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“To lose the match with their only shot on target they had in the second half is very hard to take. I really felt we were going to go on and win it, I really did. We kept big Fletcher quiet and I thought with him quiet we had a real chance of taking the points.” Gary Mills told the Club’s Official Website after the match.
But while Mills felt Notts could go on to win the game; he was quick to praise the young side, in particular 16 year old David McGoldrick who made his first full debut in the Notts senior team.
He was pleased with the performance of the team overall but felt that Notts were the better side and more goal scoring opportunities. Mills went on to say:
“In the second half I fully believed we were the better side, and we had the better chances. Possibly with a bit more experience with the younger boys we could have gone on to win it.”
“I thought we played really well, although we should have been one or two goals up before we went 1-0 down. It makes the defeat very difficult to take but we will keep battling away, starting with our next game against
Mills was not only impressed with the youngsters, but also with the performance of the returning central defender Tony Barras, who was not only standing in for the suspended Ian Richardson but also ‘stand-in’ captain for the day. 
“I thought Tony Barras was excellent on Saturday against the big man Steve Fletcher. I asked him to put in a massive performance for us at