YEOVIL TOWN striker Paul Warne predicted a “week of hell” for the Glovers players after their humbling at the hands of Scunthorpe United in Lincolnshire on Saturday.
The 35-year-old frontman offered a sober assessment of the 2-0 defeat at Glanford Park and insisted the team had to bounce back against Southend on Saturday or suffer the consequences of continued failure to win games.
The Glovers are without a victory in eight matches, despite being unbeaten at home, and are yet to keep a clean sheet in the league.
Promise was shown in the 2-2 draw against Bristol Rovers but positives were distinctly lacking from their trip to Scunthorpe.
Warne said: “Next week is going to be a week of hell as the gaffer (Russell Slade) is a proud man. He doesn’t want to come and lose games.
“We need to toughen up, have a hard week, and have to bounce back next week. If not, the way football is, heads will roll. Different people will come in and people will go, that’s the sad truth.”
The Iron graced the Championship last season and looked like a class above Slade’s outfit. Warne forced Scunthorpe keeper Joe Murphy into a few smart saves on Saturday but Yeovil never looked like taking all three points, and the former Oldham front man was clear on what they deserved.
He said: “We did create a couple of chances, more from huff and puff really. We probably muscled up three or four chances and they muscled up 15.
“If we’d have come away with a point, although it would have cheered us up, it would have been a disgrace to football.”
His manager was similarly minded. “Our weaknesses were exposed by a good side,” said Slade. “They set the standard for League One.”
Yeovil managed to weather Scunthorpe’s opening salvos but were undone by a first half set-piece and a second half Terrell Forbes own-goal – material for Slade to work with this week.
He said: “We’ve got to tighten up on our travels. The only way I know is to work harder on the training ground with the players and get a few more rules in place to make sure we’re a little more solid.”
The 35-year-old frontman offered a sober assessment of the 2-0 defeat at Glanford Park and insisted the team had to bounce back against Southend on Saturday or suffer the consequences of continued failure to win games.
The Glovers are without a victory in eight matches, despite being unbeaten at home, and are yet to keep a clean sheet in the league.
Promise was shown in the 2-2 draw against Bristol Rovers but positives were distinctly lacking from their trip to Scunthorpe.
Warne said: “Next week is going to be a week of hell as the gaffer (Russell Slade) is a proud man. He doesn’t want to come and lose games.
“We need to toughen up, have a hard week, and have to bounce back next week. If not, the way football is, heads will roll. Different people will come in and people will go, that’s the sad truth.”
The Iron graced the Championship last season and looked like a class above Slade’s outfit. Warne forced Scunthorpe keeper Joe Murphy into a few smart saves on Saturday but Yeovil never looked like taking all three points, and the former Oldham front man was clear on what they deserved.
He said: “We did create a couple of chances, more from huff and puff really. We probably muscled up three or four chances and they muscled up 15.
“If we’d have come away with a point, although it would have cheered us up, it would have been a disgrace to football.”
His manager was similarly minded. “Our weaknesses were exposed by a good side,” said Slade. “They set the standard for League One.”
Yeovil managed to weather Scunthorpe’s opening salvos but were undone by a first half set-piece and a second half Terrell Forbes own-goal – material for Slade to work with this week.
He said: “We’ve got to tighten up on our travels. The only way I know is to work harder on the training ground with the players and get a few more rules in place to make sure we’re a little more solid.”
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