missed chance to win

You’ve got to keep picking points up. It’s another point away from wigan and blackpool.

withdrawn through injury.

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Andy Carroll’s goal got them off to the ideal start before Lukas Jutkiewicz headed in the leveller.

“No. Why would it feel like a defeat?” said Ince when questioned whether the result felt like a loss rather than point gained.

“I thought we were the better team and chances just didn’t fall for us.

“It’s a point well earned. We got

“We feel like we’ve got to defend it and start dropping deeper and letting them take control. That’s what happened.

“It’s disappointing because we needed a fast start and that’s what we did but we didn’t move on from there.”

Despite the high pressure nature of being involved in a relegation fight, Ince sent the message to his players to enjoy the challenge ahead of them.

He said: “I said to my players, ‘you can be the heroes, you can do something special to keep this team in the league’.

We’ve got a bit of a gap on them so it’s a straight fight between the teams above us.

“No matter what happens this team has done ever so well

“Due to these circumstances we need wins. We need to start creating chances and scoring goals.”

Ince also expressed his displeasure at the referee’s performance before he had to be

He continued: “I don’t want to moan at officials because we know it’s a tough job, but this referee it was his third game in the Championship.

“It’s not an experiment, this is the business part of the season. They have to have better referees than that. I wasn’t pleased.

He’s pulled his calf, so he said. Maybe he was getting so much stick from our punters that he thought he’d call it a day.

“I hope he’s OK, but at least if he’s pulled his calf he won’t be refereeing us this season.”