Alan Julian in despair at Norwich Pic: Antony Kelly, Norwich Evening News

To walk off the pitch losing 4-1 at Norwich on Tuesday night was a real kick in the teeth and was not a fair reflection of the game.

Looking at the goals conceded, defensively we have to do better, and as part of the back four I’m man enough to hold my hands up and say I need to make it more difficult for the centre forwards, especially in Grant Holt and Chris Martin, who will – and did – punish you if you give them half a chance.

I have to say the pitch at Norwich is up there with the best I have played on. As a player it gives you that extra buzz to play on such excellent facilities.

In parts of the game we really moved the ball well and at times put Norwich under pressure.

Chris Palmer, who has been on fire with his goals during pre-season, took his goal well and you could really sense a shock could have been on the cards.

That didn’t happen, unfortunately, but it’s really important that the boys don’t get too downbeat. These mistakes will be worked on in training and hopefully eradicated quickly.

There are again plenty of positives to come out of Tuesday night and we won’t come up against a strike force like that every weekend.

The trip saw the whole squad travelling to the game, something the gaffer has installed, keeping everyone together. One absentee was Dennis Oli, who has caught the bug which seems to be making its way around the dressing room. I know that Bayo was struggling before the game but I’m sure sweating that little bit extra would have done him a world of good.

It was nice to see Kingy and his hair back on the bus. It saw the return of the card school which takes the boredom out of the journey. Kingy was back to his cheeky self, looking at my cards at every opportunity.

He has been so positive in what must be really tough times and let’s hope we see him back in action as soon as possible.

We have to cut out silly mistakes if we are to get something from the game on Saturday.

We will go there with the mindset that we can win the game and get this away-day hoodoo off our backs, which I’m fed up of.

Hereford had a good start last week and I have played there a few times. It’s a place where it’s going to be difficult if you don’t start right.

I would also like to add, on behalf of all the players, how sad we were to hear of the death of former Hereford player Adam Stansfield.

More from Mark Bentley in Friday's Medway Messenger newspaper. Read his thoughts on Adebayo Akinfenwa's impact and what he thinks on the debate surrounding the booing of England players.

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