Gaffer’s lessons learned over key personnel

KEITH Hill insists lessons have been learned following Tuesday’s 4-2 defeat at Oxford United.

The Dale chief made five changes to the side which had started the 1-0 home win against Accrington four days earlier in a bid to freshen things up and break the trend of poor midweek results.

But a poor performance left the manager open to criticism.

Dale were two goals down inside the opening 15 minutes but Ian Henderson pulled them back into the game with a goal on the half hour.

Marcus Browne restored the home side’s two-goal advantage early of the day it’s something had it previously and our the trend that has been the players . I don’t mind in the second period I’m glad I did. It was not performance levels have happening away from them hiding behind me before a 30-yard Callum what I expected. In terms been nowhere near. So, home, to freshen things and I will take full Camps strike once again of the goals we scored and lessons learned, especially up and for the players to responsibility. But some offered Dale a lifeline. the chances we created, from me and it’s accept the responsibility of the mistakes, regardless

However, Browne’s we probably should have important that you learn of maintaining what we of the personnel, they are second goal in the 78th drawn level on two those lessons. had achieved on Saturday pretty consistent with minute all but killed off occasions but it was “As disappointed as I as a group. away performances. Dale’s hopes of salvaging difficult from a defensive was it gave me a little “The atmosphere, the “That’s why it was something from the game. point of view, where I more clarity as to what jump and the energy that necessary to see the

“We’ve drawn a line thought we’d be stronger direction I need to go in. was shown in the lead up change , to try to enforce it under Tuesday’s game. we looked weaker. It’s like anything, you have to the game was all – but we just didn’t get The team needed “I take full to make brave decisions positive and we really that reliability that we got freshening up and we responsibility for it. That and with those brave went there with a lot of last season using the same went back to a system that defeat on Tuesday was decisions, if they don’t go optimism. system. had worked for us mine and mine alone, it according to plan then “But I take full “Tuesday indicated to previously but we looked wasn’t the players.’ With you have to accept responsibility for team me that we have to run more vulnerable,” said respect to the way it was responsibility, not changes and the system with key personnel, Hill. designed we just didn’t harbour it or try to pass it that we went with – but regardless of how strong I

“You try to work things have the performance to on to someone else. In ultimately, the key thought this squad was. out as manager and I am match the intentions of this case it’s me who takes decisions on the pitch that It’s not as strong as the responsible for team what I wanted, and that responsibility. the players made allowed training ground selection and player was an energy bounce on “The intention was to go Oxford easy transitions performances had led me performances, at the end a Tuesday. We haven’t and win the game, to stop and goals. That is down to to believe.”

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