It’s a sigh of relief, especially when you look at the list of players who we have out, Youl Mawene – virus, Matty Hill – head knock, medial ligament damage, Callum Davidson – medial ligament damage, Danny Dichio – ankle ligament damage, Nugent – metatarsal, Adam Nowland – broken leg, Andy Lonergan – cruciate, Andy Smith – patellar tendon, it’s just unbelievable, eight players out of a squad of 26, we have been chopping and changing and we have picked up a wonderful three points.

It was a great goal, again we are guilty of guilt edged misses, we should have been more in front. We played some good stuff in the first half but the work ethic of every one of these players is excellent, we tried to go and be positive and play three strikers with the hope of trying to get one or two goals against a side that has not lost in five, a very difficult side to play against because they have got some clever players and I don’t think their league position tells the full story, I think they have been unfortunate from time to time because they are a good side. But I’m delighted because I phoned a young centre half at a quarter to twelve to tell him that he is playing after Youl phoned in with a virus and we have brought Tyrone Mears who has done an excellent job and one or two other guys. We are very pleased with the three points, it’s a crucial lead that we have, that five point gap that we have with only six games remaining, roll on the next five weeks.

It was top class, absolutely excellent, you couldn’t ask for a better debut. The young man showed not only the aggression and the defending of a centre-back but the composure to play as well because he can certainly pass that ball. It was a shock to his system when I phoned him this afternoon when he was on his ninth hamburger and chips at McDonalds but he has done fantastically well.

That’s some work ethic, the lad’s work ethic is second to none and he will get us goals don’t worry about that. We are just having to get ourselves over this season and then work with the young players that we have and get one or two of the lads that we have got and give them a pre-season. Marcus Stewart again was excellent, he played in the positions that he takes up and from back to front I thought that there was some very good performances but more importantly it was great nerve to go and hang in there and pick up three points.

I’ve got problems with McKenna and Brian O’Neil, we had to take them both off with slight groin strains, Brian O’Neil was more precautionary, Paul McKenna is more serious and we will find out more about it tomorrow. So we will know more about it tomorrow, I think we have had about ten operations this season and that’s in comparison to last season where we had three and we are really finding it very difficult. Consistent team selection is crucial for a successful team, we are finding that difficult and we are having to chop and change which is not good at the moment, but we will try and hang in there and try and work away.

It was that serious that we had to take him off and he was certainly feeling it, but here’s hoping that it’s not too serious and we took him off in time because he is very important for us.

He’s phoned in with a virus and so has Stock, they have both been suffering with a virus and I thought about Stocky tonight as well, he trained yesterday for about 20 minutes and I pulled him out of training. Youl has phoned in with the symptoms of this virus but I’m hoping that he can be ok for Saturday.

Claude has soldiered on for the last four or five weeks but he has been excellent, I thought tonight he has been superb. But Claude is Claude, we don’t worry about Claude, he’s Jamaican, we just ignore him and I say that with the greatest respect to all Jamaicans.

The job is not done, far from done. We have got to enjoy it tonight, we will get back in tomorrow, we will get our head down again, we will get the walking wounded patched up again and get the best squad that we can. There’s some crucial games coming up, there’s some important games to come up, wins that still have to be got. The players know themselves that this was a big test of their nerves tonight and it was a very important three points and we are just delighted to get them in the bag.