00:01John, 3-1 win against Scunthorpe, a real end-to-end first half and then controlled the game in the
00:06second half.
00:07Thoughts on that?
00:07Yeah, I didn't really enjoy a minute of the game, to be honest.
00:11I don't think for big periods we didn't have control of the game.
00:15Even though we were 3-0 up and disappointed that we missed a pen and that's not having a go
00:20with Illy.
00:21He made an unbelievable pass for the second goal and you know what you're getting off Illy.
00:30But they could have scored 3-4 in the first half themselves.
00:34Ironically, we lost the second half 1-0 but I thought we were better in the second half.
00:37Thought we controlled the game better, passed the ball better, got the pitch better.
00:42And there's different ways to win a game and we showed that side of ourselves.
00:46We know we've got to get better. If we want to try and carry on up the table, we've got
00:51to improve.
00:52We'll slowly improve and we've got to get better.
00:55Yeah, so ironically at half-time, 3-0 up, but presumably you're addressing the fact you wanted a bit more
01:00control and obviously did get that in the second half.
01:02Well, the players got a rollicking at half-time and it's very rarely you get that when you win 3
01:06-0.
01:08But it needed to be said and we were too open, we were too loose and we had to tighten
01:14things up.
01:14And it was areas that I'd spoke about for the last three or four weeks that we didn't address.
01:20Thankfully we did in the second half.
01:23You know, it was disappointing to concede so early on in the second half.
01:26But after that we showed a lot of composure.
01:30The last seven minutes that injury time went up, I think we had the ball for six and a half
01:33of it.
01:34So that shows you how to close the game out and we were very, very good at that.
01:38Sean Patton, obviously a winner at Yeoville, another two goals today, sort of poached his rebound.
01:42I love cycle scoring and, you know, he's always on the hunt for the goal.
01:49He'd be sick he hasn't come off with the match, but, you know, he's missed a good chance in the
01:53second half.
01:56But we've just got to keep our heads down.
02:00Players like Sean, they thrive on goals.
02:03You know, we were missing Charlie Warren and Ollie Scott today, who've been really good for us as a mate.
02:10And you have players come in and do a job.
02:12And that's all you can ask.
02:13Yeah. And so you had that chance in the second half of the hat trick.
02:16But you say it was a good poach just finishing the second one.
02:18A great ball from Ryan Hill, wasn't it, as well?
02:20Yeah, an unbelievable pass.
02:21And, you know, you just hope that that can happen for you.
02:25That you can get a bit of breathing space.
02:28Would have been nice to go full.
02:31But at the end of the day, three points is all that matters.
02:34And it doesn't matter how you win the game.
02:36But we've got to learn how to win more comfortably with the three and a look.
02:40And to be fair, we did in the second half.
02:42We were good in the second half.
02:43Con's made a couple of really good saves, but we were good in the second half.
02:46Yeah, and you sort of really, and especially, you say, that injury time.
02:49You sort of managed to keep the ball, you know, really well.
02:51Yeah, that's what we've been trying to get into the players' heads.
02:55That you're more dangerous to them if you keep the ball and they get desperate and they foul you.
02:59And he fouls us about three or four times in injury time.
03:02Obviously good for Brodie Pitt as well on his first home start.
03:05Delighted for him.
03:05You know, he's been struggling with a niggle that he shouldn't really have had.
03:09But he has.
03:10And he's battled through it.
03:12Fair play to him.
03:13And hopefully he'll be fifth for their Wednesday.
03:16And I'm sure obviously, you know, you'll keep taking it one game at a time.
03:20Not getting carried away at all.
03:21But obviously it is five wins and a draw in the past six now.
03:24And you just want to, you know, it's really good form to sort of enjoy at the moment.
03:27We still want to, we're not going to enjoy anything.
03:29We've still got to, we're still going to improve.
03:31We know we're going to improve.
03:32And if we want to keep climbing up the table, which we are, we've got to keep the forward momentum.
03:36The only way you keep your forward momentum is by getting better.
03:40And we are getting better on all that.
03:42Yeah.
03:42And as I say, you're obviously getting the results to back it up.
03:44But it's obviously, you know, the games are going to come thick and fast.
03:46And it's Braintree on Wednesday night.
03:48Yeah, it's going to be a tough game again.
03:49You know, every game we play, anyone who thinks that without the mire, you know, they might think I'm being
03:56blasé.
03:56I am not.
03:57I've been in this game too long to know that the minute you take your eye off the ball, you
04:01can fall flat on your face.
04:03And we're determined not to do it.
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