In case anyone missed it, or only heard parts (some of the audio circulating wasn't the full interview), it was here live from 42.50 mins in:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gdh391"... but as I say, we had a mountain to climb, because of ah, Luke Thomas's decision to play on in the second half. I've never known anything like it. Umm, reported that he felt a bit stiff, one minute before we're going back out, having had 13 minutes to speak to the physios. Then got told to come out and test it, says "No, no; feel alright." Two minutes into the game, umm, his side's [of the pitch] compromised, because he can't run, feels the hamstring.
In his infinite wisdom, I don't know why, he does pressing the ball, instead of sitting on the pitch, and, ya know, the ref would probably have stopped the game, would have got the sub on, got back up to full complement. And in the midst of that chaotic spell, of two minutes, when
we were compromised from within, um, they score the second goal.
So, you know, it's frustrating. You know, you work hard all week, and the lads have been superb, working incredibly hard this week, and then if
one idiot makes an idiotic decision, you know costs everyone the graft, so it's frustrating. Um,
I wish I could fine him. I wish I could fine him and pay for the travelling Gasheads tickets with it, and I'll be speaking to the CEO, in-um-um, about that. Because
it's a ludicrous decision and
he shouldn't be paid for what he's just done, because
he's put us two-nil down, and um, and again, I I just don't know,
in his infinite wisdom, what he's thinking. Um, so, it's frustrating, we've got to be better than that, but you know, you come to a good place like Peterborough, you can't play with 10 men, especially in wide areas, for a period, for a 2, 3 minute period, because, as we found out they'll punish you."
Interviewer: Is that just a young man having to learn the game a little bit?
"Umm, you know, what, where does young man stop? You know, how many, how many times
can we put his lethargy at moments down to being young? Ya know, I mean, I've bean, we've all been 22, 23, 24, but at some point, ya know, the penny's gotta drop, like, you've gotta stop bluffing. You know, if you're injured fine, come off the pitch, you know, if you can't carry on, no one's got a problem with that. But, going back out and
making stupid decisions, out on the arena, just compromises your team mates, so all our hard work's undone, because of
an idiotic decision by one of our players, and that happens if someone makes a mad challenge, or gets a sending off, or gives a penalty away, umm. And honestly, I'm so frustrated with him, we've given him an enormous backing at this club, we've gone out and invested in him again in the summer, and there's moments you think, ok, he's turned the corner here, and then, you know,
he just lets himself down with stupidity.
Um, unless he changes in his life, he's never going to fulfill his potential. Um, and, the thing that annoys me is the lads, to a man, thought the lads, to a man, were, ya know, brilliant, kept pushin, and pushin, and pushin. Um, and then the fans have come out in their numbers again. But unfortunately, until we get a fully functioning, elite, elite mindset unit, um, ya know these things can happen. So
it's our job, we've either got to get him on tune, um, or we've gotta ship him out. But, um, but
if he carries on he'll not last with me.
Interviewer: I thought the first 25 minutes, before the goal, you looked really good; you played in the right areas, you were pushing them really hard. When the goal goes in, is that something else the team has to work on just a little bit? Just that mental resilience to ok, we took a blow, let's come back and do this.
"Yeah, look, I don't think we were, ah, brilliant first half, but ah, but I think it was just two good sides kinda just figuring each other out. You know, as you rightly point out there, I thought we started the brighter, certainly away from home. Didn't feel, you know, wasn't worried by anything they were offering. Um, Jade Jones had a little bit of a match-up with Hunty, but he made a couple of adjustments, and he sorted that out. Ya know, they, you know, the lads it's an [can't hear 'hope something?] goes through I think it cops a deflection off one of our players, and leaves the 'keeper stranded.
Um, and at half time I said 'Look, we've one-nil down, we're the better side, just keep following the training. We'll be ok, yeah'. And
within 5 minutes soft lad's let us down and we're two-nil down, and we have a mountain to climb.
Interviewer: And know you've go a couple of days to to use a bit of frustration and ah and get back on the horse on Tuesday night.
"Yeah, look, we've got a tough old game against Port Vale Tuesday, so look, there's no time to mope. Um, just gotta get back after it, and as I say, there's loads of really good things from our team today, um, but just, ya know, a little bit of luck, key moments, and obviously some of the
decision making of the, of the kinda lower end of the group has compromised us. Um, and, but, ya know, it's frustrating. But unfortunately, you know, that's football, and
we've gotta hope he learns his lesson. If not we've gotta get him out the building, because, ya know, he's gonna compromise us getting higher up the table."