Luke Ingram reflects on his club record 500th appearance.
DK: A good point to mark your landmark appearance!
LI: Yeah. Had a chance to get a goal as well. But, yeah, big point. Morale's been blown and things have been hard. People sort of turn out against us, but we've got our point, it's got to start somewhere, so a last minute point. I think we're all good for a point. Like, we sort of we looked leggy in some parts of the game, but think we were worthy of a point. We've had some good chances today.
DK: And to make your 500th appearance for Needham is a special achievement!
LI: Yeah. Very special. Having my, my family here. My Nan hasn't been to a game for years. So, yeah, it was very special, and hopefully, to many more for this, great club. I mean, it'd have been nice to get a win, and I felt like we were in the game. They were there to be beat, but, yeah, like I say, we've got to start somewhere, so a point here. We've got an away game at Rushall, Tuesday, long trip. People underestimate how hard these trips are for us. They expect us to just go away and win. They need to take into account. We've got jobs, and we're just traveling. It does take us toll, but we're going to Rushall off with a little bit of confidence. We're going to look to get 3 points and push up table and ultimately look looking to stay in league and stay up.
DK: So far this season, are you happy with results and performances?
LI: I'd say we're probably 6 or 7 points short of where we should be if we sort of take our chances and we've had a few mistakes in the goals. But, at the end of the day, this league, people need to realize it's a fine margin league. You can play well and lose. You can play bad and win, and it's always gonna be a tight margin to sit all about what happens in the 2 boxes. So we need to we need to score some more goals and, obviously, keep clean sheets, but look look at look how many players we got out injured.
Manager Kevin Horlock reflects on yesterday's draw.
DK: A Deserved point?
KH: Yes, I definitely think we deserved something from the game. Obviously, as we were running out of time and you're 1-0 down, you wonder whether that's actually going to happen, especially on the run we're on at the minute and the knocks and injuries we got. So, to score so late on and get a point, I think it was deserved, but, yes, that was big today. That was a big goal from Seth under pressure. Great finish and a massive point. I know it's only a point, but it stops the rot of losing games. Hopefully, give the lads a lift and we go into a massive game on Tuesday.
DK: Overall, would you say it's a point gained rather than potentially two dropped?
KH: I think, look, in this division, all the games are tough. Certainly, the away ones with the travelling we do. So, if you're looking to get three points at home as often as you can, today would have been one of those days where I would hope to get three, obviously. But, in saying that, obviously, we've got lads coming into the team today that have been unable to train due to injuries and knocks they've received, Hamo, you've got Ingers, you've got Dan coming back, not played for two weeks, you've got Tommy coming back in. So, it's always going to be a tough game. So, I'll take a point today. I'll take a point. Like I said, it stops the rot. With it being so late as well, it always feels a little bit nicer, so yeah, we'll dust ourselves down and roll onto Tuesday.
DK: Two substitutes had a big part in the equaliser, with Seth scoring it, and Ollie's run starting it.
KH: Yeah, look, they're good young players. And obviously, we're at a really good level now. And all the lads are vying for starts. So, they've been patient. Seth's not started for a while. And for him to come off and on and get off the mark is pleasing for him, and Ollie's a player that's got a real bright future ahead.
DK: Tuesday's a familiar ground, especially on a Tuesday night as well.
KH: Yes, one where we've not had much joy since I've been manager, for sure. So, we'll be looking to put that right. They've had a tough FA Cup game, I think, today against Accrington. So, hopefully, all the emotions from that will level out. Obviously, the game that we've had here today and the travel that we've got to do. So, we'll go there ready. We'll go with a squad that's hopefully raring to go and we'll give it our all.
DK: How do you see the season so far?
KH: It's been tough. I think we always knew it would be. Probably a little bit tougher than I probably first envisaged. I think it's just the physicality of it. Obviously, with a lot of the teams being full-time, it does give them an edge. And it's not an excuse, but the travelling we do is fairly difficult at times, but we knew that was going to be the case. So, we're all still fully focused, still working really hard to gain enough points to secure our position in this division next year.
Goalscorer Seth Chambers reflects on his first league goal at step 2.
DK: A well-earned point and a massive goal for you as well.
SC: Yes, it was good for the team and good for me to get the goal at the end. It feels like a win almost because I felt like we were well in the game. That would have been a gutting game to lose, I felt personally, I felt we played well, we kept in the game, we were unlucky not to have other goals. To then concede, I don't know, maybe the fans were thinking, here we go again. I don't know, but me personally, I felt like there was definitely going to be at least a chance to level it up. I know they're missing players as are we. I felt confident that we would get something and we deserved something in the end.
DK: After coming off the bench, you made a big impact, not only with the goal.
SC: Yes, you never want to be on the bench. It's been a tough start to the season with obviously playing a bit and not getting any rewards for whatever reason, obviously being in and out of the team. For me, I've been trying to work as hard as I can during the week, doing sessions with the reserves and various other things. It was nice to come on to make a difference in the game because that's the main reason you've been brought on at the end of the day.The manager's bringing you on because they need something different. They need something to happen that isn't at the minute. Thankfully, it fell nicely.
DK: After the course of the game, in a way, on other days that we've had this season, we could have just thought it's not our day.
SC: Yes, we showed character. It would have been very easy for the lads and for all of our heads to drop and we just accept that we've lost the game because we've gone 1-0 down, which we have been maybe guilty of doing that in games where we've gone 1 or 2-0 down and we've thought it's not our day and we've not been able to get back into it, but you could see that we still believed that we could get something from it. So, yes, I'm proud.
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