David Flitcroft has given this interview to Barnsley Player.
How do you react to Today?
Its no good putting up a fight at the end you have got to put that up at the start. It was a really open game, I thought they may have just sat in an soaked us. But they didn’t it was too end to end in the first 20, we could have had 3 and they could have had 2, it was chaos. The set pieces did not happen today and people did not do their jobs in terms of being responsible. But we kept fighting to the end which is key, I thought if we got 2 today we would not lose. Scoring 3 and still getting beat shows you the responsibility the lads have not done today.
Is that the most frustration thing, all 5 goals they scored were avoidable
Absolutely. Steely has pulled off one worldy, that about it. We looked vulnerable every time it came in from a set piece. We will get back on the training ground and rectify it. If we were not creating chances I would worry. Its how we reset, refocus and move on now.
You clearly felt you had to change in first half taking Steve Off and bringing Chris On? What was the main issue ?
Losing Goldy has made us inflexible, when we had Goldy he could play all down the left, The team did not look right or look comfy. I did not want Fozzy getting booked, Stead and Davies were dominating and I went 4-4-2. I will change it if it needs changing.
The test now is how we deal with it, which you have spoke about?
Yes how we deal with it, the club, the players and the fans. Set backs in life grow the character from within and this is a set back today. In an adverse way getting beating convincingly is better than getting beat 1-0 and you think everything is alright. I wanna remain positive and the we will support the players with love and encouragement, they have had a bad day today.
You have been looking for players with Goldbournes injury have you had much fortune?
Not really much fortune, a lot of leads probably 15 enquiries have unearthed nothing just yet. We will keep working and forcing the issue, its a key position to us and we will be pressing again early next week.
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I thought the writing was on the wall before the kick off on Saturday, it’s the first time in a pre match interview, that Flick has said anything of a slightly negative note…ie: “if the run comes to an end and we get beat, it won’t be the end of the world”, plus starting with young Tunnicliffe, who doesn’t really know the lads just yet, and McNulty not being match fit, It had a Bristol win written all over it, the fact that they seemed as bad at defending as us, meant it should have been about a 6-6 draw.
Let’s hope the reaction to the defeat will be a positive one!
Bye-the-way, how was their first goal allowed to stand…?
I think the players will react in the right way to defeat and not let themselves get down as long as the crowd get behind them. Flicker hoping to a sign a left wing back in the next 48 hours.
We need an entire new defence not just a left back. McNulty is terrible and Foster is past it.
Eyup Tony, I thought it wouldn’t be long before you made an appearance!
Have you got any of your ‘Feel Good’ posts to cheer us all up..?
Yeah if we get a new defence we will stay up because at least flicker has got us scoring.
we were due to come unstuck, but too many players had off days.hopefully it was just a game too many after all thats happened of late.most of their goals were from crosses, we should have done alot better, but its done with now, time to start a new run of unbeaten games. at least we showed alot of spirit going forward, as long as we are scoring, we are in with a realistic shout !!!
A bit of work in training on defending crosses and getting back to the basics and I see no reason why we can’t return to winning ways.