Reserves Captain Olly Reynolds reflects on Saturday's win over Dussindale.
DK: A hugely important 3 points today, how pleased are you with the result?
OR: A massive 3 points and well deserved we have had an unfortunate start to the season losing 2 in a row where we were mostly the better team so hopefully this is a start of a run in the league.
DK: How would you sum up the performance?
OR: The whole team dug very deep with it being very hot we run non stop for 90 minutes every single one of the lads put in 110% I couldn’t have asked for anything more, we were also much better on the ball Saturday keeping it a lot better.
DK: With the togetherness on the squad, it must make it even more pleasing?
OR: Yes as stated before every lad worked really hard and backed each other up that’s what it takes to win as a young squad in a tough league.
DK: How important is it that you got the first victory of the season early on?
OR: I think it’s huge that we got a win early on in the season, this will definitely give us confidence to push for more points this season hopefully beating our record from last year.
DK: You spoke in Pre-Season about how much you wanted to carry on your goalscoring form going into the season, so you must be delighted to have done that, and be the match winner?
OR: I’m sure I’ve said it before but who doesn’t love scoring goals 2 in 3 games is very good I couldn’t ask for much more especially being the winner it felt that extra bit more special, hoping to get more and more as the season rolls on.
DK: Talk us through your goal and what went through your mind as it happened?
OR: It was a great delivery from HP as soon as he kicked it I knew it was gonna be on my head, I had the run on my marker so didn’t have to really beat anyone in the air, all I had to do then is head it home with a bit of power behind it.
DK: A trip to Kings Park Rangers up next, what type of game are you expecting?
OR: We are expecting a very tough game away from home and they are going to be very physical, but I think we can stand up to the challenge we have proven before we can get stuck in and I don’t doubt the lads to go out and give 100% again.
DK: As captain what will you be asking from the rest of the team in order to get a result?
OR: I will always demand high standard from me and the lads as a minimum and no doubt they will do so, I will be repeating the fact that we can compete in this league and will be hoping from the 3 points again Saturday me and the lads are looking forward to the challenge.
Ryan Pitt discusses Saturday's win.
DK: An important win yesterday, how delighted are you with the result?
RP: Yeah delighted. It was important for us to get our first win on the board.
DK: You must fairly be pleased with the start to the season so far?
RP: Yeah It’s been a good start. Two good results in the last two games but disappointing we didn’t take anything away from the first two games.
DK: How much of an impact do you think the group largely being the same as last season has had on the start to the campaign?
RP: Yeah it helps massively that the group is near enough the same. We finished last season well and we want to continue those performances into this one.
DK: How important is it that you back up your last two results with another massive game at KPR on Saturday?
RP: It’s still very early in the season, but we’d like to keep the momentum going. We can take a lot of confidence from our last two results heading into Saturday’s game.
Reserves Manager James Mant gives his thoughts on the start to the season.
DK: First of all, how do you reflect on the start to the season, there must be a lot of pride?
JM: I'd say we have had a mixed start. We have had to adapt with some players away on holiday and others with the first team - so we haven't had complete consistency. But our last two performances have been really positive for sure. Two very different games - a really hard working out of possession performance last week to get a point vs Peterborough. Then a positive display in possession vs Dussindale. So I'm pleased that we've shown good adaptability in the last two games to get 4 important points.
DK: Would you say that the experience in the squad has helped the good start?
JM: All of the boys have gained good experience for their age with the opportunities that they were given last season. So this has definitely played a part in us being more adaptable and combative in difficult moments of the games so far.
DK: How do you reflect on the important win on Saturday?
JM: I've been watching the game back today and I'm really pleased with lots of aspects of our collective game. We created some really good opportunities and I could see improvement in some of our build up play which we looked at in training on Friday - so it was a positive performance and a really positive result.
DK: What pleased you most about the performance?
JM: I think we built play into the final third better than in previous weeks. We had a bit more patience and used the width more. I also think Henry Vieira (current first year) had a really good game. He has worked so hard in pre season and his performance yesterday for a 16 year old was really mature. He's providing real competition for the second years in the forward positions.
DK: An important winner from the skipper, which must help galvanise the team when Olly is picking up key goals?
JM: Yeah Olly is probably our best player in the air - so we do try to get him into the best positions to win headers when attacking and defending at corners. He flew like a dove to head that corner home. He consistently wins most of his duels in the air - so I'm really pleased for him to pick up another goal.
DK: How would you assess the start to previous seasons, or is that not something you look at?
JM: I don't think our starts to a season have ever had any direct link to how we finish a season. We tend to normally get better as the season goes on because the players get more experienced and street wise as they play more games at this level. We are working really hard to try and meet our aim of securing our best ever league points total in the reserves history - so we will leave no stone unturned in trying to achieve that this season.
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