Ward says efter Sunderland
Några citat från manager John Ward efter förlusten mot Sunderland i Ligacupens andra omgång
Colchesters manager John Ward stöttar målvakten Mark Cousins efter hans två misstag i första halvlek som resulterade i Sunderlands 2-0 vinst i Ligacupens andra omgång.
Den unge Colchester målvakten har hoppat in för ordinarie Ben Willimas som dras med en skada. Ward säger att han utan tvekan kommer välja Cousins för fredagens hemmamatch mot ligaledarna Carlisle.
“Mark made a couple of errors, but show me someone in the team that doesn’t make an error at some stage in game. Unfortunately if you wear the green jersey then an error normally means the ball ends up in the back of the net."
“The good thing for me though was that it didn’t have an adverse affect on my team, including Mark, and I thought we did very well in the second half."
“The first thing I’ll be telling him is that he will still be in goal against Carlisle on Friday. He’s a young man learning his trade and has a good character about him.”
Colchester mer än matchade ett hyfsad ordinarie Premier League lag och var det inte för en storspelande Sunderland målvakt kunde matchen likaväl slutat oavgjort.
"I said to the team before the match that we want to take something from the game. If Sunderland play fantastic football, we will take that experience."
“We didn’t manage the upset, but we can take a lot of confidence from the way we played. We showed we can cope against teams at this level and still pass the ball around. If you look at their team, every name playing is a name known around the country. Hopefully now a few of our players will have their name known a little bit more in this area of the country after tonight.”
Colchester förbereder sig nu inför mötet mot Carlisle medans Sunderland ska möta lag som Manchester City, Arsenal och Manchester United i Premier League.
John Ward nöjd trots förlust
