Miron Muslic expressed his disappointment not only at Argyle’s 2-0 loss at Hull City on Tuesday, but the manner in which his Pilgrims went down.
Argyle were facing a team just three points above them going to into the game, but failed to land a glove on the Tigers, who scored early in the second half through Joe Gelhardt, then sealed the game with a goal from Abu Kamara.
For their part, Argyle created little, saddening their boss, who had seen his charges lose just two of the previous eight games, beating West Bromwich Albion, Millwall and Liverpool, and giving Manchester City an almighty scare.
The fighting Argyle that showed up in those games did not make it to Humberside, and Muslic says that positive traits need to return as Argyle battle for Sky Bet Championship survival, starting on Saturday against Sheffield Wednesday.
“I’m disappointed not only with the result,” said Miron. “Hull dominated us from the first whistle to the last one, and absolutely deserved [their win].
“We lacked everything that made us strong over the last couple of weeks. It’s a big, big setback and I’m very disappointed.
“We tried to prepare for this game in the best possible way. We worked backwards. We took some players out against Manchester City, as non-starters, to keep them fresh. We made our first substitutions on minute 60, took three players off to give them a possible to perform tonight. But we were nowhere close to performing.
“It’s about showing up. It’s the Championship; you have to deliver, consistently, every three of four days, it’s a demand.
“We are very disappointed. We have to accept this right now, even if it is very painful. I feel very sorry for the 500 Greens who made a long trip tonight to see us…not fighting, and I have a problem with that.
“The positive we can take is that a couple of days later we have the chance to show we can do it better. We will try everything possible to show we can do it better.
“We have to be competitive again. We have to stay in our structure and we have pick up the fight from minute one until the last. If we can manager to do this, we are competitive. If not, it looks like tonight.”
