'Very good night' - Doncaster Rovers coach reflects on rampant win over Chesterfield

Q: How do you reflect on that 5-1 win tonight?

CB: "We're in a positive frame of mind really. The target at the outset of the game was to make sure we were into the next round. The level of performance and the attitude and appetite for the game was first class by the group, which resulted in a really strong performance, especially first half.

"We were on the front foot. The manager had a game plan in mind and the players went out and executed it right from the off.

"You understand within the flow of the game that sometimes it's a challenge to sustain that, but that's the challenge we set the group to try and go on and maintain throughout the game.

"Maybe we had a little spell in the second half where we didn't, but then we came again so that was really pleasing. To get five goals at home, I'm pleased for the fans that turned up this evening and cheered us on, so that was really good."

Q: Is Billy claiming the third goal? (Some websites gave it to Luke Molyneux)

CB: "Well, I haven't watched it back, but if Luke Moylneux thought it was his goal, I'm sure I'd have heard about it by now! And I haven't heard much back from Luke on that front, so I think it's sitting with Billy at the moment."

Q: Billy's first goal was a rocket, wasn't it?

CB: "Yeah, a hell of a strike. He was causing problems for the centre-backs within that sort of spell. I guess you'd have to ask Billy when he comes up, but I figure he's thinking, well, if you want to keep backing off, I've got the goal in my eyeline here.

"And he's pulled the trigger and he's well capable of goals like that, even though we normally associate him a bit closer to goal. But he's got a hell of a quality. He's played at a top-top level for a long time."

Q: There were 10 changes tonight, which if it was any other team you may be scratching your head, but not with this squad, because we all know the strength and depth?

CB: "Yeah, there was a real good fluency about the group tonight. And that's off the back of the work that they bring in, the hard work that the staff do with the players day-to-day.

"The gaffer has tried very, very hard in the summer, along with the support of the club, to assemble that competition within each position. So it's our job as coaches to give them the facilities from Monday to Friday to be able to perform when matchdays come. And you've seen quite a lot of the players did perform."

Q: What did you make of Damola Ajayi after a goal and an assist tonight?

CB: "I thought he was really bright and really influential on the game. And it is challenging at the minute, in certain positions, to get into this team.

And patience amongst young players sometimes can wear thin and they can maybe get a little bit disheartened. At times I understand that, we understand that as people. But it's important when you get the chance to go and enjoy it. And I think he showed he was enjoying himself tonight, him amongst others. I don't want to start naming one or two others, but I think the whole group went out and enjoyed the flow of the game this evening and got the just rewards as well."

Q: It was a nice moment for Jacob Bryant at the end, coming on?

CB: "Yeah, it is a luxury being able to do that. I've worked with the manager a long time and if he didn't feel it was warranted, he wouldn't have come off the bench. He's put in a real lot of work with Kyle (Letheren, goalkeeping coach) and it's still a work in progress. But he's been with the group for around 18 months now, day-to-day and travels to most games. So he's put a lot of miles in and it was nice for the manager to reward him with that this evening. And hopefully it gives him a flavour to kick on because in that position, there's only one space up for grabs."

Q: With this competition, with every hurdle passed that Wembley final gets closer doesn't it?

CB: "I always say and I've said it for as long as the competition's been about, nobody really cares about it until the final comes. And you see the two teams that turn up (in the final) are always well-backed.

So yeah, that's one of our aims for the season. It's one (competition) we very much want to go far in."