I'm gutted, genuinely gutted about Brentford's FA Cup exit – and the manner of it – on Monday night.
It's not just Dango Outtara's penalty – going second in a fifth round shootout really isn't the time to take a Panenka – but also the numerous errors we made during the 120 minutes and the goals we gave West Ham.
Make no mistake about it, the Hammers were a far better team than the one we beat comfortably at London Stadium in October.
But we gave them a helping hand with misplaced passes as well as setting up the chances for them to score twice.
After a poor spell we did improve, mainly after Mathias Jensen came on, and a 2-2 draw felt like the right score after extra time.
But having only ever got to the FA Cup quarter-finals once in my many years of watching Brentford, this feels like a wasted opportunity to get there again.
And, with all due respect to Leeds, having avoided any of the big four in the quarter-final draw and finally being pulled out at home, there was also the chance maybe to have gone further.
You can't blame Keith Andrews. He has taken the cups seriously all season and did again here – naming a first-team line-up.
He was unlucky that with injuries now starting to really affect us, he didn't have many ways of changing the game or taking off tired players, because nearly half the bench was filled with members of the B team and youngsters.
Crystal Palace set the benchmark for medium and smaller clubs last season – showing it is possible for one of us to win a major trophy.
I really wanted us to emulate them this season by winning the FA Cup, more than I wanted to finish in the top seven.
After Monday, I will have to concentrate on that instead.
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