Darrell Clarke slams "weak and bullied" Bristol Rovers

Darrell Clarke has claimed that his "weak" Bristol Rovers players were "bullied" throughout their 4-2 defeat to Notts County in Friday night's FA Cup first-round tie.

The Magpies found themselves two goals down within the first quarter-hour but spectacularly turned it round through strikes from Ryan Yates, Jon Stead and Jorge Grant.

“That 90 minutes sums up our whole season, we are so inconsistent,” Clarke told the Bristol Post.

“We were weak and bullied – we caved in and they got back into the game. It’s not good enough.

“It was just weak, collectively as a group we were weak, and we were bullied against a physical team that do what they do very well.

“Obviously they’re doing well in League Two but for me that sums up our season and there has to be things that change, and things will change.

“I am a ruthless person, and at the end of the day they’ve [the players] got a big few weeks to keep showing me that things will turn around. Because I will make changes, there will be big changes.”

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