"You're judged on the final result; I think we are up on every stat within the game apart from the result which counts.
"I am disappointed for the players. They gave enough effort and endeavour to get a positive result out of the game. That is where we are.
"I have said it before and I will probably be repeating myself a lot now until the end of the season, I knew the challenge coming in.
"There is no reason why we can't give a good account of ourselves whether that be on a Saturday or Tuesday or Monday, Thursday, Friday. We have still got points to play for and an end goal."