Too Much Like Last Season For My Liking!

Last updated : 22 September 2009 By Boro Mad

Yes it is only one game ... but it was hard to take.

Gareth Southgate: “We’ve been battered for that result, and rightly so.

“But our task now is to make sure there is no possibility of a repeat.

“If it’s a wake-up call, then it’s come at the right time, when we’ve still got 38 games left to play.

“We’ve started to analyse why the team should go off the boil so easily after conceding two unfortunate goals.

“What we have to make sure, as well, is that the squad continues to stick together.

“We’ve worked very hard on the mentality of the players this summer to get them working for each other.

“It’s crucial that they don’t fragment apart and start biting at each other on the training ground this week.

“We have to put right what went wrong, and we have to make sure that everybody sticks firmly together.

“It’s a time for keeping our feet on the ground, remembering on what we have achieved so far this season, and going to Coventry on Saturday to play in the manner we know we can.”