Tony Mowbray didn't start Patrick Roberts against Rotherham, as he tries to protect the winger from injury. Roberts changed the game when he came on though, looking like our best attacking threat.
NOT ROBOTS
“These players are going to get injured unless we’re careful. They’re not robots – they can’t play every three days. That would have been seven games in a row for Patrick, playing consecutively every three or four days, so you have to give them a breather."
QUALITY
“Yet you see the impact of a player of his talent when he comes onto the pitch."
DISAPPOINTING DEFEAT
“It’s okay. Listen, we haven’t lost away from home since October. It’s not a problem for us, it’s fine, it’s just that we don’t like getting beat. We came to Rotherham, who had only won one of their last 13 or whatever it was, and we shouldn’t be losing here. Yet we did, and we’re frustrated.”
CREDIT TO MILLERS
"I try and heighten their emotions before every game of what’s coming. We can give every team in the league problems, but I think with the way they play, Rotherham can make a football match of every game because they play against the ball very well. They work very hard and they’re very committed. Ultimately, if you want to be a top team, you have to overcome that. The first half, in particular, wasn’t good enough.”
