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The three plebs return to talk through the 1-1 at Halifax Town and have moan about officiating, the pitch and what we’re going to do with all these injuries.

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Yeovil Town’s goalscorer at Halifax, Malachi Linton, thought the point was a ‘good’ one after late drama at the Shay.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins, the striker said: “Little points like this against a sort of relegation rival, I think its fair to say, can go a long long way. I definitely think in the manner of how we came back, late drama, it’s always a good point.”

His late equaliser, in a game where manager Mark Cooper said they were against the world, was a testament to the squad’s togetherness according to Linton.

“I think that performance shows our togetherness as team. We dug deep until the end, got a late equaliser and you know we’re around each other. People fill in holes and everyone applies themselves and we go out each game no matter what it is.”

“I don’t think the game should have gone the way it went. I think a dominant performance in the first half, the way the gaffer likes to play, I think we should bury it then and there, but we didn’t. And you always leave yourself vulnerable when you don’t take you chances and dominate a game and you’re susceptible to a counter attack goal like that.”

The striker did say he felt belief was coming back into the team though: “I think the past few games we’ve have had more of the belief that we’ve needed to have and I think if you go into a game not believing you’re not going to come out on the right side of it.”

More goals please Mal!

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Manager Mark Cooper said his side were ‘against the world’ during Yeovil Town’s 1-1 draw with FC Halifax Town.

A late goal from substitute Malachi Linton cancelled out Matty Warburton’s opener in a match that saw three players leave the pitch injured, Matt Worthington booked and facing a two-match suspension and the denial of a “blatant penalty”.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins the manager praised the entire club: “I thought the effort today, with people absolutely out on their feet at the end, it’s criminal that we’re asking them to keep playing, but they were fantastic – the whole club today: players, staff, supporters. You saw what it meant at the end and we deserved that so much as a club. We were against the world today, I have to be careful what I say, but we were against the world.

“I don’t want to mention the referee, or speak about him, it doesn’t warrant me wasting any breath. It was a blatant penalty. I’d like to watch [the game] back, I thought we got an awful lot of decisions against us today and an horrendous tackle on Edwin Agbaje.”

Lawson D’Ath is lifted to his feet after suffering a hamstring strain.

Agbaje was stretchered off after a tackle in 71st minute and looks set for a long spell on the sidelines. As does Lawson D’Ath who left the pitch in the first half with a hamstring injury. Cooper said D’Ath could be out for three weeks at a minimum. He also said Alex Fisher had hurt his hamstring too. To compound it all, Matt Worthington picked up his tenth booking of the season which will see him miss the next two matches at home against Bromley next weekend and Southend United seven days later.

The boss praised his side’s first half performance though: “Our first performance was brilliant. I thought we totally controlled the game. We need to be in front. My only gripe with the players is that the first half performance needs to be that were winning the game by one or two goals. Because you know that Halifax are going to react. The situation we find ourselves in is a lack of confidence in and around the opposition penalty area. And, I said to the players ‘what’s the worst thing that can happen? You can miss a chance, so what?’ But we need to sort that bit out. If we play like we did today for 70 minutes and the last five minutes when we worked so hard, we’ll be fine.”

With injuries piling up and just four players on the bench – on loan Doncaster Rovers striker Reo Griffiths missed training yesterday and wasn’t named on the bench, although there is no suggestion of an injury – Cooper was hopeful of bringing in the right players before the deadline for registering players on Thursday.

“We need to think about what we’re going to do, because what we don’t want to do is sign loads of players and burden ourselves with loads of debt. We need to make sure that if we bring anyone in they’re going to improve us and they’re ready to go. Hopefully we can come up with a name or two and try and get them into help the boys.”

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Ian and Ben talk through Barnet and Dave speaks to Halifax supporter Luke ahead of this weekends crunch clash! 

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Dave and Sheridan talk Ian through their afternoon in snowy Chesterfield where Yeovil earned an important point. We look ahead to Barnet and take your GCQs.

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After picking up an important result in the battle against relegation, Mark Cooper described the 1-1 at Chesterfield as a ‘great point’.

Ryan Law’s header cancelled out Paul McCallum’s 33rd minute penalty and saw the Glovers return to Somerset four points clear of the drop zone.

Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins, Cooper said: “I’m really really pleased.I thought we controlled large spells of the game with the ball in the first half.

“There was some little chances where we broke their play on the halfway line and one real quality pass leads to a chance. We just panicked, but that’s pressure because of where we are. I thought we saw the game out really well.

“The game plan was to attack from deep in the middle of the pitch with the pace of Stevens and Young (both Jordans) and we had some really good opportunities and the final pass was just not right.

