Henrik Pedersen said he was just as furious as Sheffield Wednesday’s 2,900 travelling supporters after witnessing his side's 2-0 derby reverse at Doncaster Rovers.
Wednesdayites periodically vented their anger toward Pedersen and called for him to go following the club's second successive wretched defeat on the road. Their anger was seemingly noted, as Wednesday confirmed Pedersen’s exit less than 24 hours on from the full-time whistle.
The Owls' loss leaves them in eighth spot in the League One table ahead of key back-to-back home games, starting with Cambridge United on Tuesday.
Pedersen said: "I feel the anger like they feel the anger. Because we are not happy after a great result last Saturday at home and then two losses in two games.
"This is not what we wanted and of course I feel the same anger that they feel. Now we have to grow quickly and take the fight to Tuesday.
"I burn for this football club, I love this football club. I can feel that we are close, the players and me and we are ready to come out of this. We have had a bad week and now we want to punch back."
Meanwhile, Rovers chief Grant McCann professed his delight at Rovers' intensity after his players watched some damning video footage regarding that earlier in the week.
His side's incessant approach was summed up by their match-winner Owen Bailey, who got back on the goalscoring trail in masterful fashion with a two-goal salvo.
McCann said: "He's top-notch, top-class. I thought he showed everything that he is (against Wednesday) - not just his goals, but his aggression and his will to win.
"I just said to the lads before the game that to be in this team, you have to follow the intensity.
"I showed them a clip from the Leicester game and a 52-year-old referee was running past some of our players on a transition. I said: 'What's going on here? "We're breaking on transition with Alfie (May), Leon (Ayinde) and Hutch (Isaac Hutchinson). We had seven players still in our half and we're on about scoring and things. Here, we showed a lot more intensity.
"It was nice to see the ground more full. It gives the players a real sense of 'Yes, this is where we need to be. We belong here'.
"I understand it's hard with the cost of living these days, but it makes such a difference when we're backed by - I don't know what there was - 9,000 Donny fans. It was outstanding."