"Four chances that we have to score, they're not hard chances and we have to put them in the back of the net. That would breed confidence and people relax. But we didn't do that.

"I'm not going to pinpoint individuals, as a collective it wasn't good enough and we have to hold our hands up. It's raw at the moment. We have to look at it tonight, there won't be a lot of sleep.

"It should have been better [this season]. Last week we thought we were making progress, but we took two step backwards tonight.

"Hard work and belief, it looked like there was no belief in the second half tonight. That's very difficult to judge but I've seen enough to know it's not good enough.

"I'll just get on with my job. You have to get results, otherwise you know the inevitable.

"I believe given time [we will go in the right direction] but time is not something you get given a lot in football."