Gary Mansell speaks after Burgess Hill Town lose to Brentwood

Gary Mansell speaks to Colin Bowman after Burgess Hill Town FC lose to Brentwood in the Isthmian League premier division

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00:00Good evening and welcome back to Brentwood. I've got Gary Manson with me,

00:04a joint manager of Birdseal Town after an unfortunate 2-1 loss here. Gary, how did you

00:13guys see that, you and Jay? First of all, I've got to say credit to Brentwood. I thought they

00:22were good value for their win. Like us, newly promoted, but very, very good side, very well

00:28organised, very good going forward. So fair play to them, they deserve the three points in the end.

00:35I thought we started okay, first 10-15 minutes, I thought we were good in possession,

00:41scored a really good goal. We were disappointed with the equaliser, we feel we should defend it

00:47better and we feel it lets them back into a game we were in control of. From that point on,

00:52the first half becomes a little bit too transitional. End-to-end, I thought we were a little bit loose

00:59in possession and it became too open. Second half, I thought they just started a little bit sharper than

01:08we did. And once they got their noses in front, they've become a difficult task.

01:14I mean, if you look past today, it's been a very, very excellent start in the East BN Premier League

01:21for Birdseal Town. Had a nice couple of wins, a draw. I mean, you must be well happy with how

01:27you started the season. Yeah, I think before today, we were, we would have taken seven points,

01:34but I think we were disappointed not to have nine points because we felt the three performances,

01:40we deserved the nine points. I thought today we felt a little bit short for the first time,

01:46but we've had four games on the road. That can't be overlooked. We're not looking for excuses, but

01:52you know, it does take its toll eventually. We're a little bit closer to home Monday, so,

01:58you know, we'll brush ourselves down and we'll pick ourselves up and we'll end the Monday with a

02:02positive action. Well, that's something we've got to look, everyone's got to look forward.

02:06There's lots happening back at base at our home with this artificial pitch being laid,

02:13new fan zone, lots of exciting things. But before that, we have two hugely exciting opportunities.

02:21We go to Lewis on Monday and then we start our FA Cup journey at Wokenham on next Saturday.

02:27Two away games, you must be looking forward to it. Yeah, I mean, when the fixtures come out,

02:32you always look to the local games. Lewis is a really nice pitch that the boys are looking

02:37forward to playing at. We know it'll be a big crowd. They're a very good football inside. We're

02:44a good football inside. So we think it'll be a really, really good game. So we're looking forward

02:48to that. And then the FA Cup is the FA Cup. You know, everyone should want to do well in the FA Cup.

02:54Okay. Well, thank you much for coming out to talk to me today, Gary. I do appreciate it.

03:02I'm going to say that these away games are starting to mount up now. And you can just tell that maybe

03:09four or five away games on the trot, it's just starting to take its toll a little bit. But hopefully

03:14we can get past it on Monday and then go forward. Yeah, well, as I say, relent with a positive attitude.

03:21It's not too far from home. So although it's an away game, it's not too bad for us. So yeah,

03:26we look forward to it. Thank you very much.