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00:00Gavin, a fantastic 6-3 win against Ashford. You said before the game it was a must-win
00:06and certainly delivered in great style there.
00:08Yeah, I thought it was a good start from us. A very good start and the finishing was something
00:14that we haven't had. Maybe we got the rubber to green a little bit with that, people hitting
00:20shots that are flying in the top corner, but we haven't had that all season. It's sort
00:24of gone the other way where we'd be in control of the game and then the other team would
00:28do that. So, some good goals. We got a bit lucky with the third, but I can't fault Finn
00:33for... We've had that already this season where, I think it was Rains Park, away from
00:38home. We got a man down, they played straight through the middle and it's a goal. It's a
00:41bit different with the goalie, but I don't think Finn... I don't think the keeper was
00:44getting there anyway, but I can see why they can be frustrated with that. It's not a nice
00:49thing, but in our position, Finn's just done what he thought was right. So, yeah, to go
00:54in, what was it, 4-1? 5-1. 5-1 at half-time. Listen, we've been in that position ourselves
01:02and everything favours the team losing at 5-1. We went to Kingstonian and were 5-1 down
01:07and it makes it easier for you if you're losing because you've got nothing to lose. Being
01:12in the position we are, 5-1 down, I'm still not confident that we're going to win the
01:16game, if I'm honest, because it was nerve-wracking for the lads. There was probably a little
01:20bit of pressure to get the three points. They put a lot of pressure on. They were very
01:24vocal, upped their game a little bit and we just saw the game... We didn't see the game
01:29out particularly well, if I'm honest. I felt we could have done better, but the important
01:34thing was to get the three points.
01:37It's obviously a great first half, 5-1 up at half-time, but then what is the message
01:41at half-time? Because I guess you know it's a bit of a free hit for Ashford and they're
01:44going to come...
01:45It's hard, mate, because you want everyone to carry on doing what they're doing, but
01:51you also know the other team are going to up their game. Like I say, they've got nothing
01:54to lose, so the only way for them is up, isn't it? What we did well, I think, when they scored,
01:58we then scored as well to get back to 6-2, which was good.
02:05It's a difficult one because I don't think the lads relaxed. There was a little bit of
02:09pressure. They put pressure on us, which was what they had to do, and another goal,
02:16they're right back in it. So, fair play to them. They did everything they needed to do
02:21second half.
02:22Yes, that sixth goal really probably did just end any little hope they had, because if they
02:27had got to 5-3, then obviously it can maybe get a bit...
02:29It's funny because the team, because I've heard Tufts say, obviously he said, get a
02:33goal in the first 15, where we're going, don't concede in the first 15 and then see the next
02:3815, so you have your little game plans and it never goes. We're conceding every time
02:43we come out second half, which isn't a good trait, especially if you're winning like that.
02:48The last thing you want to do is concede early because that gives them a right lift, which
02:53they did and they had a little bit more pressure and then we scored. I think maybe with a normal
02:58goalkeeper in goal, he probably would have come out and Joe might have found it a little
03:02bit more difficult, but that's the bad luck that they had today.
03:08Five in the first half, but it was also straight out of the traps, 1-0 in the eighth minute
03:13with Charlie George and then 2-0 within 11 minutes.
03:16Yes, good goals as well. It's a great goal from Charlie, it's a good ball in the box,
03:20I can't remember who passed it.
03:21Babs.
03:22Babs, yes, lovely little finish from Charlie. Finn's goal was, again, top draw. Babs' was
03:28a good goal. Charlie's was a good finish, well-struck finish. It's all those things that haven't
03:35happened to us previously. That match was literally on the day, all gone our way and
03:40that won't always happen. The difficulty we've got is if we defend like that, we're going
03:45to lose games still, so we need to address that.
03:47Yes, I guess a 6-3 win, obviously positive, but you don't want to let in three, do you?
03:53To win that game today, we're having to score over three goals, which isn't a good thing.
03:57If we had gone on and won 5-6-1, it would have been fine, but to concede like we do
04:04because they were cheap goals, I thought, and they probably got claims for a penalty.
04:08I saw Kareem's given for exactly that sort of thing against Guernsey. But like I say,
04:13we haven't had... I think that was our first penalty against Guernsey and it was soft and
04:17that probably could have been given.