The boss does count on the extent of efficiency to rise when he has extra of his absent gamers obtainable, though he has been at pains to emphasize he would by no means use accidents as an excuse.
“If you cannot use, each time, the identical gamers, you may’t deliver within the routines,” he defined. “Some routines slipped away within the final weeks and, yeah, that had a nasty impact on the outcomes. As you mentioned, I by no means use it as an excuse. We nonetheless have a very good squad, we nonetheless should win, we nonetheless have our ideas, guidelines and method of taking part in.
“The gamers ought to know what to do, after all, however in co-operation, typically with completely different mixtures that haven’t performed so usually collectively, typically you get hesitation. Such particulars, the opposition take profit from it. As I mentioned, and also you mentioned, you may by no means use that as an excuse.”