Having the whole international break to stew on the heavy loss for the 10-man Reds was never going to be easy for anybody associated with the club but he feels the time for inquest is over as the trip to Newcastle United looms on the horizon.
As honest as ever in his appraisal of what went wrong at the start of our campaign, the left-back accepts mistakes were made but acknowledges there is the chance to put things right, starting on Saturday night. And an injection of fresh blood into the squad has already helped to lift the spirits within the camp.