Notts County's new manager Hans Backe admitted he was a relieved man after Notts County narrowly avoided relinquishing their unbeaten home record to Shrewsbury as his first game in charge ended 1-1.
The Swede has Graeme Lee to thanks for sparing his blushes with a late equaliser, the Magpies captain heading home with five minutes to spare to cancel out Jamie Devitt's first-half opener for the Shrews.
Backe said: "During my entire managerial career I've never lost my first game in charge with any club, but this game against Shrewsbury was the closest I've ever come."
He added: "We had problems in the first half because we couldn't penetrate their defence as we were playing too straight and lost the ball in bad areas.
"Our midfielders were not supporting the strikers well enough and we didn't provide the wingers with enough opportunity to get the ball in the box.
"All credit to the players though because after the interval they looked much stronger, got the ball wide and we created four or five scoring opportunities. It was an intense game to start my Notts County career with, but I enjoyed it and will take a lot of positives from the second-half performance."
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The last manager was sacked because he had the worst record of any manager the club had ever had in 147 years, and the fact that he had managed to get near the top of League two with some new money wasn't going to turn him into the guy that would satisfy the long term plans of the new owners. Wake up!
Perhaps explanations could be given for why Backe hasn't been sacked . . . after all the last manager was sacked after a draw, when they could have lost . . . and they scored more goals in that game.
What a pathetic excuse - we played too straight . . . and my granny is the PM.
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