Frank Nouble spoke to BBC Somerset’s Josh Perkins after Yeovil’s 1-0 defeat at Oldham. Here’s what he said.
JP: Frank, never easy to do these after a loss I imagine. A disappointing result?
FN: Yeah, yeah, frustrating result. Nobody wants to lose games, especially when you feel like you put a lot into the game. I’m just proud of the team, really. Sometimes you lose a game and you’ve been outplayed or you know that position will better than you. You hold your hands up. Today I don’t think that was the case, I thought we done well. We frustrated them quite a lot and they’re big team in our division. So I’m glad we went toe to toe with them. I have confidence in the group, so just gotta keep going.
JP: What do you think it was? Because as you say in the first half you created chances. It was it was really there for the taking for both teams. What was it? What was the difference?
FN: I think they changed a few things [in the] second-half. I think they played better [in the] second-half. Sometimes a lot of pressure amounts to better chances, and I think they maybe edged it on better chances in second-half and they scored 1. So something we gotta learn from. We just got to keep going and you know the way we play our football it’s unique, I like to say. I think we’ve gone up a league and we’ve played exactly the same way. We try to play the ball on the floor, every now and then, mix it up and we’ve got personnel who are still blending with each other, you know. Partnerships are building every week, but we want it to build with winning as well. So you know we’re not going to be silly and say that we want to keep building and lose games either. Just gotta keep going and I’m proud of the group.
JP: And are you proud of yourself as well? Because, especially in the first half on that left hand side, you were playing off the shoulder of other defenders and cutting the ball into Jarvis I remember in the first half, so are you proud of yourself this season?
FN: Yeah, yeah, I feel like I’ve been OK. I’ve been good. I know if the attacking players are playing really well, we’ll win most games, so just gotta keep pushing for that form. I know it’ll come because we’re good players. It’s not a league we’re afraid of either. You know we’ve got me, Youngy, Jarvis, Sam Pearson. Eventually somebody’s going to, or a couple of us, will hit real rich form and when that does happen, we know that the back boys have been unbelievable as well, all year.. So we just got to stay together and the supporters are behind us, which is brilliant, so that gives us an extra push.
“it’s frustrating not to get it, especially in that moment of the game”
JP: And just describe to me because there were a couple of, crazy moments in thelast few minutes of the game. That apparent penalty call, shout whatever you wanna call it on Morgan Williams, was it a penalty?
FN: Yeah. Yeah, it’s a blatant penalty. Maybe the referee didn’t see it, maybe he got blindsided, cause [there’s] a lot of bodies in there, but it felt so obvious that you would think he would give it. So it’s frustrating not to get it, especially in that moment of the game there’s a big decision for referee to make. You know, we’re upset about at the time but we’ve got to move on quickly. We’ve got a game Tuesday against Sutton, which should be another tough game for us. But, you know, we’re quietly confident and we’ll keep working towards achieving the goals that we want to achieve which is looking up the table, not behind us.
JP: And as you say, tough game against Sutton. What else can you expect from that game on Tuesday?
FN: Sutton will be a good team. I think they come down from League Two last season, so we expect them to be good. I think they won today, I just checked the results. So we look forward to a tough game. I think they’ll be athletic. I know a couple of boys down there. We look forward to it, but they’ve got to deal with us as well. And I feel like we’re 5% away from giving someone a real hiding. So hopefully that could be the case on Tuesday. It’s also my birthday Tuesday as well, so I’m looking forward to it. So hopefully we can get the result. I wanted to keep it quiet until the game, but yeah, hopefully we can do it and we’ll just keep positive. The group is so positive in there. We’re disappointed today but it’s my job as one of the older players and a few of us to keep our head up high, long journey back home, rest up and be ready for Tuesday.
JP: 21 again on Tuesday is it?
FN: Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally. How did you know?