This is what Joe Gelhardt had to say after scoring his first goal for Sunderland, in our disappointing defeat to Rotherham last night.
POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES
“I think we had a slow start as a team but we grew into the game. Especially in the second half, we had a few chances and we could have scored. But that’s football and sometimes it doesn’t go your way. I think it’s a performance that we can build on for the weekend, take the positives out of it, learn from the negatives and hopefully go and grab three points on Saturday.”
FIRST GOAL
“It was a matter of time! I’ve had a lot of chances and I probably could have scored three or four by now if I was more clinical. But I’m happy to get off the mark now. Hopefully it’s the first of many for the remainder of the season. Every game I’m trying to score goals to help the team so hopefully this kicks me on now.”
NOT OUR NIGHT
“Especially in the second half, we were knocking it about (with confidence). I think we were the better team for a majority of the game other than the first half. We know how we want to play, we’re all confident players. As I said, on another day we come away with the three points so it just wasn’t our night tonight.”
ONTO SATURDAY
“That’s the thing with this league, the games come thick and fast so we’ve got to recover and get ready for that game on Saturday. We can’t dwell on this too much, it’s going to sting now of course - it’s not nice losing any game of football. But in four days time we’ve got another chance to put it right, so we’ll look forward to that.”
BEDDING IN
“Well first and foremost the lads have made me feel very welcome. It was tough because I’ve never really trained much to learn this style of play, but the manager sort of gives you freedom which is ideal for an attacking player. I’m still getting used to how all the lads play, and where I can make my movements to how they play and our chemistry. We’re still building on it but I feel like it’s getting better. I’m looking forward to the rest of the games.”
FANS
“It surprises me because of how many they bring (supporters) but I know how good the fans are anyway. I just want to thank them for coming down tonight and giving us the support. I’m sorry for not getting the result but on another day we get the three points for them and they’re happy on the way home. They pushed us on in the game and I think they were our 12th man again.”
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