Iron manager Nigel Adkins cut a dejected figure after seeing his side thumped 5-1 at Leicester City on Saturday.

Michael Morrison headed the Foxes ahead early on, with Paul Gallagher (hat-trick) and Martyn Waghorn also notching.

The hosts were four goals ahead at the interval and although Sam Togwell pulled a goal back, Adkins felt it wasn't good enough.

He told The Iron Player: "We're very disappointed, particularly with the first half performance.

"We had a great chance in the second minute, as Gary Hooper was one on one and the goalkeeper made a save.

"We spoke before the game about not giving stupid free-kicks away because we were taking on a team who are very powerful in that regard, but we gave one away and ended up 1-0 down.

"From then on it was a wake-up call for a lot of people because in the first half we got a good mauling, it's as simple as that.

"The game was over at half-time so I decided to keep the same eleven on the pitch because in front of more than 20,000 people you're going to have to hurt and never want to feel as low as that again.

"We've been organised for the majority of the season but the first half performance was not acceptable.

"I started with a strong midfield quartet, with Paul Hayes in there too, so we could have five and dominate the middle of the park but we didn't do that.

"Credit to Leicester City because I felt they were superb.

"All the players are going to be hurting and we have to bounce back strongly now when we play Barnsley on Tuesday night."

See much more from Nigel Adkins and Sam Togwell on The Iron Player.