Disappointed Scott Brown admits his Fleetwood side were "bullied" by Port Vale as he lost his first league game in charge.
The 37-year-old was left miffed by the 2-1 defeat which he believes was undone by an inability to follow out the game plan put in place in the lead-up to the curtain raiser. And the Celtic legend was left downbeat after his side coughed up the advantage after taking the lead against Vale.
But Brown admits he won't be down for long and insists he and his players must learn their lessons from their early misstep with the fixtures coming thick and fast. Town take on Plymouth next weekend before they begin their EFL Cup campaign against Wigan.
The former Aberdeen skipper said: “It’s disappointing, especially after starting the game so well as we went 1-0 up and it was a great goal as well from Batts. We just didn’t seem to know what to do after that and we lost control of the game as we got bullied throughout the game in the middle of the pitch and didn’t win enough second balls.
"The lines between the strikers, midfielders, and the defence were so big for Port Vale to play through them. It’s not what we’ve worked on all week.
"We’ve worked on keeping the ball and knocking it to the sides and pressing teams – we didn’t do that well enough as a team.
"Whether that’s on myself and the backroom staff for not picking the right team, we will take that one on the chin, but for us, it was disappointing after the start we’ve had."
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