That was the words of Stevenage manager Alex Revell after their 4-3 Carabao Cup loss away to Norwich City and you can see what he is getting at. And while it was ultimately a defeat, and an exit from the competition at the first hurdle for the first time since 2021, there were some good individual performances among the players in purple shirts. There were seven changes from the win over Shrewsbury Town too so who pushed for a place in Saturday's starting XI at Huddersfield Town? This is how I saw it.
Player ratings Norwich City (2) 4 Stevenage (2) 3 Murphy Cooper - 7 Got lost a bit for the third goal, ended up too near the front post, but could have little blame for the other three. Most of the problems, if there were any, were in front of him. And he did alright in the main despite conceding four.
A solid keeper to have. Dan Butler - 6 Great to see him back and he naturally faded in the second half before being pulled on the hour. Was also found too far forward for Norwich's second, and it allowed Jack Stacey to get in behind.
Not going to complain too much though at a player trying to make things happen for his team. Nathan Thompson - 6 Thought he did alright playing in a defensive midfield role, even got forward from time to time. The boss has raving about his shape since reporting back after the summer and after being frozen out more or less last season, proving he's a useful option to have.
Carl Piergianni - 7 One almost catastrophic no-look pass aside, he won headers, .