"I had high hopes for today's game but they soon went cold when I saw the way certain players performed.

"But what can I do, once they step over that line I have no influence on them.

"We need players with courage and confidence to play and defend well, but some of them were found wanting.

"I suppose the overriding feeling at the end of today's game is that I'm fairly sad and depressed about some of the things that have gone on, and to lose Dominic and Ash in the manner that we did, it's a bad day."