Liam Dart on Bude Town's victory over Holsworthy. Video courtesy of David Sillifant.

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Liam Dart on Bude Town's victory over Holsworthy.

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00:00We're here with Bewtown assistant boss Liam Dark following today's Boxing Day victory over

00:05Holsby.

00:06Liam, what were your thoughts?

00:07Well, it was a very scrappy game.

00:10Not a lot between the two sides really overall, not played in the middle of the pitch.

00:15No one really put their foot on the ball and played any football, which was disappointing

00:19but at the same time, the pitch was bobbly, it didn't really allow for the team to play

00:23too much.

00:24On a balance of play, we had a couple of chances, Tornado particularly had one where he rolled

00:29the defender and skied over in the second half and won which he should have shot and

00:33he cut inside.

00:34I'm not sure Ty had a safe to make as such, they had a chance in the first half, which Ty

00:40did get down to but it wasn't a difficult save to make, there wasn't really a lot in it to

00:45be honest.

00:46And then obviously your winning goal came from a throw in, dropped to Dylan and he followed

00:52it straight in the top corner, the only piece of quality in the game room.

00:58In the first half, like you say, there wasn't a lot to talk about, what was the chat at

01:02half-time to try and get yourselves on top?

01:05I felt that if we were 15 minutes to go, we were a bit far off.

01:09In the second half, we didn't get tight enough, they were probably first, the first and second

01:14balls.

01:15Half-time was about us being tight enough, getting closer.

01:19And then trying to be more composed on the ball and try and play.

01:22We didn't play a little bit in the second half but we still want to play football like

01:25we should play.

01:26And you know, that's partly down to numerous reasons.

01:31A, a bit of composure.

01:33B, obviously put you under pressure all the time.

01:36They play a high-tempered game where they play on top of you and try and play in your

01:39half as much as they can.

01:41So it doesn't allow for time on the ball.

01:43So there's a number of reasons for it.

01:45But you know, it's three points.

01:47That's the main thing.

01:48That's what we've got.

01:49Any decent individual performances?

01:51I think if you're looking at any individual performances, it's work rate as opposed to anything else.

01:56You know, I felt our midfield worked hard throughout.

02:00Jamie Gorton's second half had a good half.

02:03First half, he struggled and second half, he really stepped up.

02:07And obviously didn't produce a moment of magic at the end.

02:11But overall, I didn't feel like we were ever going to concede.

02:15But at the same time, it was looking hard to see where a goal was going to come from equally,

02:19especially when Tornado blasted the one over from close range.

02:24And the one that he probably should have finished the first time when he took a touch.

02:29Yeah, there wasn't really anything in the game.

02:31So there wasn't really anybody that I'd say stood out.

02:34Okay, and that victory back to back after beating Camelford,

02:38and then that sort of takes you up towards the top six.

02:40Is that sort of the target for the rest of the season?

02:42Or is it a case of sort of taking on a game by game basis?

02:45Our aim was to finish better than we did last year.

02:47We've obviously improved the score with the quality of players coming in.

02:50We've had a quality room to bring off the bench.

02:52With Dylan and Jamie and Aaron coming off the bench.

02:55And then obviously Tornado was signed this year.

02:58So we've improved the quality.

03:00We were able to finish better than we did last year.

03:03And eventually, if he is the top six, that would be fantastic.

03:07And realistically, where we're going to be, eighth or seventh, as opposed to anything else.

03:13But we've just got to keep really getting into football and trying to play for him as much as we can.

03:18There's no pinch of it.

03:20But yeah, he's trying to do the right things all the time and keep improving.

03:24And you have just over a week now before you welcome Weybridge.

03:28How do you go about preparing for that one and what are your thoughts on that?

03:30That's a game we should have bought away.

03:31We didn't.

03:32We were really poor.

03:33We were really poor.

03:34We got a point.

03:35And we've got to be going into the Weybridge game after beating Hamilton in particular.

03:39Then obviously Holes will beat.

03:41Two teams are both above us.

03:43We've got to be looking to try and get three points again.

03:45Especially being at home against Weybridge.

03:47What sort of game you expected against him?

03:49Well, Flak and his team are always trying to play football.

03:52So they'll try and retain the ball.

03:54They'll try and be patient with the ball.

03:56We've got to be better on the ball.

03:58We've got to be not better on the ball.

04:00And we've never taken the final thirds.

04:03So we've got to be more clinical.

04:05But yeah.

Liam Dart on Bude Town's victory over Holsworthy. Video courtesy of David Sillifant.

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