Yeovil Town manager Mark Cooper believes his side’s performances will bring results after they were held to a 1-1 draw against Aldershot Town at Huish Park this afternoon.
The Glovers fell behind after just seven minutes when Josh Barrett lifted a shot over goalkeeper Ollie Wright, but on-loan Rotherham United striker Ciaran McGuckin levelled after 58 minutes.
The result means that Yeovil have not won since the 4-3 victory at AFC Fylde at the start of the month, but they sit comfortably in mid-table in the National League Premier table after 12 matches.
Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Josh Perkins after the match, Cooper said: “Results are a by-product of good performances. You can fluke the odd result, but if you want to consistently win you have to perform well. Performances are the key indicator and if we keep performing at that level, we have no worries at all. You can see a really committed group, I thought the work-rate was incredible and we got back in to it and we should have won it.
“I have full faith in the players. We should win the game but when we play like that, I can put up with that. Results can go either way, but performances are key and if we keep performing like that we will be really good.”
Ciaran McGuckin pulls Yeovil level after 58 minutes. Video courtesy of Debs Curtis.
The stats at the final whistle showed the Glovers had seven shots on target, compared to the visitors five chances, with a further three off target, compared to Aldershot’s four off-target efforts.
The manager added: “I thought we played really well. We created some brilliant chances, we had two clear one-v-ones in the first half and I think we had 11 chances which we had a chance to score from and we only take one. But as long as we are creating chances like that, I am really cool with it. I thought the players worked their socks off again, the commitment was incredible and you could see we were pressing really hard at the end to get the winner and it just did not fall for us.
“We got caught from our corner when they scored which sometimes young players do not take on information about where they need to be stood and it leads to a counter attack, but that happens. The lad gets a free shot from our left hand side. I thought we reacted really well, created some brilliant chances and you can tell by the reaction of the crowd, they stayed with us until the end, and I thought it was a really good performance.”
McGuckin, making his third appearance having joined on loan just over a week ago, showed calmness in front of goal as he latched on to a pass from Jordan Young to finish across Aldershot keeper Marcus Dewhurst. The 20-year-old was replaced by Aaron Jarvis, who started on the substitutes’ bench, just after the hour mark.
For Cooper, the calmness of the finish was not surprise, he said: “That is what he does. He put Jordan Young in for the chance, he put Frank (Nouble) in for his one-v-one and he scored. He blew up on an hour and the plan was always to freshen it up and put Jarv (Aaron Jarvis) on, but he is a real finisher. His gift is finishing and running in behind and we saw that today.”
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