Shirtliff..'Obviously I am disappointed....'

Last updated : 04 December 2006 By Editor
"Obviously I am disappointed but overall I was pleased with our performance against a side from a higher league" Peter Shirtliff told the Mansfield CHAD after the game.

"They have more experience than us and a bigger squad so it was always going to be a difficult game and I thought we acquitted ourselves well.

"Their goal was a speculative effort which took a deflection though I think Carl Muggleton will be disappointed he didn't save it.

"It was 100 per cent better than at Rochdale last weekend and now we have to move on.

"In the second half we gave the ball away too easily. Doncaster were gambling a bit and catching us on the counter-attack. If we had kept the ball better in their half of the pitch we wouldn't have been so susceptible.

"We had a great opportunity to make it 2-0 just after half time when we caught them two on one. We should have been a bit more clinical as it would have been more uphill for Doncaster at 2-0 than 1-0.

"I thought we had more chances and decent situations than them.

"I was a bit disappointed one or two of their lads were going down like Autumn leaves, looking for a penalty and putting pressure on the referee. Credit to him for not caving in."