Ryan Jones was on post-match interview duties and he spoke to BBC Somerset’s Mark Stillman. Here’s every word of the winger’s interview.
Mark Stillman: Ryan, tough afternoon here in Gateshead. Your thoughts on today’s game, please?
Ryan Jones: Yeah, you know, they’re a well organised team, sort of especially in possession, they’ve got good rotations. I think we dealt with it quite well for the majority of the game, maybe just two moments where they sort of broke through a line and created a few problems for us which obviously led to a goal. The ref’s given a penalty which I think is a little bit soft, but they’re the decisions that get made on the day. [we] Can’t change them now. Yeah, I thought on the whole it was fairly even as a 90 minutes goes.
Mark Stillman: In the first half Gateshead started quite well. Yeovil really got back into it. So what sort of messages did Billy give you at the break?
Ryan Jones: We changed shape at halftime just to try to deal with their rotations a little bit better. I think that worked, and it allowed us to sort of counter-attack on them a little bit quicker and get higher up the pitch. And then once we got into the final third, if initially there’s no pass or there’s nothing on, it’s about coming back out, recycling it, and creating another attack from another angle.
Mark Stillman: You played in both of these games, played on Wednesday with 10 men, so it was hard at the closing stages. What was it like then coming all the way up here sort of tiredness point of view for you and the team?
Ryan Jones: Yeah, you know, it’s obviously going to be tiring for us for what, 35 minutes or so with 10 men on Wednesday, which the boys were excellent then. And then traveling up here, it’s a long journey, but that’s football, that’s the league, you’ve got to deal with it and recover as best you can to go again when the next game is.
Mark Stillman: You played regularly sort of last few weeks, this time shifted over to the right with Alex Whittle coming back in. What did you make of playing sort of obviously not on your natural side?
Ryan Jones: Yeah, it’s something obviously I need to get used to. I can do a job, it’s just something that with more repetitions, where you need to be, knowing what you need to do, it can only get better. So yeah, it’s just one of those things. You know, Whits is a good player that side as well. So if I can do a job and help the team in any position then that’s what I need to do really.
Mark Stillman: And finally, a couple of days’ resting up before you’ve another long old journey on Tuesday night of course to Southend United.
Ryan Jones: Yeah, all the boys need to recover right which I’m sure everyone will do. We’ve got a good group. It’s not going to be an easy game, as everyone knows Southend are a big club, good team, they’re pushing for playoffs, so it’s not going to be easy but we’ll go there and give everything.