"We had to bypass midfield where they had five against three and the crowd had to give us a little bit of faith - but we kept going and if we lack anything as a team it is not honesty.
"We had one of our dopey days at the back that we do as a team. We knew it was going to be a 4-5-1 but the one up front played exceptionally well and gave our centre- half problems - and we were spread out as a team."
Speaking of the sending off of left back Fabian Wilnis, Royle admitted he would not be making a fuss over the decision: "I know Fabien had just been dumped on the far side and perhaps there was some red mist."
Meanwhile Plymouth boss Bobby Williamson admitted his sides missed chances costed them a win in a game that they were the better side: "If David Friio had scored one of two chances it could had been over then."
Speaking of the three goals his team let in, Williamson confessed: "They will say it is good finishing but we will look at it and say it is poor defending. We will look at it again and try to learn from it.
"If you create chances you have certainly got to take them. If Friio had done so then there would had only been one winner, but we did not and I am disappointed."