Kevin Nolan: 'It went wrong from start to finish for Notts County at Coventry City'

Kevin Nolan has offered a scathing assessment of Notts County following their opening-day defeat at Coventry City.

The Magpies succumbed to a Jodi Jones hat-trick as the newly-relegated Sky Blues cruised to a 3-0 win at the Ricoh Arena.

For all of County's woes, Nolan admitted that Coventry were simply the better team on the day, doing "the right things at the right times".

“It went wrong from start to finish,” the gaffer told the Nottingham Post.

“We were a bit like rabbits caught in the headlights. They looked more composed and did the right things at the right times.

“They didn’t really do anything spectacular, they just put in behind us and put us under pressure and picked up on the seconds.

“They have a lot of experienced pros in their team and they really showed.

“It’s one for us to sit down, look at them and think ‘these are the benchmark’ in the fact they’ve done all the basics right. That’s why they had the success they did.”

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