Notts boss: Draw feels like a defeat
NOTTS County boss Steve Cotterill was gutted with a 2-2 draw against Bournemouth last night, saying: "It felt like a defeat."
The Magpies led 2-1 until Cherries substitute Jeff Goulding scored in the third minute of injury time at Meadow Lane.
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Bournemouth equalise late on
Cotterill said: "We didn't deserve to win the game. At 2-1 I always felt we needed a third goal.
"It feels a bit like a defeat because they scored so late in the game.
"The injury to Neal Bishop disrupted us a little bit. I like his legs and his athleticism in there with Ricky Ravenhill.
"We'll have to wait and see how he is. It's far too early to say if he'll be okay for Saturday.
"At 2-1, we dropped a bit deeper and invited some big balls into our box.
"I think Bournemouth deserved a draw. We weren't quite at it like we have been.
"There was no point trying to pick the players up. It's no use going in the dressing room and saying it's okay because it's not and they know it's not. They need to be in a sombre mood."
The draw lifts Notts into the top-three in League Two for the first time since August.
"There are lots of games left to play and we have moved up another place. When I first came here we were seventh," said Cotterill.
"It's a disappointing draw but it's not the end of the world and we'll move on."
Lee Hughes scored twice to take his tally to 26 goals for the season – but also picked up his tenth booking and will now be suspended for two games.
"Whenever it came, we were going to have to deal with it and we will," added Cotterill.
"Somebody else will play on Saturday and get an opportunity. We've got a few options."
5 Comments
by 2473 years a magpie, Nottingham
Tuesday, March 16 2010, 6:56PM
“It's them blooming egg chasers I'm telling you, they'll ruin promotion I'M NOT RENEWING MY SEASON TICKET under any circumstances till them egg chasers ARE GONE.”
by john, nffc,nottingham
Tuesday, March 16 2010, 4:56PM
“hard look notts i had a bad feeling you was going to concede but i think it was a good advert for league 2 and just over 6 thousand for a night match on the telly the away side only brought 200 ish i know they gave away 1,500 tickets but still not a bad gate to say it was full price really hope you go up it would be great for the city”
by mike, long eaton
Tuesday, March 16 2010, 4:02PM
“We weren't good enough last night, simple as that.
After about 70mins it was crying out for a substitution up top, either Facey or Hawley, but just somebody to hold the ball up and give the defence a breather. Going to 5 in midfield wasn't ideal, either.
By the time the change came in the 92nd minute, the tide had already turned. B'mouth had looked like scoring for at least 10-15mins before hand.
Chesterfield could have easily done the same last week, so hopefully SC will learn from it.
Still, we didn't get beaten, which was the main thing, especially as we still have games to play.”
by good job, you had freebies
Tuesday, March 16 2010, 1:53PM
“Thought you were 2nd all over that bog you call a pitch,Hughes lucky to stay on”
by Stuart, Colwick
Tuesday, March 16 2010, 1:31PM
“A draw was a fair result but it is nice to win when you don't play well sometimes. Still have games in hand to try and put a foothold on second place. A bit greedy but would like to pip Rochdale to the title but at the end of the day it is promotion that matters. COYP !”