and we expect that. I wasn't there [due to illness] but I was trying to feel the mood before the game. If there's a team you think you should be beating, you have to have heightened adrenaline and make it happen, don't just think it will happen. I felt we lacked a bit of intensity really to drive home our superiority. If you're even five percent off your maximum you can get hurt. We have to take it on the chin and congratulate them."
