Newport show 'inexperience' but on 'right track'

Marc Lloyd Williams believes Newport County remain "on the right track" under Nelson Jardim despite showing "inexperience" during their loss to Bradford City.

Kyle Hudlin's second half header at Valley Parade cancelled out Andy Cook's 39th minute opener as Newport improved after the restart.

But James Walker restored the Bantams' lead on 75 minutes at a point where Newport's Bobby Kamwa was off the pitch changing his boots - with Bobby Pointon netting a late goal to seal a 3-1 win for the hosts.

And BBC Sport Wales pundit Lloyd Williams believes the Exiles showed naivety as they fell behind for a second time with 15 minutes of the contest remaining.

"If you have to change your boots, it is what it is, you have to reassess," he told Radio Cymru's Dros Frecwast.

"Sometimes you work on that on the training ground, if you're down to 10 men, playing against 11, you adapt to the other team who have the extra man.

"Maybe it's a bit of inexperience within the squad, but they should have just got everyone behind the ball until [Kamwa] returned to the field."

Despite defeat to Graham Alexander's side, Newport sit 10th in League Two after 10 games and find themselves just four points adrift of leaders Walsall.

Lloyd Williams believes boss Jardim - who replaced Graham Coughlan as head coach in the summer - will be pleased with the progress his side are making.

"They're only four points off the top of the table," he added.

"There are plenty of games to go. They're on the right track, Nelson Jardim will be fairly satisfied with how the season has gone so far."