Managers reaction to the 2 - 2 draw at the Ricoh

Last updated : 12 February 2007 By Michael Morris

"That was probably the first time in my life I shut up shop," said Jones.

"In the first half I have to say we got away with it a bit and were lucky maybe not to go in 2-0 down.

"The problem was in certain parts of the pitch, we were making errors, but perhaps I'm going to have to put up with that at times with such a young team.

"But we sorted things out in the second half.

Am I happy with a point? I suppose I am. It was a tough game and the one thing I can't fault is my team's effort."

"At 2-1 we were comfortable and there was only one team going to win it and that was us," he said.

"If anything we were going to go on and score a third but the sending-off changed all of that and gave them hope.

"The second booking was deserved as it was a lazy challenge on Michael Mifsud but the card in the first half was harsh - but then you never know what you are going to get with Graham.

"It definitely changed the game and probably for the first time in my career I had to change things to try and hold on for a point."


Adrian Heath

"Our work-rate and our commitment was first class.

"I could not really have asked for any more from them. There's a lot of positives for us to take from this."

On Graham Poll

"I don't really want to talk about his performance otherwise I will get into trouble," he admitted.

"Let's just say that I thought it was inconsistent and I could not see anything wrong with the second disallowed goal."