Tommy Smith

Yeah, very tough.

We didn't think we were quite at it today.

The manager was keen to stress to us at half-time that we weren't brave enough with the ball, and I think that showed.

We're a good footballing side and we didn't really get to show anyone that today.

I thought we defended relatively well and we were unfortunate to concede the first goal in the manner we did, but ultimately we've been beat 2-0 and we're very disappointed.

Very well.

We know he's a very good player.

He's a difficult opponent to stop, and I thought our centre-halves and the back line as a whole, even the midfield of the team in general, I thought we defended very well against them.

It was obvious that they were using him as a focal point.

They were trying to get the ball to him as quick as possible, and as I say, I thought we dealt with it very well.

The set pieces we dealt with, and it was just disappointing for us that we conceded the goal in the manner that we did.

It took a slight deflection, it's gone in the top corner, and before you know it, you're chasing the game.

So it was a difficult one to take, but we'll dust ourselves down and we'll look forward to the game against Leicester on Saturday.

Yeah, we'll take some.

We'll be in tomorrow morning, first thing.

We'll have a look at the video, we'll see what we did right, what we did wrong, and see what the manager's thoughts were.

But ultimately, I don't think on the whole we were as good as we know we can be today, and we'll certainly look to put that right at the weekend.