***Bristol Rovers EFL Cup Official Matchday Thread***

It was a tight game - we had much the better of the first half, 3-4 good chances including Nichols missing a sitter.

Bristol started the second half the stronger and themselves had 2-3 really good chances to score. Then Nichols goal broke the game and we held them off to the end, as Orient did to us on Saturday.

That’s my feeling - we edged a tight game tonight, we lost a tight game on Saturday. That’s football. We shouldn’t have a huge schizophrenic swing of thinking it’s the end of the world with one of those results or that we are bloody brilliant with the other. We’re a work in progress, Betsy is looking at his players and finding his best combinations. Tonight he made a bit of progress but he needs time and space to make more, even if we drop games.

My greatest pleasure tonight wasn’t just the win but seeing our fans getting behind the team in a united way. That’s the way forward to help a young manager still right at the start of his career