Alan D
11 Dec 2005, 07:16 AM
BOSS DISAPPOINTED
10/12/2005 21:17
Blues boss Stuart Pearce has given his verdict on this afternoon’s 2-0 loss at the Hawthorns against a hungry West Bromwich Albion.
“Last week’s a distant memory now to be quite honest. We weren’t good enough, too many players weren’t at the races today, both physically and wanting the ball.
“That’s what you get in the Premiership if you’re not. It’s disappointed me greatly and it’s disappointed the players greatly.”
The harsh realties of the Premiership came home to roost today – a factor not lost on Pearce.
“You don’t get anything if you don’t apply yourself week in, week out, and at the moment we’ve got to try and do that. We’ve got to try and unlock that little thing that’s going to give us seven out of tens every week.
“It was a poor performance out there today. Too many players were not on song, we gave two sloppy goals away to start with. We didn’t want the ball enough to pass the ball and that’s what you get – a bad result.”
And with City so well supported again today, the Manager had a word for those that made the journey to the Midlands: “The City fans who came here today deserve better than that.
“It’s disappointing, I don’t think to myself this is acceptable, far from it, it’s my job to make sure it’s not acceptable amongst the players. They’ve got to go away and think to themselves ‘why did we do well this weekend and not so well this weekend?’”
10/12/2005 21:17
Blues boss Stuart Pearce has given his verdict on this afternoon’s 2-0 loss at the Hawthorns against a hungry West Bromwich Albion.
“Last week’s a distant memory now to be quite honest. We weren’t good enough, too many players weren’t at the races today, both physically and wanting the ball.
“That’s what you get in the Premiership if you’re not. It’s disappointed me greatly and it’s disappointed the players greatly.”
The harsh realties of the Premiership came home to roost today – a factor not lost on Pearce.
“You don’t get anything if you don’t apply yourself week in, week out, and at the moment we’ve got to try and do that. We’ve got to try and unlock that little thing that’s going to give us seven out of tens every week.
“It was a poor performance out there today. Too many players were not on song, we gave two sloppy goals away to start with. We didn’t want the ball enough to pass the ball and that’s what you get – a bad result.”
And with City so well supported again today, the Manager had a word for those that made the journey to the Midlands: “The City fans who came here today deserve better than that.
“It’s disappointing, I don’t think to myself this is acceptable, far from it, it’s my job to make sure it’s not acceptable amongst the players. They’ve got to go away and think to themselves ‘why did we do well this weekend and not so well this weekend?’”