From his programme column tonight:
"I know you supporters were not happy but I have to say there has been an awful lot of rubbish in the media trying to blame the shortage of goals on our system of play. It doesn't make me very happy to lose on our own ground, but at least we should recognise the core of the problem and admit that our failure was simply down to very bad finishing.
"It had absolutely nothing to do with formations, tactics or an unwillingness to attack, but these criticisms were levelled at us by a number of pundits and even a few fans. We have, in fact, played the same way for years. Certainly we have not changed our style and hopefully we will continue to score and entertain."
But then he follows it up with this:
"One change we have made over the past year has been to play three in the centre of midfield, an adjustment we made to retain Roy Keane in the team. When Roy was at his peak and worked from box to box we needed only two in the engine room, but the day came when we could no longer ask quite so much from our captain."
Confused??