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00:00Gavin, now our 2-1 defeat at League Leaders Farnham, but really in that game and you wanted
00:06a response from Boxing Day, did you sort of get it?
00:09Yeah, I think in terms of having a game plan, which probably went against what me, Vic and
00:15Dan believe in, in terms of principles, is we want to play and we want to keep the ball.
00:22We decided today that we'd just let them have it, try and frustrate and stay in the game
00:27as long as possible, really, and if we can do that, could we get something on the counter?
00:31It wasn't pretty, I don't think we showed enough quality when we got the ball, if I'm
00:38honest, and that was disappointing because I felt we could have been better when we won
00:44it back, especially when they tied a little bit and they started making a few mistakes
00:47towards the end.
00:48We were tied as well, we didn't have enough quality, we didn't really look a threat.
00:53But that was the game plan, staying in it as long as possible.
00:55We probably should have gone for it in the last 10 minutes maybe, but we needed a break
01:01in play.
01:02We probably should have been a bit more clever as a management team, had a tactical injury
01:06and said, this is what we're going to do, because we weren't doing a lot, if I'm honest.
01:12But we just wanted to not do what we did Saturday, which was capitulate and be out the game before
01:19you know it, and it just ended up a non-event, so it was be hard to beat, see if they can
01:23break us down, which I don't think they did.
01:27I don't remember, they got in behind a couple of times, some good balls across the box,
01:31but I don't think they really tested Ryan in goal.
01:35Similarly, we didn't test their keeper, but two good goals in the first 15 minutes was
01:42good, two great strikes, and then I'm disappointed because a little bit of naivety, lack of communication
01:47has given them a set piece that they've scored from.
01:51And you know, they're the things that make the difference, they've always got the quality
01:56to be able to do something, but to concede from a set piece was probably something we
02:02didn't want to do.
02:05Someone could have just told George he had time and he ended up heading it instead of
02:08bringing it down and he could have cleared it or we could have started playing, but I
02:11think there was a little bit of nerves from a lot of the lads, they're young boys, and
02:15there was a few nerves about which contributed to not particularly keeping the ball very well.
02:22As I say, obviously, not the usual style you adopt today, but they adjusted to it well
02:29and were civil in the game.
02:30Yeah, I'm excited to see them dig in because we were really disappointed.
02:33I felt Saturday's performance was terrible, probably one of the worst, especially with
02:37this new group, was the worst performance we've had for a while.
02:40It was very similar to what we were serving up before, where the game had gone before
02:45we even knew it, with how quick the goals came.
02:49So today was, can you react to when they score, if they score, because let's be honest,
02:54we haven't kept a clean sheet.
02:55Can we respond well and stay in the game, keep to the game plan and see if we can take
02:59it right down to the death?
03:01And you never know, we could get a corner or a set piece, a little bit of, like I say,
03:06not really what we want to be doing, but if we had got a point, everyone would be buzzing
03:10in there now, but we didn't.
03:14Early lead, Charlie George, that was a great finish, wasn't it?
03:16Oh brilliant, what a goal.
03:17Yeah, just against, ball forward, defenders headed it straight to him, he's had a great
03:22touch, come inside and yeah, a really quality finish, which, you know, we've got players
03:27who can do that, but then similarly so have they today, they've probably got a few more
03:32who could do it.
03:32Yeah, I mean, Jordan Gallagher, Daniel Render, obviously we've seen him at Rains Park as
03:35well, we know obviously what he can do.
03:37Yeah, yeah, good goal.
03:38So there's not a lot you can do about it, you can't really, you could over-analyse and
03:42go, we kind of lost the ball there at the end of the day, it's a really good strike.
03:46But 1-1, half-time, presumably message was, you know, you've had it, and then obviously
03:51then two minutes.
03:51The message didn't work, mate.
03:52No, no, because yeah, it was obviously the free kicks, and then, yeah.
03:55Yeah, the message was to just carry on doing what we're doing, frustrate them, because
03:59they were getting frustrated, because I've been there, played in games like that, you're
04:02blaming the forward players for not making runs, but there's no space to play in, and
04:07it almost becomes like, just feed the ball in, bounce it back, wait for something to
04:11happen, then someone tries to thread something that maybe ain't there, and it goes off for
04:15a goal kick, or goes through to the goalkeeper, so in that respect, it worked.
04:21Yeah, it's, I lost my train of thought now, mate, what were we talking about?
04:24About, yeah, second half, yeah, straight after half-time, wasn't it, the free kick.
04:28Yeah, yeah, so that was the game plan, was to just carry on what we're doing, and if
04:32we stay in it long enough, 20-25 minutes, can we then try and do more, you know, and
04:40I think maybe if it was one-all, it might have been different, 2-1, you were fearful
04:44of going 3-1, 4-1, so listen, we've come away with a 2-1 defeat, the fans have clapped the
04:50boys off, they're a bit more positive about the result, the performance, not that the
04:54performance was great, but it was a dogged, disciplined, do your jobs, fight for the team,
04:59fight for each other sort of performance.
05:01Yeah, yeah, and obviously, the blow to concede straight after half-time, but heads didn't
05:05drop from that.
05:06No, because we said, like I said, we need to respond, although they didn't listen to
05:10all my structure, and it was carry on, carry on the same, don't change what you're doing,
05:15don't go chasing the game, because they've got the quality to just pop the ball around
05:19you and they'll be in and they'll score an unbelievable goal where they've worked it
05:22from one side to the other through, you know what I mean, good one, good one too, so just
05:26do your jobs, yeah.
05:29Pretty quiet afternoon for a right-hand goal, really, wasn't it, really, apart from, you
05:32know, the goals.
05:32Both keepers, it was a game, like we say, it's pretty boring, let's be honest, if I
05:36was, if I played to watch that, I'd want to see some excitement, but if the excitement
05:41meant we got beat 8-3, I'd be happy with scoring three, but we wouldn't be happy with conceding
05:46eight, and that could have easily happened, we could have, like I look at, I was more
05:49pleased when we played at home in terms of, we got to express ourselves a little bit in
05:54the second half, but the game had gone, and it was easy to do that, we had no other way
05:58to go, whereas today we didn't, we didn't relax enough because we felt, I think the
06:03boys felt tense, they were in the game, because at the time the score was close, you know,
06:08could we nick something, yeah, so I didn't watch the game and go, of course, it was almost
06:13attack v defence, let them have the ball, can we get on the counter?
06:17Last 5-10, I guess, maybe you would have said you could have done with getting a message
06:21on maybe just to...