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Bristol Rovers’ Steve Elliott has called on his teammates to kick on from their draw against Swansea and get their first win in seven games at Yeovil on Saturday.
The 29-year-old defender made a return to first-team action this week at the Liberty Stadium after nearly three months out with a knee ligament injury and is eager to help Rovers’ get back on track.
“It’s been frustrating, but there’s nothing I can do about it,” said Elliott of his injury lay-off. “I wasn’t fit enough, I wasn’t ready. Although we were not playing too badly things weren’t quite going our way.”
Elliott was a pivotal part of the Pirates’ defence which withstood a ferocious Swansea comeback to take a point off the league leaders. And he expects the experience will strengthen the resolve and ambition of Paul Trollope’s team.
“Hopefully this result now will kick us on and we’ll get a few more wins before the end of the season and start getting up the table,” he said. “It was a good game to come back to and I think we were a little disappointed at the end.
"Looking at the grand scheme of things I suppose we would have taken a point but we were 2-0 up and let it slip so I’m a little disappointed from a defensive point of view.
“They are a handful and they’re probably the best we’ve played against this season and that’s why they’re top of the league.
“It was a test and we couldn’t quite do it in the end but we gave it our best shot and that certainly boosted my fitness that second half.
“We are proud of our defending. We’re proud with the effort and commitment and we’re back in the right direction and hope to get a win next weekend.”
With nine games to play, Elliott is conscious Rovers need to start taking three points from their opponents if they are to safeguard their League One status.
“They’re all big games now until the end of the season,” he said. “We don’t want to be dragged into it. We’ve got games in hand but we need to get them wins under our belts and start looking up the table and building for next season.”
Bristol Rovers’ Steve Elliott has called on his teammates to kick on from their draw against Swansea and get their first win in seven games at Yeovil on Saturday.
The 29-year-old defender made a return to first-team action this week at the Liberty Stadium after nearly three months out with a knee ligament injury and is eager to help Rovers’ get back on track.
“It’s been frustrating, but there’s nothing I can do about it,” said Elliott of his injury lay-off. “I wasn’t fit enough, I wasn’t ready. Although we were not playing too badly things weren’t quite going our way.”
Elliott was a pivotal part of the Pirates’ defence which withstood a ferocious Swansea comeback to take a point off the league leaders. And he expects the experience will strengthen the resolve and ambition of Paul Trollope’s team.
“Hopefully this result now will kick us on and we’ll get a few more wins before the end of the season and start getting up the table,” he said. “It was a good game to come back to and I think we were a little disappointed at the end.
"Looking at the grand scheme of things I suppose we would have taken a point but we were 2-0 up and let it slip so I’m a little disappointed from a defensive point of view.
“They are a handful and they’re probably the best we’ve played against this season and that’s why they’re top of the league.
“It was a test and we couldn’t quite do it in the end but we gave it our best shot and that certainly boosted my fitness that second half.
“We are proud of our defending. We’re proud with the effort and commitment and we’re back in the right direction and hope to get a win next weekend.”
With nine games to play, Elliott is conscious Rovers need to start taking three points from their opponents if they are to safeguard their League One status.
“They’re all big games now until the end of the season,” he said. “We don’t want to be dragged into it. We’ve got games in hand but we need to get them wins under our belts and start looking up the table and building for next season.”
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