Tait said: "You can't legislate for chances being missed such as the one Conlon has put over the bar.
"I can't fault the lads for effort, but we lacked a bit of quality. The players are down and feel as if it's the end of the world but it isn't.
"If we had taken our early chances it could have been a different story, and we hope to do that against Leyton Orient on Monday."