REACTION | Kyle Hammond Post Match Interview | Needham Market v Brackley Town | 22.10.2024 |
Goalscorer Kyle Hammond reflects on last night's defeat.
DK: Bit of a tough one to take tonight.
KH: Yeah, just said it there. I think just tough one.
I thought we actually played okay. At the end of the day, conceding under a minute, I think it was, doesn't help us. And then now the goals were set pieces. There's too many first corners in the box. And yeah, I think, like I said, I thought we played okay, but huffed and puffed. And then, like I said, their goals were just set pieces, which we just weren't good enough at, you know, like both boxes.
So yeah, tough one really.
DK: It was one of those days where chances go for them first half, but second half, they didn't go for us.
KH: Yeah, I mean, first half, I think the only chance they had that they scored from, to be fair, and then, yeah, we've obviously hit the bar twice. I think we might have had a couple of half chances in the first half, but yeah, just disappointing tonight because I thought we played well. And I think it was a little bit of a, it was a 100% improvement in terms of how we played to Saturday. So we've just got to keep positive, dust ourselves down and games come quick and fast. So we've just got to put it right.
DK: Another goal for you, which is one positive from tonight?
KH: I'd rather, I'd rather stop three goals tonight, to be honest with you, but yeah, that doesn't really mean much to me, to be fair, scoring. I just took a little bit of a chance at the back post, and as it was coming across, I thought, do I hit this first time? And then I thought, I'm going to sky this if I've hit it first time. So I took a touch and just with my left foot, put it in there.
DK: And next up, away to Buxton, I believe.
Hopefully you get a good result.
KH: Well, yeah, obviously we go into every game believing we can win, and I think we've got that belief there. We've just got to think it back to just doing the basics well from, especially from last year, just like, you know, defending and all those kinds of things that we've done really well last year. And I know it's obviously not as easy or tough, it's tougher in this league, but we've still just got to do the basics as best as we can. And I think that gives us more of a chance to win games.
DK: One bonus was a couple of weeks ago now, you made your 150th game for the club.
KH: Yeah, I'm proud of that. You know, 150 appearances in three full seasons, so yeah, I mean, you know, I'm proud of that. So hopefully many more!
REACTION | Kevin Horlock Post Match Interview | Needham Market v Brackley Town | 22.10.2024 |
Manager Kevin Horlock reflects on last night's defeat.
DK: A bit of a tough one to take tonight?
KH: Frustrating because on the night I thought between the two boxes we played reasonably well but unfortunately they were better than us in both boxes. They defended better than us and obviously they were clinical and I think it set up nicely for them. Obviously 40 seconds in or a minute in, long throw in the box, free header, unopposed finish which is obviously disappointing and it gives us a mountain to climb. We tried to climb it then we give them another goal and you just can't give goals away at this level, you get punished and it makes it very difficult.
DK: Second half we had enough chances to get a point really?
KH: Yeah but I suppose the damage was done, we're chasing the game. They've sat off and sat deep and looked to hit us on the counter attack which they still look dangerous. I can't fault the lads in between the boxes but unfortunately that's not what wins you games. Defending and putting your bodies on the line and winning headers in our own box and being clinical in the other box is what gets you points and unfortunately we didn't do either of them today.
DK: Like you say, we did well to get ourselves back level but then not long after conceded?
KH: Yeah I think they recognised that we're missing possibly three of the back four tonight. In Dan Morphew, Keiran Morphew, Tommy Smith, they're big players for us but that said they threw the first ball in the box and scored from it and then loaded it for more areas then. See that we're struggling with that and yeah we just didn't do well enough in them areas. Winning first contact in the box and if you're not going to win first contact you've got to make it difficult for them and certainly got to win the second contact which we didn't and that's where the goals come from. And on the flip side I thought we put balls in really good areas tonight from set pieces and they're clearing it and defending it. Obviously when the chances did come we didn't have the rub of the green with it across bar on the post but I think the game was petering out then at that point anyway so we was all huff and puff. Passed the ball reasonably well, I thought we moved it through the thirds but unfortunately let ourselves down in that final third.
DK: What was the team talk at half-time like?
KH: Just to be a bit more aggressive in both boxes really to obviously get numbers in the opposing box to create chances to score but get around it because obviously I knew they was going to throw things in the box because they was getting joy from it and I think we did it slightly better second half but that said once they got the third goal they were obviously dropping deep and soaking pressure up and looking to it as on the counter so from their point of probably the perfect away performance.
DK: Moving on we've got Buxton away on Saturday, a chance to respond?
KH: Yeah there's always a game around the corner. The downside is I don't think any of the lads that have not been involved tonight will be fit so we are still quite short of missing key members of the squad but it is what it is. No one else is going to help us so it's about us rolling the sleeves up and being better in the boxes than we were tonight then we'll have a chance because I think football wise we moved the ball well into good areas and just was lacking that final finish. Dylan's coming back so he's had an ankle injury, he's not done a full training session as yet so obviously Thursday probably train and then we'll see where he's at.
DK: Eddie was on the bench tonight, it's good to see him back involved!
KH: Yeah look like I said we was a little bit short tonight so Ed didn't have a game at his loan club Woodbridge so we got him involved and unfortunately didn't get on but he's a good young player.
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