Phil Godman admits Edinburgh must improve in order to rectify the problems which affected the team against Stade Francais, but stresses the players believe the Heineken Cup dream is far from over – starting with the crucial Pool Four tie against Ulster at Murrayfield on Saturday (17 October, kick off 3.45pm).
Godman contributed a late conversion in a match which saw Edinburgh overwhelmed by a powerful and mobile Stade Francais side.
But, despite leaking four tries during a painful first half, Edinburgh perked up after the break and Godman insists that if the men in Black and Red can get it right against Ulster then the team’s European adventure will continue.
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Godman said: “We can still progress through the group stages, but there is a lot of work left to do in order to achieve that.
“Fair enough, it wasn’t a good result or performance in Paris, but it is certainly not the end of our Heineken Cup campaign.
“Hopefully our supporters will turn out and show their support. Ulster have got a good travelling support and the match will have a special atmosphere.
“Fixtures between the two teams are always cracking games and Ulster are going well this season.
“We had a great victory over there last month and we all realise that this weekend’s match is a must-win in order to achieve something in the Heineken Cup.
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“I think we started the season well and we have had two poor results in the past two weeks which has been really disappointing.
“I think it has shown again that you can’t afford to give scores away cheaply. There are plenty of things to work on, but there are a few positives which we can take from it.
“It was always going to be a tough ask to go over to Paris and get a win. But we were confident we could do it if everyone playing at the top of their game – that wasn’t the case unfortunately.
“Everyone wants to put that right against Ulster. The rest of our games are all winnable, but that all starts next weekend and we need to make sure we’re still in the competition by getting a good win against Ulster.”
