Royle’s Reaction: Brighton


By Aston
April 15 2006

Reaction from Town manager Joe Royle following Town’s 2-1 defeat against Brighton earlier today.

Royle: “In the first half we were unlucky to be behind. The loss of Richard Naylor made a difference because he would have been marking tighter when they opened the scoring.

“In the second half we never got going until it was too late. It was a pivotal moment when they cleared off the line from Danny Haynes but all round we were not good enough.

“The consolation was that the performance was better than the one we gave against Stoke last week.

“At Christmas people were tipping us to go down but then we had a great run and were flirting with the play-offs. Injuries have played a big part. I'm not making excuses but there have been reasons.

“I shall be making changes for the visit to Watford on Monday to freshen us up a bit. Until last month we dominated midfield in every game we played. That's not the case now.

“It's been a muddling season with too many forced changes but I want it to end high on hope.”

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