00:05So, Craig, full-time here in Café L'Athlatic in Oswald Managh, 3-2 against Café L'Athlatic.
00:12How do you reflect on that game?
00:13It was a proper game of two halves. I thought the first half we were excellent.
00:16We went in at 2-0 at half-time and I thought it should have really been more.
00:20We were brilliant in terms of our pressing. We had numerous opportunities around the box.
00:25We defended really well. I don't think Luke had anything to do in the first half.
00:30We've just been talking off-camera. Momentum is a serious thing.
00:33They got the first goal in the second half, made a sub and had a big impact.
00:37To be fair, they really went for it and caused us a few problems.
00:41We got the second one off a set-piece, which we were unhappy about a little bit.
00:44Then the game was in the balance. Really pleased with the character in the group.
00:49We were away from home. Long trip. Up against it a little bit.
00:53It went down to ten men. It would have been easy to settle or even capitulate at that point.
00:57It would have been 2-0 up and going back to 2-2. Brilliant.
01:00Obviously, James has put Taz in and he's finished it and then we've held on at the end.
01:04We were really pleased.
01:05We were talking about a real game of two halves.
01:07What did you see, from our point of view, was different from the first to second half?
01:11Or was it just a case of Kofili really going forward and getting that early goal and momentum just switching?
01:16Yeah, mainly that. There was a few things at our end that we talked about in the dressing room that
01:19we weren't quite happy with.
01:21A few things that contributed to them getting a foothold in the game and coming back into it.
01:26We gave away their first goal at a bad moment, bad time, and it was a really sloppy goal as
01:31well.
01:32But yeah, it's just momentum. It's just football. It can go that way.
01:35I thought, as good as we were first half, they really went for it in the second half.
01:38They had nothing to lose being 2-0 down.
01:40And they give it a really good go. I think they've changed shape.
01:43They've made a couple of substitutions. They've had a big impact.
01:45So, fair play. They've come back into the game and done really well.
01:47But obviously, yeah, we've got through it. And yeah, three points.
01:51And that final sort of 15-minute period, obviously going down to 10 men as well.
01:54And then finding the winners, I'd show a good level of character in the group.
01:58You can see there's two goals in the second half, but then really digging in and finding a way to
02:01win the game.
02:01And yeah, that's what we've got in the group. And that's what we said at the end.
02:04You know, we've got a really good group of players in there, but a good group of people as well.
02:07And they've all dug in. We've had players playing out of position.
02:10We've had players playing through injuries. We've had 10 minutes added time, you know, away from home.
02:15In a tough game. So yeah, really pleased with the group, really pleased with the character.
02:20And it's a really good three points for us. It's a tough place to come.
02:22They made it really difficult. But lastly, a big kind of shout out to the fans.
02:27We had a number of fans down here today, made a really big noise.
02:30We obviously went over at the end and showed our appreciation.
02:33And yeah, I think they got us through quite a large part of that.
02:36And so looking ahead, we've got Manny Bridge Tigers in the Welsh Cup first round.
02:40How do you think the scores should have been a very long trip up north?
02:44Yeah, obviously we've got, I think Walsh is suspended now, but everyone else should be available
02:49pending how we recover from this game and training Tuesday.
02:52But yeah, I mean, you know, it may give an opportunity for some to come in and get some minutes
02:57and maybe stick your claim.
02:59But we want to keep winning. We want to make that a habit.
03:02And yeah, the next game is always the most important one.
03:04So we'll go up there to get through to the next round and see where we get to.
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