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Phil Parkinson summed up his disappointment after a potentially damaging home defeat to Millwall.
Goals from Tom Elliott and Ben Marshall condemned Wanderers to a fourth straight loss, which ramps up the pressure on this weekend’s game at relegation-rivals Barnsley.
The Whites created some chances early on, most notably when Adam Le Fondre got in on Jordan Archer’s goal only to be denied by a last-ditch challenge.
And Parkinson feels that inability to settle nerves with a goal contributed to the dramatic dip in quality for the last hour of the game.
“First half we had some good opportunities to get a goal,” he said. “We probably created more during that first half than we have for a while.
“There was some excellent play from Sammy on the left and Nooney on the right. But you need to get that goal to take that pressure off you, defensively.
“There were chances at both ends, in fairness, and they got the breakthrough.
“In the second half, for the first 10 minutes, they were physically sharper than us, more aggressive in the challenges all over the pitch, and it’s the second goal that really killed us.
“Done on the counter attack from our own set play… too many of our set plays went straight into the keeper’s hands, or went into the box and they got the first contact on the ball.
“One over-hit set play and they broke. It shouldn’t happen.
“You have got to be tighter in those situations. You want to score but you don’t want to over-commit. We have sent players in the box who should have been on the edge and got punished.
“We looked deflated after that. We can’t deny it or dress it up any other way.
“It knocked the stuffing out of us but every other result has gone our way and that was the bonus of the evening.”
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Goals from Tom Elliott and Ben Marshall condemned Wanderers to a fourth straight loss, which ramps up the pressure on this weekend’s game at relegation-rivals Barnsley.
The Whites created some chances early on, most notably when Adam Le Fondre got in on Jordan Archer’s goal only to be denied by a last-ditch challenge.
And Parkinson feels that inability to settle nerves with a goal contributed to the dramatic dip in quality for the last hour of the game.
“First half we had some good opportunities to get a goal,” he said. “We probably created more during that first half than we have for a while.
“There was some excellent play from Sammy on the left and Nooney on the right. But you need to get that goal to take that pressure off you, defensively.
“There were chances at both ends, in fairness, and they got the breakthrough.
“In the second half, for the first 10 minutes, they were physically sharper than us, more aggressive in the challenges all over the pitch, and it’s the second goal that really killed us.
“Done on the counter attack from our own set play… too many of our set plays went straight into the keeper’s hands, or went into the box and they got the first contact on the ball.
“One over-hit set play and they broke. It shouldn’t happen.
“You have got to be tighter in those situations. You want to score but you don’t want to over-commit. We have sent players in the box who should have been on the edge and got punished.
“We looked deflated after that. We can’t deny it or dress it up any other way.
“It knocked the stuffing out of us but every other result has gone our way and that was the bonus of the evening.”
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