Neil Harris on his angry post-match interview at QPR
I’ve mellowed. I was disappointed with the first half an hour. There is no point me keep saying we started poorly and had a better second half, we are finding a rhythm. Cliches.
If it’s not good enough I have to be honest as well.
It’s only my opinion but my opinion, as manager, is quite important. It’s as bad as I’ve seen my team in the last 12 months.
What really pleased me was the excellent reaction, watching it back, after my hard-hitting words at half-time. The reaction of my players was excellent in the second half, we absolutely dominated and certainly didn’t deserve to lose the game.
But it’s the consistency over the 90 minutes.
I’ve got no problem playing poorly, yes, you go through spells where form is up and down, ours has been up and down in the first chunk of the season.
But what I can’t accept is what I saw in the first half hour of the game, not competing, not coming out on top in the basics of football. That’s the least I expect from my players.
That’s why I was scathing after the game.
I’ve spoken to the players, reviewed the game and spent a lot of time doing video analysis and putting a few things that were wrong, right.
But you can only put things right on the pitch and that will start against Barnsley.
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