With thanks to Adam Dickinson.
On the end of Wasps' season
"We've been happy with the last two months, we've fought our way back in from being out of form, we've played our way back into some kind of form but I just thought today's game we were too sloppy with the ball.
"In the scrum they were on top a little bit there and in big moments, we put the ball into touch a couple of metres out in a crucial moment, on the stroke of half-time putting a penalty down, they were probably crucial moments within the game that made a difference in the end."
On injuries this season
"What it felt like at the end [of this game] was how the season felt, in terms of: we had three hookers in the field and we were fighting and scrapping with a load of guys going off the field obviously with the HIAs, people going off injured.
"So we had a couple go off with HIA, a couple of injuries and had to move things about all the time.
"That's probably how this season's felt, we're a team that's had, let's say our fair share of knocks and we've been scrapping and fighting the whole time."
On Wasps' run-in
"When you're not in the group, when you're not seeing it day-in, day-out, 12 weeks ago we were in trouble. I looked at the boys and I felt emotionally we were, we didn't have much left in the tank."
"I remember standing in meetings, looking at them and these boys are going 'let's go let's go' and they're wanting to go for you, and you're seeing them and they've got nothing left in the tank."
So I think the whole club, staff included they fought through that difficult period and they came out the other end and we've won 50% of our games.
"3 out of the 6 and you'd like to think all those games we lost, one away at Harlequins which was two and a half minutes into injury time, Northampton game we know, and today.
"They were winnable games, and probably just a couple of percent off fighting at the top end of the table, and we want to be a team that fights for Europe."
Is the European qualification a consolation for today?
"It is, we all want to play in Europe. So yeah we're delighted to be in Europe but it's going to be hard watching the games next couple of weeks considering last year we were fighting and we were in the final, this year we've got through a lot of challenges and that's, I don't want to sound like a losers' mentality.
"I am proud of the fight, the fight among the players and the staff to keep going when it was tough - it was tough at times.
"Probably in reflection you look at the Six Nations period and the Autumn and we didn't win many games in those periods and that's the thing we've got to keep working on."
On silver linings
The beauty of this year with the injuries is, a lot of squad guys played a lot of gametime. When you look at Jacob Umaga coming up to 50 today, you've got Gabriel Oghre [46th Wasps appearance today], I'm reading up myself and I can't believe how many games they've already and they've only been at it a season and a bit.
"So they'll have a lot more experience and hopefully they'll be better for it."