Planet Swans ArchivesThe man at fault for Stockport’s first goal on the weekend accepts that the performance was not what was required ahead of the League One top of the table clash at Southend this weekend.
Kevin Austin, whose hesitation on the ball on Saturday let in Stockport for their opener told the Evening Post: ”The first goal was my fault and the second we should have dealt with it better as a defence,” Austin said. ”But I wouldn’t say we took it for granted that we would beat Stockport. We knew it was going to be a tough game and they put us under a lot of pressure. They were in our faces and they deserved it. I suppose something like this was always going to happen because things had been going really well for us.
”But every team in the world has setbacks and now it’s all about how we come back from this. ”We all would have enjoyed a cup run and the finances could have been important for the club, but I don’t think it’s the end of the world . ”What we’ve got to is make sure we improve next week and I’m sure we will. Going out of the cup is not ideal preparation, but we can draw strength from our league displays and we’ll go to Southend confident that we can get a result.”
Swansea were undone by a goal either side of half time and most of the consensus of the 368 Jacks who made the trip was that Swansea were not in the game from the very beginning with comments made that the fans felt the players thought they could just turn up to win
”But I wouldn’t say we took it for granted that we would beat Stockport.” continued Austin. “We knew it was going to be a tough game and they put us under a lot of pressure. They were in our faces and they deserved it. I suppose something like this was always going to happen because things had been going really well for us. ”But we’re still in a strong position in the league and we want to stay there. We’ll be right up for it next weekend . ”We didn’t do very well at Southend last season but we’re a stronger team now.”
And Kenny Jackett added ”I would have liked to have won at Stockport and Southend, but now we have to focus on getting things right on Saturday. ”I don’t like losing and I don’t give in easily. That has to be the case with my teams.”
