Les Parry was happy with the way his side performed against the Swans in the Carling Cup

Tranmere were less than twenty minutes away from putting the Swans out of the competition but goals from Cedric Van Der Gun, Scott Sinclair and Shefki Kuqi ended their hopes of a third round tie.

But rather than be despondent, Parry was taking heart from the positives in his side's performance and he told the club's official website

"I thought we played really well and created some chances in the first half. We'll play a lot worse than that and win this season. I was gutted for the lads because of the amount of effort they put in. Swansea are a good footballing side and you have to work hard to stop them playing, and our lads did.

"You tend to ignore the last goal because it happened when we were pushing on and it was the last kick of the game. The first one was a fluke and the second was an excellent goal that takes a lot of stopping. Had Enoch's header gone in we'd be feeling different now.

"We can take some heart from the performance. Sometimes results like that take a little bit of getting over because of the performance, but they'll be off tomorrow and back in on Thursday and they'll be bright and breezy

"The thing with Ian Thomas-Moore has dragged on and on. It's no secret that when we took him off [against Oldham] he was unhappy and he showed it in a way that was unacceptable. I've let it roll and backed Ian all this time but enough is enough. I thought for the harmony of the squad that I had to do something.

"John Welsh has the respect of all the lads and is the ideal replacement. Ian wasn't happy and I didn't expect him to be, but he accepted it because it was the right decision.

"I'm going to go and have a chat with him and see what the current state is. We've still got the offer on the table of a further year and he's holding out for a pay rise as well which we won't give. I need to sit down with him and say that 'I need to know that if we're going to stick to our guns and just offer the extra year what are you going to do', because I'm pretty sure he doesn't want to leave. Depending on his answer we'll be doing things over the next couple of days."

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