“[I told them] to not let things affect us as much really,” explained manager Matt Hamshaw. “It wasn't a vintage Rotherham United performance first-half and I'll probably get criticised for this, but I didn't think it was as bad as the message that got sent out.
“Second half, we played more like I'm looking to do. I've said all along there's going to be time for things to gel.
“I think you're seeing little combinations now. I thought Marvin Kaleta was really good first-half and he's obviously not up to speed yet, but you can see promise from him. Denzel Hall's been very good and obviously the front two were a right handful in the second half. I think there's a lot of pleasing aspects.”
“My job is to get them [decisions] right,” Hamshaw said. “There will be times when I get them wrong but we've probably got them right today.
“That's credit to the players on the bench. That isn't me, I just have a gut feeling. I probably didn't sleep as well as I could have done last night. In my head, I was tinkering with a few things. My gut when I went for my run this morning didn't probably feel as right as it should have done. I just felt at half-time that's what we had to do.”
“There's still a lot I've got to work on,” Hamshaw said. “This is my 13th game in charge and I think people probably feel like I've been here two seasons because it feels like that and I'm a bit greyer. But it's 13 games.
"I'm still getting to know the lads, they're still getting to know me. We're in a process and there's going to be peaks and troughs. We'll get there - it's just going to take a bit of time.”
