Skipper Damien Johnson was shown a straight red card 20 minutes from the end of the game at Elland Road and became the fourth Blues player to be sent off this season with only ten games played. "You all know my feelings about Damien Johnson as a professional, as a player, but I can't defend that. "It was reckless and everyone in the ground knew he wasn't going to get there, so I've got no complaints. "We are being let down by the experienced ones at the moment. I am the manager and I must stop it.
"I spoke last week about our ill-discipline and that's cost us again in this match," the Blues boss said after the 3-2 defeat.
"It was a great game of football but that is no consolation.
"We were the better team when we had ten men. If we'd had 11, I'm sure we would have won."