00:01Paul, narrowed 2-1 defeat against Ebsfleet in the FA Trophy.
00:04Thoughts on the game?
00:05Yeah, I thought it was a good game of football.
00:08I think it was tight like the scoreline suggested.
00:12Yeah, a little bit frustrated, you know, I think a draw would have been a fair result
00:15and maybe deciding on penalties would have been a fair outcome.
00:18Yeah, I mean, there wasn't really, you know, much in the game at all.
00:21It was very well sort of two even sides out there today by the looks of it really on today's
00:25game.
00:25Yeah, two good teams. Yeah, passing the ball well and having their moments in the game.
00:32But yeah, disappointed in the two goals, real poor goals to give away.
00:37And the first goal, obviously, they've sort of delivered it right across goal
00:40and the man sort of seemed to be free at the far post there, didn't he, to finish it off?
00:44Yeah, he's crossed the ball low, you know, from five to ten yards away from the touchline
00:49and it's bounced twice in the six-yard box.
00:51You know, goalkeeper's got to do better and the body shape of the defenders was poor.
00:55And a bit like the second goal, you know, it's crossed a long way in the six-yard box
01:00and Michael's pushed one out, just catch it.
01:03And yeah, it's a bit dubious, you know, the boys touched it, didn't get quite good contact on it
01:08and the ball's bounced up and it looks like his arm's taken it in.
01:11If it didn't hit his arm, I think it goes away from the goal.
01:14Frustrating, you know, two officials there, can't pick that up.
01:17But yeah, again, you know, we've had two big chances at the end with a header
01:21and then Daz, a sliding tackle to stop him from scoring, you know, great defending.
01:27And yeah, it wasn't to be.
01:28Yeah, I mean, that was the tackle of the match.
01:30Daz has sort of danced through, about to pull the trigger and it's a sort of blinding tackle, wasn't it?
01:34Yeah, yeah, he bundled himself through and yeah, about to slide at home.
01:38And yeah, he's come out of nowhere with a slight tackle and yeah, credit to him, it's a great tackle.
01:42And then obviously, George Alexander, Matt McKenzie's cross, George Alexander, the header,
01:45literally last kick of the game, wasn't it? Just wide.
01:48Yeah, you know, from our angle, we're just waiting for that to nestle in the corner and go to the
01:52penalties.
01:52And yeah, it's gone on the other side of the post and it wasn't to be.
01:56Half-time, obviously very much in the game at 1-0. What was sort of the message going into the
02:00second half?
02:02A little bit, much the same. Maybe get a couple more bodies, you know, we changed shape.
02:06Couldn't really get near George. I think he was too honest in wanting to get on the ball
02:10and players dropping too deep to get us up the pitch and have a bit of pride in stopping the
02:15cross.
02:16You know, it was way too easy to cross the ball again for the opposition against us.
02:20You know, as a full-bet, you've got to take responsibility and go and make it difficult.
02:23And we didn't and ultimately, it's cost us two goals today.
02:27So, I mean, that's one of the key parts of defending, but getting tighter and stopping crosses at source, really.
02:33Stopping them coming in.
02:33Yeah, definitely. And yeah, we was, you know, that is our biggest downfall today.
02:37We weren't good at it. You know, we looked pretty comfortable,
02:40but yeah, it's just way too easy.
02:41And when you've got to defend that many crosses, law of averages, you know,
02:45you're going to get chances and they put them away.
02:47Yeah. The equaliser, Bob's put it on a plate, really.
02:50And Ryan's there to finish it off, wasn't he?
02:52Yeah, it's one of them, you know, cliche sayings, you know,
02:55the delivery's scored. That goal is a great delivery.
02:58And yeah, Ryan's around the back and he's got his foot at the end of it.
03:01And yeah, we're back in the game.
03:03And obviously, absolutely, we'll be back here in a couple of weeks, won't they?
03:06So, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
03:08Look forward to that one now.
03:09We know we've got no distractions.
03:10We've got to try and chase their fleet and Truro.
03:13And it's a big ask, but we know, we know, we know how good they are.
03:17We know how good we can be.
03:18And I'm sure it's going to be another entertaining game.
03:21Yeah. Busy week off the pitch.
03:22New contract wise.
03:23Matt McKenzie, Miles and Marcel all signed up for another 18 months.
03:27So, yeah, thoughts on all that?
03:29Yeah. Yeah.
03:30Really happy, especially to get Mars done as well.
03:32You know, he's only on a short-term deal.
03:35So, yeah, credit to Frankie and Harry getting that one done.
03:38And yeah, two young lads committing for another year is a positive move for the club as well.
03:44Yeah. So, yeah, Marcel's in for a month.
03:46And obviously, now they've got that over the line sort of long-term, haven't they?
03:49So, yeah.
03:49Yeah, it's a great compliment to Brandon on the other side.
03:53It gives us real good balance and a real good attacking force now.
03:57And Miles has really taken his chance when he's come back, hasn't he?
04:00He has, yeah. We've talked about it many times, you know, he's gone away, he wants to learn,
04:05he's so keen to learn, he asks the right questions and he just wants to keep improving.
04:08And yeah, we've got him for another year after this and he's just going to get better about.
04:13And Matt's obviously just been so consistent last season and stepped up again this season.
04:17Yeah, we know Matt's got that. He had that shoulder operation, quite a big one in the summer,
04:22and he's come back and he's just kicked on and he's fitted into this level superbly.
04:29And it's another one, you know, for the club and for myself.
04:32And for everyone, you know, the football club's going to get stronger with those players here.
04:36Obviously, full focus on the league. You're in the playoffs right in the thick of it.
04:39And obviously, a week now to prepare for Maidstone, obviously going well in second.
04:43Yeah, it's a big month. You know, we've had two big games already this month in the league.
04:48And we've now got to follow up with two tough, three tough ones, really. We've Maidstone, Maid,
04:53and then we can have sleep. So yeah, two weeks time, we'll see where we really are.
