CLARK: "WE NEED TO PERFORM OUR DEFENSIVE DUTIES"
Lee Clark talked to htafc.com following the 3-1 home defeat to Norwich City to give his thoughts on the game:
"I have just said to the players we have ended up losing a game I would have been disappointed to get a draw from, but the bottom line is that everyone in the side has to accept their defensive duties and do them better.
"Today the players haven't done that and it has cost us. Their three goals were very preventable. We took the lead, created lots and lots of opportunities and played some quality football, but have switched off and nobody in the team can afford to do that because the top teams pick you off.
"In the first half we got the ball down and passed it. We attacked Norwich with speed and composure and created plenty of chances. However, Norwich pounced upon our mistakes and proved why they are top of the league.
"We can take huge positives from certain parts of the game, but massive negatives from other parts of it. I need to have eighteen players every time I pick a team who are willing to produce to the expectations of the Club and the supporters. My players need to stand up and be counted and for ten games we will go right for the jugular and hopefully we will get what we want.
"If we continue playing like we have done today, at a high tempo, then we will win games but people have got to eradicate their individual errors and do their jobs when we haven't got the ball. We can go and win a high percentage of those remaining ten games and finish the season where we want to.
"We have got to treat every team with the same amount of respect and discount their league position. Our philosophy will still be same - on Monday morning we will dust ourselves down and get back on with it with the aim of kick-starting our promotion push at Leyton Orient."














