Rob Newman - Tranmere's quality came through

Rob Newman

Blues player/manager Rob Newman who played the first sixty minutes of the Third Round FA Cup home defeat at the hands of Tranmere Rovers had this to say afterwards “ I thought we matched them first half then Tranmere’s quality came through, I thought our boys looked tired near the end while Rovers looked strong but a 3-1 score line was unfair on us”.

Thirty Eight year old Newman continued “ I thought Kevin Maher was outstanding for us tonight, but you have only to look at the Tranmere team sheet and it has quality right the way through it, it didn’t work with me playing tonight, that it why I came off after they scored the first goal, we need to get better verbally at the back then I wouldn’t need to play myself”.

Newman finished off by saying “ their first goal was a sloppy goal to concede and after that we were struggling, I then had to change it to 4-4-2 and took myself off for Scott Forbes but by then the damage had been done, we can now concentrate on the play-offs, we have a difficult game at home on Saturday against Mansfield. Good luck to Tranmere in the next round, I think they will beat Cardiff”.

Meanwhile Blues Reserves travel down to Cheltenham Town on Wednesday for a 2.00pm kick-off in the Avon Insurance Combination League.

Blues squad will include five players that have been regulars in the Blues under

Gerald England - travels to Cheltenham

nineteen’s this season: Sean Coburn, Daniel Lunan, Gareth Cleverly, Edmund Chibogu and Gerald England. Others likely to be in the squad are: Daniel Gay, Daniel Kerrigan, Dave McSweeney, Gareth Risbridger, Scott Forbes, Leon Johnson, Steven Clark, Mark Rawle and 18 year old Triallist from Great Wakering Rovers Dan Trenkel

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