Yeovil Town manager Richard Dryden admitted his side were outclassed by table topping Rochdale as they fell to a 3-0 defeat in Greater Manchester this afternoon.
A brace from the division’s top scorer Emmanuel Dieseruvwe and a third from Ryan East saw the home side cruise in to the lead during the first half and the Glovers spent the second half defending wave after wave of attacks without ever threatening to create a chance.
Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Josh Perkins after the game, the manager said: “They were a lot better than us on the day. The goals could have been avoided, they created a lot more chances and we put in a lot of work to try and keep them out and when you put in a lot of work it is hard to get up the other end and score or create chances. They played well and we didn’t. It is horrible to work hard and win the ball back and then we were giving it away because we just did not have the legs to do it.
“We did not pass it how we can pass it, we did not play the way we can play and we got beaten by a better side. The lads are blowing in there, they have not chucked it away, they have worked hard. It was frustrating in the last ten minutes with a couple of bookings that we don’t need.”
Trailing 3-0 at half-time, Dryden replaced Exeter City loanee Andrew Oluwabori with Harvey Greenslade, but Yeovil never got a foothold in the game.
The manager added: “You have to try and keep the same process because you have 90 minutes left. The problem was they pressed really well and we did not get out of our half with any sort of quality, the balls up to Jarv were last resort balls. We got him to come a bit deeper and the ball kept coming to them.
“It is tough because you are massively up against it, you just have to get them rallied, keep them organised and you never know if you nick the next goal. But they were in the ascendancy today and I cannot make any excuses, we were not at the races and they definitely were.”
There was no place for striker Tahvon Campbell, who started last weekend’s FA Cup exit at Hemel Hempstead Town, and striker Junior Morias was an unused substitute despite the visitors chasing the game.
One small positive for the Glovers was the appearance of summer signing James Daly, who has not featured since the middle of August, who was involved in the pre-match warm-up at Spotland.
Dryden said the winger had taken part in training on Friday and could get a run out in the midweek Somerset Premier Cup tie at Odd Down on Tuesday night.
