Badshot Lea manager Gavin Smith post-Metropolitan Police

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00:00Do you have a 1-1 draw against Met Police? Chances to win that or draw a fair result, thoughts on that?

00:08We're disappointed because I think the amount of times we visited their final third, which we'd done well to get to,

00:16just the lack of quality, the lack of... the boys do really well to get there and the final bit,

00:21it's either the final pass, final shot, final cross, just is lacking in quality and Vick's just gone through that with them in there.

00:29That's the thing that's letting us down. The other week we looked like we were going to score all the time,

00:34the games were a little bit more open but we looked like we could concede.

00:38I think we looked better defensively, if I'm honest, I thought the boys at the back were good.

00:42George was excellent, probably switched off once in the game and unfortunately for him they scored.

00:48It's a great finish but we're always going to look at it and go, well how could we have done better?

00:55If I looked at the game overall, a point's probably fair but we probably had more entries into the final third,

01:09I believe, when we got in behind quite a lot. That don't win you games, it's a tough one to take really.

01:19Plenty of promising moments and getting in behind and that final delivery.

01:26A little bit of ruthlessness and that's the thing that's missing. Decision making, I think Finn's been excellent.

01:33He's listened to what we've told him in the last couple of games, he was excellent Saturday.

01:36I thought he'd done well today. When it mattered, when it was one-all, it's almost that I've got to be the hero.

01:43I think there was one where he could have rolled someone in a better position and he shot from 20 yards.

01:48That's him, he wants to score goals and I can't knock him for that.

01:55But if someone's in a better position, it's them things you've got to learn well.

01:58You've got to do the selfless thing and roll someone in and if they miss, you've provided a better opportunity.

02:04I thought we could have done better. I think Charlie had a chance as well that he probably could have done better.

02:10Jaheim was excellent. Done all the hard work, graphs, gives us everything.

02:16But it's just those final bits where he just can't put the ball in the net.

02:20Whether he's going to get that goal, I don't know. For me, I thought it was an own goal.

02:26My wife, who'd come and put it on our group, I thought it was an own goal because someone asked and she doesn't know anything about football.

02:35But he was in the right place. He's won the header. We were fortunate with the goal.

02:40I think he won all points a point. We need Fredo and it is a little bit disappointing.

02:48He got off at the back post, he's headed it back across and then the guy just sidesteps it in.

02:53He just missed time down the end, kicked it in the roof of the net.

02:56He got that just before half-time, a good time to score obviously.

02:59What was the message at half-time going into that second half?

03:02We needed another goal because one thing we haven't done all season is keep it clean.

03:05We've kept one clean sheet, which was God knows how long ago, against South Park.

03:10Always think we're going to need another one. If we got another one, who knows, would we have won?

03:16I would have liked to think so. Like I say, just switched off, just once really, that was it.

03:21One switch off, great strike. You can't take anything away from the lad who's hit it.

03:26It was an unbelievable strike and Harry's got no chance because it's in the top corner.

03:29It's from the edge of the box, it's flat right in that top corner.

03:32It was nice, it just sat up nice for a volley. Harry didn't really have a chance really.

03:38And then late on the game, got quite open late on there and a few chances late on.

03:44I thought it was always a bit scrappy because the pitch wasn't, although it was better than I thought it would be,

03:50it's a little bit bobbly, difficult to play on.

03:57The lads have got to deal with it though. I was pleased with what we did.

04:00I thought we made some good decisions. We've said to them it's about decision making,

04:03making the right choices at the right times, not over-complicating, getting it in behind.

04:09Finn's a willing runner, so I thought we did that.

04:12Like I say, just lacking in the final third, lacking from set pieces.

04:17Can't really seem to, I think we won one right at the end.

04:20As I said, the corner at the end.

04:21It was an easy save, but at least we've won one.

04:24I thought we dealt with their long throw well, we dealt with their corner as well.

04:27Loads of positives, but for us we needed, I'd rather take a load of negatives and sneak to 1-0 when we were rubbish.

04:34Yeah, take the positives. One of the three, I guess.

04:39Defensively solid though?

04:41Yeah, I've been pleased, it's been good.

04:43We've had a lot of issues this season, I don't want to make excuses,

04:46but we've had people, like Alex was out, come two games out for eight, nine weeks.

04:51Cal never injured, he got injured, he was out for ages.

04:54Lacking left-footed centre-halves.

04:57Eden Cummins did well, picked up injuries, not always been fully fit.

05:03Done well when he's played, also not done so well in some games.

05:07Ben came in and played a couple, so we've had a load of changes in defences.

05:11He's played left-back, we've had Sammy play right-back, we've had Taro, Taro got injured.

05:15So it's been frustrating, but I do feel now we've got sort of a settled 16,

05:24where at the minute I think the 11 that start, especially the back four and David and Louise, have done really well.

05:32The rest we could probably ask for more out, but they're probably the harder people we've got to make a difference.

05:39Yeah, it's helped. Cal and Alex, two left-footers in the team, to give us that balance.

05:46Al's got a little bit more experience, probably helps the younger lads feel a little bit more at ease on the pitch.

05:52Hopefully they can stay fit and give us a good last, what have we got, 14, 15 games?

05:59It just gives you that solid platform, doesn't it, really, to go off, doesn't it?

06:03Yeah, because if you don't concede goals, you're in with a chance of winning games.

06:07Unfortunately, we've conceded a lot of goals, so it's nice the last two games to have looked defensively sound,

06:14but now we need to find the other bit when it matters. Can we put the ball in the net and kill games off?

06:19Yeah, and thoughts now on Hartley Whitney?

06:22Yeah, tough one, because they're obviously doing really, really well.

06:25I don't know, I did hear they were losing to Binfield, I don't know how that ended up, but they're having a good season.

06:32They're used to winning games, so if they've got beat tonight, they'll be wanting to put that right on Saturday.

06:38So, yeah, it'll be a tough one.

06:40Yeah, you just want to build on their solidness and just that little bit extra in the final third?

06:46Yeah, just when it matters. When it matters is the important thing.

06:50Can we keep a clean sheet when it matters? Can we put the ball in the back of the net when it matters?

06:54And that has been lacking.

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