Brown takes pride in defeat
By Tiger Tim
November 3 2008
Manager Phil Brown has said his side can take pride from the defeat to Manchester United on Saturday but little else. We haven't got anything from the game which is the most disappointing thing of all," said Brown. "But what we can take is some pride. We restored that during the second half and one or two changes caused them some headaches.
"I always say to my substitutes to affect the game and I thought Bernard Mendy certainly did, Peter Halmosi certainly did while Caleb Folan didn't have enough time.
"The second half became feisty and that is the type of football I like. In the first half, we sat off them and gave them far too much respect. They're a good team and you can't sit off teams like United.
"In the second half, we got into their faces a bit and got some pride back into the shirt."
"We've given uncharacteristic goals away from set-pieces which is not like us. If you take those two away, we're always in the game.
"We conceded early again to give ourselves an uphill task. To go 3-1 down before half time kills you altogether.
"But the towel never goes in at this club and the players are 110 per cent behind what we're trying to achieve. That showed in the second half performance."