Matt Lawrence's dismissal may well have reduced his side to ten men but Paul Hart felt that play should have stopped prior to the red card.
"I thought we should have had a free-kick in the incident before Matt Lawrence was sent off so it was a bit hard to swallow. With 11 men on the field I always felt we would get something out of the game. I couldn't fault us for effort tonight but I was just really disappointed we did not see it out until half-time and started the second half all square."
"We kept battling and that's what we will continue to do because I still feel we can get out of the situation we are in."
Through suspensions and injuries the back four numbers are reduced for the weekend but Paul Hart knows that whoever he has to call upon will not let the club down.
"I've got a hard core of senior players who are bearing the brunt of the work and a lot of kids on the bench but we will give everything we can to see us to safety.".
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