On Today’s Result
”It was a good result You could see the nerves towards the end. I thought the first half was excellent we had three or four good chances, their keeper pulled off two great saves, we hit the post and it bounced back out. So, overall, the first half was really pleasing.
They probably came into it a bit towards the end of the half, and I was thinking, should we have killed the game off? But in the end, I’m happy with the three points.”
After a hard game Tuesday you could see the exhaustion, especially in midfield. There aren’t many midfields in the league with more energy than ours, and they dominated on Tuesday night.
You could really see the fatigue today—we lacked a bit of energy in the second half. We’ve also got a few players carrying knocks that nobody knows about, some who can barely kick the ball at the moment, but they’re still giving it their all. So, to get a result on Tuesday night, and then come here today and get another win is really pleasing.
”When they went down to 10 men, they had nothing to lose and just threw everything at us. We, on the other hand, became anxious, thinking we should comfortably win against 10 men. We lost our shape a bit. But credit to them they applied pressure, even though they didn’t actually create too many chances.”
On the character of the team
” It’s been a long time since we had back-to-back wins. We’ve talked all season about conceding late goals, and you could see the anxiety at the end. That’s what disappointed me, we’re not a long-ball team, but we looked nervous, and understandably so.
Last Saturday hurt us again, but I’m really pleased with back-to-back clean sheets and back-to-back wins.”
Looking ahead to next Saturday
”Yeah, it’s that game in hand we keep talking about. We’ve been joking this season that we’ve been in the play-offs for the last two years, so now, let’s just go and spoil the party. Let’s enjoy it and see how high we can finish.
We’re nine points behind Stockton, but we’ve still got to play them and we’ve got that game in hand. The lads are playing with freedom, they’re excited, and hopefully, we can have a strong end to the season.”
