Nerves may have contributed to defeat

Hereford United manager John Trewick admitted that nerves might have affected some of his squad last night at Fratton Park.

"We never got off the ground really with our passing, and some of our players looked a bit nervous," said Trewick as reported by GiveMeFootball.

"Possibly some of them looked around the pitch at some of the names and faces and didn't quite have enough belief to get at them.

"It was disappointing - we lost our shape a little bit as well in the centre of the pitch. When you allow Kranjcar to have a free run at your centre-backs from a deep position, you know you're going to get into trouble.

"We lost it in the first 20 minutes of the game I thought, and once they were two or three up, it was damage limitation."

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