“But, I have to say, Chesterfield have some fantastic players, you only have to look at the subs they are bringing on and the people they have in the stand, so it is a great place to take from here.”

Cooper described the penalty decision against Jamie Reckord – made by the assistant referee – as “horrendous“.

“It’s a horrendous penalty decision against us. We had a blatant penalty on Tuesday, we didn’t get it and then we had a horrendous decision – the handball. It’s never a penalty, I’ve seen it back.

“It’s bounced up and hit Recks’ hand, but he’s about half-a-foot away from it. I don’t know what he’s supposed to do, the referee didn’t give it, the linesman did.”

Jordan Maguire-Drew. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

It was an afternoon where Jordan Maguire-Drew continued to show glimpses of quality that had faded after a promising start in the green and white, but the manager said that JM-D has been dealing with an injury.

He said: “He’s had a niggly hip injury that’s really affected him and hindered him. We’ve had to try and play through it, which is probably not helped him. Once we get a preseason into him we’ll be able to see what a real top player he is.”

The Glovers travel to Barnet on Tuesday, hoping to avoid another Dale Gorman-ing, and the boss said there were players who needed resting.

“We’ve got four or five that are really out on their feet in there that we could do with resting. We are short of players and being able to rotate because of the amount of loans we’ve got. It would be nice to give one or two a breather.”

Cooper was asked whether striker Malachi Linton, who has not featured in the last two matchday squads, would be involved in North London.

He said: “I don’t know, we’ll see. We’ll count up what we have got on Monday and take it from there.”

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Ian, Ben and Dave (through a sporadic internet connection) catch up on the 1-0 win against Eastleigh on Tuesday night and look ahead to Chesterfield.

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Huish Park was rocking last night as Yeovil Town picked up a crucial win in the battle to stay in the National League. Here are Ian’s conclusions from the 1-0 victory over Eastleigh.

A great leap (definitely not a push, ref!) by Matt Worthington for the opener.

The atmosphere at Huish Park was incredible last night. I can’t remember a night like that in a long long time. More than 2900 were at Huish Park last night, an increase of 700ish (minus the Eastleigh travelling supporters) versus last Tuesday. The reduced ticket offer brought people back and helped create an electric atmosphere. The crowd were vocal from the off, and in the second half they roared Mark Cooper’s side home. The celebrations at the end we reminiscent of the old days – I could get used to this feeling. 

We played for the whole game. It was a night where the Yeovil players put in a performance across the pitch for the whole 90 minutes. Cooper’s side were patient when they had to be, and forced the issue when the opportunity arose. Play off hopefuls Eastleigh, who were unbeaten in seven, could not have begrudged going in 2-0 down at half time. Jordan Young came inches away from heading in and fingertips and the post kept Jordan Maguire-Drew from scoring a cracker. With 45 minutes towards the raucous Thatchers Stand, Yeovil got their goal, could have got more and lifted the gloom after the recent run of results.

Jordan Stevens. Picture courtesy of Mike Kunz.

The Jordans are stepping up. With no shortage of Jordans in the squad and all three starting last night, they all put in a performance of quality. Jordan Young continues to improve. He held the ball up well, was direct with his running and is getting closer to finding that all-important goal. Maguire-Drew looked the classy player who made things happen over Christmas. He threaded passes, got shots away and with 60 minutes in the tank, looks to be rebuilding fitness. And, our new signing Jordan Stevens, looked a totally different player from the one against Woking. Comfortable running with the ball and rapid when hunting down opponents, he looks like to be a real coup for the club.

The system suited the players. Look, I’ve been very clear I don’t like three at the back. I’m open to it working eventually, but we’ve not been able to get a consistent tune this group all season. So when I saw our defensive unit warming up as a four, there was a bit of relief on my part. It worked as well. It was a pretty fluid front five, with Stevens, JMD, Worthington, Young and Law making forward runs and getting into the final third. A shout out for Charlie Cooper, who’s discipline in centre midfield is so crucial to allow his teammates to get forward. Matt Worthington, who had one of his worst games on Saturday, was immeasurably improved and leapt highest to score the winner after a great run into the box.

We need to stay grounded. There’s been so much happen in the last week. After the turbulence of the last regime, we’re all understandably excited. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves after this win. The teams around us good results last night, and we needed to keep up. We’re three points ahead of the relegation zone, but we’ve got some tough away matches coming against Chesterfield, Barnet and Halifax. We’re not out of this battle yet, but with new ownership in the door (although the deal isn’t quite complete) we can be more hopeful of staying in the league than we were over a week ago.

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Back with our regularly scheduled programming on this one, with a look back at Woking and a look forward to Eastleigh. Plus, we answer your #GCQs.

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