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After the home defeat against Queens Park Rangers*Paul Hart was*left disappointed that his side couldn't follow up their home victory against Preston earlier in the week.
"It was very disappointing, it is the poorest we have played since I have been here and it is even more disappointing as we had nearly a full house here today and we didn't deliver.
"Things did not start well when Calvin (Andrew) was involved in that horrible clash of heads and I personally felt the change*did us more harm than it did to them. Calvin has been on fire for us in recent weeks and we lost that threat going in behind straight away."
Andrew was eventually replaced mid-way through the half by full back Nathaniel Clyne, a*substitution that was made for tactical reasons, after it appeared Alan Lee was ready to come on, following the clash of heads.
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"The substitution was made in order to keep a bit of pace upfront and that is why we put Sean Scannell up there to try and maintain that threat."
With regards to Calvin, Hart admitted that despite being convinced by his medical team that Andrew had not sustained concussion, the player was not his self following the coming together.
"He stayed on but was all over the shop, the medical team assured me it was not concussion but he has got an horrendous lump on the back of his head and we felt it was best to take him off as he*was himself at all."
With all the attention surrounding the game due to Neil Warnock*managing a side in SE25 again, Hart was adament that the occasion had not got to his players and the early goal obviously changed the game.
"Goals change games. I could see from early on that we were not ourselves and not every week is perfect, we can do a lot better and we will have to from now until the end of the season."
After the home defeat against Queens Park Rangers*Paul Hart was*left disappointed that his side couldn't follow up their home victory against Preston earlier in the week.
"It was very disappointing, it is the poorest we have played since I have been here and it is even more disappointing as we had nearly a full house here today and we didn't deliver.
"Things did not start well when Calvin (Andrew) was involved in that horrible clash of heads and I personally felt the change*did us more harm than it did to them. Calvin has been on fire for us in recent weeks and we lost that threat going in behind straight away."
Andrew was eventually replaced mid-way through the half by full back Nathaniel Clyne, a*substitution that was made for tactical reasons, after it appeared Alan Lee was ready to come on, following the clash of heads.
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"The substitution was made in order to keep a bit of pace upfront and that is why we put Sean Scannell up there to try and maintain that threat."
With regards to Calvin, Hart admitted that despite being convinced by his medical team that Andrew had not sustained concussion, the player was not his self following the coming together.
"He stayed on but was all over the shop, the medical team assured me it was not concussion but he has got an horrendous lump on the back of his head and we felt it was best to take him off as he*was himself at all."
With all the attention surrounding the game due to Neil Warnock*managing a side in SE25 again, Hart was adament that the occasion had not got to his players and the early goal obviously changed the game.
"Goals change games. I could see from early on that we were not ourselves and not every week is perfect, we can do a lot better and we will have to from now until the end of the season."
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