Westfield assistant manager Dave Powell post-AFC Portchester

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00:00Dave, a dramatic late equaliser to earn a 4-4 draw against Portsmouth, a thrilling game there.

00:07How are some of the emotions after that one?

00:10Not quite so thrilling from our viewpoint probably.

00:15But look, definitely a point gained, where we were and how long there was left to go in the game.

00:21And we showed a real spirit, real resilience to claw that one back.

00:31A couple of moments of magic.

00:34Finn, I think with the second goal or third goal, did really well there, really well.

00:43And indeed a bit of brilliance that leads to the equaliser.

00:48So yeah, all in all, probably pretty pleased.

00:52Keeps the unbeaten run going.

00:54And yeah, not a good night, but in the end a good result.

01:00Yeah, I mean obviously the run you've been on, and obviously you're sort of used to winning,

01:05but in the circumstances to come back three times, twice in the first half,

01:09and then obviously from two goals down in the second, the character there obviously makes a good point.

01:13Yeah, after going 1-1, Finn had a really good chance to make it 2-1 to us,

01:17and that might have been a bit of a different game then.

01:20They're a really tough side to play against.

01:22We had a really, the start of this run was down there on a Tuesday night,

01:26and a really good 3-2 victory down there.

01:29They will beat a lot of teams, they've got some quality, they put you under a lot of pressure from start to finish.

01:38You see quite a few of their guys going down towards the end with cramp and different niggles,

01:43I think that just shows how much they put into the game.

01:46And we weren't quite at it, but I'll take nothing away from them.

01:52I thought they played well, Borchester.

01:55Put us under a lot of pressure and yeah, all in all, pretty pleased with the point there.

02:02Yeah, so, sort of saying, you know, obviously it's a good point obviously coming back,

02:06but you feel like, you know, you weren't quite at your best, but to dig out a result and say extend the unbeaten run,

02:12it's all positives really, isn't it?

02:14Yeah, we've still got a couple of weeks to go of this, Saturday, Tuesday, and it's been hard going, you know,

02:22we've had a lot of injuries, but no excuses, the performances, the performance level and the wins have been brilliant.

02:29But just as much as that tonight, you know, to really dig deep and keep going shows some great spirit.

02:38Half-time at 2-0, what was the message going into the second half?

02:42Well, we hadn't really played particularly well, I think we were probably a little bit rattled by them.

02:49And yeah, we just asked them to just show up really, just show up, show some character.

02:58And I think we honestly all thought in the changing room at half-time that we would go on and win the game,

03:05as long as we did the right things and then to find ourselves 4-2 down.

03:10And I think, you know, I don't know when Finn's goal goes in, I want to say it was probably about the...

03:1673.

03:1773, was it? Okay.

03:19So with the added time, you know, you've probably got the best part of 20 minutes.

03:24And then, obviously, to go down to 10 minutes right at the end there as well, then you're thinking,

03:29right, let's just see this out and the points are good things.

03:33And how's the mood in the changing room after that?

03:36I think there's a little bit of disappointment only because we have been winning games.

03:42But I think all in all, like, no complaints today. I think we were, you know, I honestly don't think we deserve to lose the game.

03:55But we didn't deserve to win either. So I think that was a fair result.

03:59Yeah, fair result. Take a point in the circumstances. Extends your beating run.

04:03100%.

04:04Go to Met Police now. You still want to set their Tuesday run, obviously, for a couple of weeks.

04:09Yeah, another tough game. Like, you know, they're very young, energetic side and that will be a tough game as well.

04:16Just need to recover from today. Hopefully have a couple of other players available come Saturday.

04:25And then, yeah, we'll go into that and obviously try and win the game again. Of course.

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