“The boys have taken criticism from supporters and deservedly so,” the manager said. “I've criticised them privately. I will say publicly that, to a man, they were outstanding today. That's the benchmark.”
“Thank you to the fans,” Evans said. “They were good before the game, brilliant during it and really loud at the end. The Northampton fans can be loud, too, but they were deadly silent today. They know their team got boshed.”
“We've said for a number of weeks that when we get our big players back we'll win matches,” Evans said. “An early goal helped. It was a brilliant finish by Jonno. The third one, you couldn't write the script any better.
“It could have been many more than three, it should have been many more than three.”
Evans was also overjoyed with the return of striker Andre Green who was on the scoresheet.
In Andre's first passing drill in training, I turned to (number two) Paul Raynor and said ‘There's a player, He's a game-changer, a massive talent.
“I said to him before the game: ‘Give us everything you've got.’ His quality in taking the ball, his quality of pass ... just look at the timing of his run and the pass for our second goal.
“He's absolute class. He's unlucky not to set up three or four more goals today. To see him get the goal was wonderful.
“I had a brief look towards his family. Wow. They'll be immensely proud and his heart will be the size of Big Ben tonight.”