Bristol Rovers’ Luke Thomas made clear that the Gas could have been better despite their EFL Trophy win against Cheltenham, whilst Bristol Rovers’ Assistant Head Coach Rhys Carr said that opportunities for players will come if they perform in the EFL Trophy.
00:00Bristol Rovers' Luke Thomas made clear that the Gas made hard work of their win in the EFL Trophy against Cheltenham.
00:07Yeah, I thought we made hard work of it. I thought the lads that played, I thought we all really put in a really good performance.
00:15Our intensity was really good and, yeah, you know, flying the ball probably a few times could have easily won that two or three now.
00:22You just took me through your goal as well because it was a really well taken shot.
00:26Yeah, I just think I need to be a little bit more selfish at times. I messed it up in the first half by trying to pass it to Fab.
00:31But it was a really bad pass, to be fair, so I thought I just needed to be confident here and, yeah, I took the shot in and, yeah, probably it was lucky to hit the post and went in.
00:39But, yeah, it looked a really good finish.
00:41Yeah, well, there's nothing luck about that, to be fair. We mentioned that on commentary, to be fair, is that you guys just maybe need to be a little bit braver, potentially.
00:47And just when the ball is at your feet and you see an opportunity on goal, just take the shot.
00:52Yeah, I think so. I think that's obviously always been a thing in my game where I've struggled to do it, final ball.
00:58But, yeah, hopefully this season I'm on three goals now more than I got last season.
01:01So, you know, that's a positive. I'm only 12, 13 games in or something like that.
01:05So, yeah, I need to be brave whether it's with the pass or whether I'm shooting.
01:09I need to make up my mind up and, yeah, just go with it.
01:11And performing well in EFL trophy matches will grant opportunities for Bristol Rovers players to start in League Two matches.
01:20That's according to assistant head coach, Rhys Carr.
01:24Yeah, of course it does. You know, that's the environment we want.
01:26You know, every player should be pushing, pushing to stay in the team and pushing to get in the team, depending on their circumstance at any point.
01:31So, yeah, we're delighted. We wanted to come to win the game and, yeah, thankful we've done that.
01:36And I would say a fine finish at the edge of the box, wasn't it?
01:39It was. And he's very capable of it. And we want to push him.
01:43I think out he's doing terrifically well, you know, in terms of his performances at the moment.
01:48How we can push him to be even better is getting more goals and more assists because he gets in great positions and he's got quality.
01:53So, yeah, back himself to score and he did tonight.
01:56We know as a staff, you always look at one game at a time, but was it important to get straight back to winning ways?
02:01Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. You know, no football club's gone on an infinite winning run ever.
02:08You'll win games, you'll lose games. But as soon as you lose, you want to quickly get back to winning.
02:11So that was important tonight. And we've done that. And, you know, we're really pleased with it.
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