Woking manager Neal Ardley post-Southend United

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00:00Neil, 1-1 draw against Southend. I'm guessing obviously a bit of a dampener to concede the late equaliser,

00:05but also pride at the performance tonight as well.

00:07Yeah, absolutely. Really disappointed late on. Obviously, I don't think as a team we've done a hell of a lot wrong.

00:14Just that little breakthrough in midfield. They've got it wide. He's come in and he's hit a worldie, so we're disappointed.

00:21But I'm really proud of the performance and I thought we bit the woodwork twice late and our goal was a really well-worked goal.

00:28So there's lots of positives, just we're all sort of feeling like there's two points dropped.

00:33Yeah, obviously. And you sort of grew into the game in the second half, really seemed to take control.

00:39So what was the message at half-time, obviously?

00:41Yeah, the game was too open. Distances between front and back were too big.

00:46Midfield was open. It was too easy for them. We didn't get to grips with what they were doing.

00:49It was too easy for them to stroll into our midfield and then get around our box and create underlaps

00:54and then they could start being braver. So we just needed to do that tactically,

00:59bass a night at half-time with the analysis team.

01:01And I thought we locked it down a lot better second half and obviously grew in the game.

01:06Yeah, so you obviously grew into it in the second half and then get the lead.

01:09It was a really nice move, obviously started by Tariq, plays it into Jack.

01:12And then Josh Kelly finishes it off, but really nice move there.

01:16Yeah, Josh was that one player who I always felt like something might happen when he got the ball.

01:22Obviously, he nearly put us 2-0 up. Then moments changed games, he shot it to the post for 2-0.

01:28So yeah, obviously we're all disappointed with that, but it is what it is.

01:32As you say, chances for the second.

01:35And it will feel like obviously two points got away with the nature of the late goal.

01:38But I would say plenty to build on and plenty of positives.

01:41Yeah, it's gone now. We're all down about the equaliser.

01:45We've got two days to recover. Wednesday, Saturdays are tough.

01:49And obviously, as you've seen, we've got a couple of niggles.

01:52So we've got to recover, get the boys ready.

01:54And we've got to go and put a high level of performance in to get something on Saturday.

01:58Yeah, and even after the equaliser, you nearly won it again with hitting the crossfire with that great free kick.

02:02Yeah, I was looking at the movement in the box because I thought we might try a little clip

02:06and see if we can get on the end of it.

02:07And then I've just seen this rocket come by.

02:09And I think the keeper even got a little touch to it.

02:12So, yeah, really great strike. Jake's got that in the locker.

02:15And unfortunately, it would have been a nice way to win the game.

02:18But I feel for the boys because they deserved, with the effort, to take more out of the game.

02:22Obviously, Oli Sanderson had to come off in the first half after that nasty clash of heads with Chin.

02:27But he didn't look like he was concussed though.

02:29No, no, he's not concussed.

02:30He's just got a black eye and a cut across his nose.

02:34So we'll have to hope his eye won't swell up and assess it over the next couple of days.

02:39And hopefully, you know, he can see, OK, and everything's fine.

02:43And then he's in contention.

02:44And Jack turned just minor?

02:46Just cramping in his hamstring and calves.

02:48We hope it's cramping anyway.

02:50But it looked like it was that.

02:52And Timmy Akinola had just a dead leg in his sort of glutes.

02:58And it was getting harder.

02:59And I knew it at half-time, but it was getting harder and harder to carry on.

03:03Five unbeaten in the league now.

03:04And obviously, last season, you had that sort of long unbeaten run.

03:06So presumably, obviously, you'd have wanted the three tonight.

03:10But, you know, you want to just try and build on this run and sort of keep it going.

03:12Yeah, like I say, we're disappointed.

03:14Four points, we felt like, you know, with two minutes to go, you felt four points out.

03:19Rochdale South End's a wonderful return.

03:21Instead, it's ended up two.

03:23Keeps the unbeaten run going, but you're better off winning one than losing one.

03:25So we're disappointed.

03:27But I can't fault the effort, the togetherness of the group.

03:30And we just need to try and take that forward and keep it going.

03:33And obviously, with the Wednesday, Saturday now, it's going to be a quick turnaround to Tamworth.

03:37And obviously, with the pitch there and sort of their long throws and the way they play,

03:41you obviously know what you're in for.

03:42I'm assuming you'll sort of need the whole squad and be ready for that.

03:45Yeah, it's going to be tough.

03:46Really tough game.

03:47Really good at what they do.

03:48And we've got to try and come up with a way of dealing with that and playing and being very good when we've got the ball.

03:54It's not easy, so we'll get to work on that and hopefully try and put to bed any disappointment from tonight.

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