Crawley Town lost 1-0 to 10-man Wrexham at the Broadfield Stadium. Ollie Palmer's first half goal was enough to separate the sides despite Andy Cannon being sent for the visitors in the second half. Here is Danilo Orsi's reaction to the defeat
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00:00 "Damn, thank you for joining us. Obviously it's a disappointing afternoon here at the
00:10 Portfield Stadium. Can I just get your thoughts on the game first?"
00:13 "Yeah, obviously disappointing to lose like always. I felt we probably put in a good performance
00:18 overall, looking at the game. But obviously, yeah, you've got to get three points at the
00:23 end of the day and we didn't manage to come away with that today and everyone's a bit
00:27 disappointed in that."
00:28 "The gaffer just touched the net really. We had a lot of possession, we had a lot of the
00:31 ball. We just seemed to lack that killer instinct in the final third. But in terms of you playing
00:37 up front, it must have been really frustrating and I suppose credit has to go to the Wrexham
00:40 team who by the end were putting all ten men behind the ball, weren't they?"
00:43 "Yeah, they went down to ten men. Once you get a 1-0 lead here, you're naturally going
00:48 to sit in because they know how good we are at home. We had chances in the first half,
00:53 myself included. On another day they go in, goals, different result, going into half-time.
00:59 That was just disappointing on the whole. But I guess we'll keep going with the performance
01:03 and keep playing the way we're playing because we know we're going to win more than we lose."
01:06 "Yeah, I suppose it's easy to keep the morale high knowing that it's not necessarily the
01:11 performances that are letting us down. The work rate's there, the performance is there.
01:14 Sometimes it is just the way it breaks for each side. So I suppose the lads going into
01:20 the rest of October are still going to be pretty confident, aren't they?"
01:22 "Yeah, I think obviously today it hurts and probably tomorrow it's going to hurt. But
01:26 Monday's a new week. We know the way we play. It's an enjoyable way to play. Everyone enjoys
01:31 playing it. They go for the stop and a lot of hard work during the week. So you don't
01:35 come away with three points at the weekend after a good performance. You're obviously
01:38 down about it. But again, we'll look to the next one and work hard for the next week."
01:43 "I suppose it's a testament to us that we're disappointed with a 1-0 defeat aside that
01:48 a lot of people have said they should walk away with the league this year. It shows how
01:52 far we've come over the course of this season, especially from last season, that the result
01:56 of this hurts so much."
01:57 "Yeah, definitely. I think we've had a good start. I don't think I've said it before,
02:01 it's just a start and we want to keep it going. It's the 12th game today I think, so still
02:06 early days. But to put in a performance like that against a team which was obviously tipped
02:10 for promotion and we were tipped for relegation and we're still at the top end of the table.
02:14 Yeah, it's a credit to the club as a whole but we want to win games at the end of the
02:19 day. So we'll keep that handle of performances and hopefully the next one's a win."
02:23 "Scott was just saying about Rexham using a bit of the dark arts to see that game out
02:30 and really stuck men behind the ball after getting that open goal which was obviously
02:34 a pity for nothing. Do you think that was difficult to break down the way Rexham are
02:37 playing today?"
02:39 "Yes and no. I think at times obviously we had a lot of the ball, broke them down a few
02:44 times, created a few chances. But again, when you're one nil away from home, we'll do it
02:49 when we go away from home as well. Dark arts is part of football and even more so in League
02:53 Two. So it wasn't anything we probably didn't expect or haven't come across in the past
02:58 and credit to them, they've done it extremely well towards the end as you can see."
03:03 "How much of a miss was Liam Kelly today? Obviously not being able to play because of
03:07 that head injury, was that a problem for Crawley?"
03:09 "Yes and no. Obviously Liam's one of the better players here. Class, he keeps us ticking over,
03:17 does really well on the ball. But again, I thought Aaron came in today, he was really
03:21 good. You can see the quality he's got in training and he probably hasn't had a chance
03:26 this year because of how well Liam's done. So yeah, obviously Liam was a miss but I thought
03:32 Aaron did really well today."
03:35 "Was it frustrating with the amount of shots you had, the amount of possession you had,
03:38 that you couldn't quite turn that into a goal? But does it give you confidence that you're
03:41 able to improve on that because you're creating the chances and having the possession?"
03:45 "Yes, obviously you want to put the ball across the line at the end of the day. But no, we
03:50 created chances, we kept the ball, we recycled the ball, went side to side. I think you could
03:54 see how tiring they found it and by the end of it they were just literally sitting in
03:58 just thinking 'don't concede'. I think we all had the belief, because we've seen it
04:02 a few times this season, where we're going to get one, we're going to get one. Today
04:06 it didn't seem to come but obviously the past few weeks it has. So we'll wipe our mouths
04:11 and we'll go again."
04:12 "Obviously you lost your captain quite early on to injury, was that a bit of a blow as
04:17 well? But obviously Clyde Lloris came on and performed really well. How did you see that?"
04:22 "Yes, obviously Skip, unbelievable player, unbelievable career. I think you saw the boost
04:27 he gave us when he came back. I think it was a stop ball game. Just his presence on the
04:32 pitch alone, he's massive even before he even touches the ball. So yes, obviously it was
04:36 a loss but Clyde, we've seen how well he's done this year, coming off the bench, chipped
04:40 him a few goals as well. So I thought he came on and done really well as well."
04:44 "Dan, there's a two-week break from the league now until you play against Crewe in
04:50 a couple of weeks but then there's two cup games in between. Is that good prep to get
04:54 the league form back on track now after back-to-back losses?"
04:58 "Yes, I think so. I think obviously having a break from the league in one hand is good
05:02 but for me personally I want the next league game tomorrow if possible. Yes, we'll use
05:08 the two weeks, we'll work hard on the training ground I'm sure. The way Gaffer is, he won't
05:12 stop and keep drumming it into us, keep making us better. So yes, I guess we could work on
05:16 a few things in the next couple of weeks but at the same time we've got two cup games to
05:20 take seriously as well and obviously we want to get results in both of them."
05:23 "In the last three home games, Crewe have scored at least three goals or more in these
05:28 fixtures and obviously coming today, haven't got any goals at home, obviously very frustrating
05:33 in your position. Is that something that probably just fuels you for the next game as a striker
05:38 to really sort of, you know, a couple of games without goals does that really fuel you to
05:42 get some?"
05:43 "Yes, I think you're lucky. You know you're not going to score every game. Before today
05:46 I had two and two so I was on a bit of a hot streak shall we say. In my head I was confident
05:51 and into it. As you are as a striker when you score, I'm pretty sure you can ask any
05:55 striker in the league or any league. Obviously today it's come away without scoring personally
06:00 but more so as a team. It's obviously disappointing but it happens in football I guess. So we'll
06:06 move on to the next one."
06:07 "Cheers Dan, thank you."
06:08 "Nice. Dan, thanks for joining us."