“If we took half of our chances today, we would have scored five, that's the God's honest truth,” explained Manager James Bracken after the 3-1 loss to Bognor Regis Town.
He added: “I'm not talking about half chances, or shots outside the box, but one-on-one's, shots hitting the crossbar and free headers inside the six yard box. We just didn't make the most of our chances.
"I can't fault them though; all I will remember from the game is the reaction in the last 12 minutes. Someone complimented me a while ago and said that your teams never know when they're beaten. That was epitomised in the last 12 minutes of the game, which should have been more like 20 but the ref decided to play just two minutes over the top... but that is a side issue.
"That is what will come away with me, and it is what we need to focus on in the coming week, the positivity in the last twelve minutes, and the whole performance really. My brother (Danny Bracken) could have done better for the first. The second was clumsy and we switched off for the penalty and we were going for the game and caught out for the third.
“We got more out of that today as a defeat, than we ever would have a win. I'm proud of the players, and I have no problem with them with regards to effort and the way we played. It just came down to the fact we didn't take our chances and we got caught out, but that's football.”
Bracken also reserved special praise for Max Oldham stating that he was “brave to walk off without a stretcher” following his clash of heads which left him unconscious.
“I’ve got nothing but respect for Max for going for that ball, winning it the way he did and getting up, walking off the pitch like a man rather than being stretchered off. Fair play to him, he showed a lot of gumption today and that’s what you want to see in your team.
Next up for Corinthian Casuals are two away trips in the shape of a trip to Hornchurch next Saturday, followed by a visit to Folkestone the following Tuesday.
Bracken continued: “We will get both of them watched. We've watched Hornchurch and there won't be much football played by them, which is par for the course for most teams in this league now.
“At the beginning of the season teams were actually getting the ball down and playing football, but it's got to Christmas and when things don't go to plan, they resort to shelling it, and it’s ugly.
“We'll be ready for that though, and we will make sure we're best prepared, as we were today. Bognor are a decent side. Had we won, we’d have been a point behind them and who’d have said at Christmas, we’d be a point behind them going into February? There’s no right for us to be anywhere near where we are. But when you watch us, you can see exactly why we should still be looking up. Get back on another winning run and we’ll be within the playoffs again. Until that’s not achievable, that’s what we’ll be going for.”
James was talking to Joshua Doherty and Stuart Tree.
He added: “I'm not talking about half chances, or shots outside the box, but one-on-one's, shots hitting the crossbar and free headers inside the six yard box. We just didn't make the most of our chances.
"I can't fault them though; all I will remember from the game is the reaction in the last 12 minutes. Someone complimented me a while ago and said that your teams never know when they're beaten. That was epitomised in the last 12 minutes of the game, which should have been more like 20 but the ref decided to play just two minutes over the top... but that is a side issue.
"That is what will come away with me, and it is what we need to focus on in the coming week, the positivity in the last twelve minutes, and the whole performance really. My brother (Danny Bracken) could have done better for the first. The second was clumsy and we switched off for the penalty and we were going for the game and caught out for the third.
“We got more out of that today as a defeat, than we ever would have a win. I'm proud of the players, and I have no problem with them with regards to effort and the way we played. It just came down to the fact we didn't take our chances and we got caught out, but that's football.”
Bracken also reserved special praise for Max Oldham stating that he was “brave to walk off without a stretcher” following his clash of heads which left him unconscious.
“I’ve got nothing but respect for Max for going for that ball, winning it the way he did and getting up, walking off the pitch like a man rather than being stretchered off. Fair play to him, he showed a lot of gumption today and that’s what you want to see in your team.
Next up for Corinthian Casuals are two away trips in the shape of a trip to Hornchurch next Saturday, followed by a visit to Folkestone the following Tuesday.
Bracken continued: “We will get both of them watched. We've watched Hornchurch and there won't be much football played by them, which is par for the course for most teams in this league now.
“At the beginning of the season teams were actually getting the ball down and playing football, but it's got to Christmas and when things don't go to plan, they resort to shelling it, and it’s ugly.
“We'll be ready for that though, and we will make sure we're best prepared, as we were today. Bognor are a decent side. Had we won, we’d have been a point behind them and who’d have said at Christmas, we’d be a point behind them going into February? There’s no right for us to be anywhere near where we are. But when you watch us, you can see exactly why we should still be looking up. Get back on another winning run and we’ll be within the playoffs again. Until that’s not achievable, that’s what we’ll be going for.”
James was talking to Joshua Doherty and Stuart Tree.
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