ARGYLE head coach Paul Mariner is looking to move on from the bitter disappointment of Easter Monday's 2-0 defeat to Middlesbrough.
A sloppy goal conceded to Stephen McManus and Alan Judge's missed penalty tarnished the first-half against the Teesiders. Argyle pressed hard after the break but were caught by a late goal from Jonathan Franks when goalkeeper David Stockdale pushed forward for a corner.
The Pilgrims face a decisive game in the race for survival at Watford on Saturday and Mariner is looking to banish the Boro hangover.
"We were obviously bitterly disappointed," he said. "There were a couple of turning points in the game. We can discuss the team until we're blue in the face but the fact of the matter was we just couldn't break them down.
"We were obviously pushing and sent Stockers up at the last gasp, and got done on the break, so 2-0 doesn't look good on paper. It was a very hard fought game and we have got to come back firing on all cylinders on Saturday.
"I felt we could get something out of the game. Middlesbrough are a decent team but we matched them for the most part. We gave away a poor goal and one error seems to undo us.
"The penalty was obviously a turning point with the time it was. If we go in 1-1 at half-time, who knows what's going to happen.
"We gave a good of account of ourselves but we lost. We need to tighten up and we know what we need to do."
