Paul Holleran reacts to the defeat at Chorley......

‘We knew that we wouldn’t have Junior English today but to lose Connor Gudger this morning was a blow as it didn’t allow us to set up as we would have liked to. If you analyse the game before the second goal, the period before that from sixty to seventy we got around the back a bit and enjoyed more of the ball, but we didn’t work the keeper enough or get enough shots off. In that period though, while it was still 1-0 you start to think we could nick something here, but sadly the second goal, like the first one will be one that you look back and be disappointed with. The first goal is a slip, the second just a big clearance, and we haven’t dealt with them well, but I think the good period we had in the game rattled them a little bit, which happens when you are chasing titles and there is pressure on you, but we didn’t take advantage and they did what good sides do and put us to bed then, but to be fair if you take the last few minutes out of the game when we were ragged and lost our shape a bit, we were well in the game for long periods.

‘We’ll get Junior and Connor back in the team and Jack back in midfield, and we get Gitto back on the pitch and get our shape back. With the Ashton game coming up we’ll have a good week’s preparation now, get players back and get a bit of work into players that need it, and we’ll be ready for that. The bottom line is that we are in a better position at 5 o’clock tonight than we were at three. It’s another game ticked off and we’ve still got that cushion. We’ve had a good couple of weeks but I think today was a little bit too much for us but we’ll regroup and the squad will be stronger next week with one or two back, and we’ll get a few more minuted into Gitto as well.’