Boss bitterly disappointed with performance in defeat to Exeter City.
Manager Adam Murray says our players need to take a long, hard look at themselves if they want to be successful, following todayâs bitterly disappointing 3-2 defeat to Exeter City at One Call Stadium.
With just a quarter-of-an-hour to play, our team were on course to pick up a much-needed win as goals from Billy Kee and Vadaine Oliver had overturned a first half strike from Exeterâs Tom Nichols.
But two basic defensive errors allowed the Grecians to snatch three points and inflict a defeat which leaves us just a point above the Sky Bet League Two relegation zone.
â[It was] rubbish,â said Murray, who was speaking in his post-match interview.
âWeâve scored two goals at home and defended like an Under 16s team. For some reason, we find it hard to defend set-plays, so you try and help the boys out and bring everybody back so there are no excuses, and we still canât defend.
âIâm fed up of walking into a dressing room and people saying sorry. Itâs not good enough.
âThe realisation of it is that weâre in a relegation battle. Weâve got 21 games left and we need to win a certain amount of them â thatâs the way it is.â
Our boss continued: âItâs a common theme that weâve had over the whole of the season. We donât know how to win. We get ourselves back into the game and then make some absolutely horrendous decisions and you canât allow for that.â
During todayâs game, we had numerous efforts cleared off the line and Murray has called for our team to be more ruthless in both boxes â starting next weekend when we host high-flying Wycombe Wanderers.
âIn both boxes weâre not ruthless,â added Murray. âWe created plenty of chances again, but weâve got to score more goals than what weâre doing with the positions that weâre getting in.
âIn the other box, we canât defend at the minute. Itâs a flip of a coin whatâs going to happen when it goes in the box and if people canât take responsibility then weâll sort that out.
âItâs frustrating when weâre coming off the pitch and their manager (Paul Tisdale) says well played to your team. Itâs annoying, it makes me more wound up, and itâs not good enough.â
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