Carlisle United manager Paul Simpson has been telling fans how he has been dealing with the disappointment of Saturday’s dramatic FA Cup exit at Walsall.
He told the club website: “We reviewed the game on Tuesday. We hadn’t talked about it on Monday, I just left it. I’ve got to be honest with you, it took me a long time to get over the anger of what happened in that game.
“I came in on Monday and the anger was still in me, so I decided not to review it with the players at that point.
“We left that for Tuesday, and it wasn’t even so much the glaringly obvious mistake that happened, but other things we need to do better.
“We talked about it, we’ve worked on it this week in training and the big thing we’ve said is that after 19 league games we’re in a good position.
“What we have to make sure is that over the next 27 league games we don’t let it all peter out. We have to be really strong and positive, and we have to keep building on what we’ve done.
“We have three of the next four games coming up at home. The first of those is Sutton and we’ve got to make sure we keep moving on.”
He revealed he had spoken to goalkeeper Tomas Holy who made a telling mistake for Walsall’s equaliser.
“It really isn’t about that. In that game he’d been great for 88 minutes and I’ve been really pleased with what he’s done this season for us.
“It’s horrible for a keeper because when they make a mistake there really is no hiding. He knows he has to move on.
“Like I said last weekend, you don’t try to protect people when something like that happens. You address it, then you move on. It’s how players react that shows who they really are, and I’m sure he’ll react in his typically positive manner.”
