Yeovil Town manager Mark Cooper has said he was delighted with the 1-0 win over Dagenham and Redbridge.
Speaking Post-Match to BBC Somerset’s Jack Killah he said how the performance was ‘fantastic’ and that the team adapted to a slightly different set up well.
“I thought we were fantastic, I really enjoyed watching the team, the atmosphere, the fans bought into it; we ran, played football, fought – everything you have to do to get three points and that’s four unbeaten for us now.”
“We played a little bit different today – we played with a back three, we played a box in midfield with two ‘tens’, two ‘sixes’ and we’ve got really good technicians in there that can pick passes and I thought first half we were outstanding, we should have been a couple ahead I thought.
The key is at half time, I said to the boys ‘How do we recreate that energy?’ it’s really difficult because the opposition have to react, which they did. We weren’t as fluent in the second half, but we showed a real physical, organisational side to us that managed to get the job done.”
“You always judge a forward on if you’d like to play against him and I wouldn’t like to play against Ciaran”
The only goal of the game came from the head of Ciaran McGuckin with the front man latching on to a cross from Port Vale loanee, James Plant, Cooper said the new additions had added a different dimension to the team.
“[The goal was] another really good bit of play, we try and play, we want to play, but those two boys have come in and given us a real athleticism and a will to run in behind people and they both can run for days, Planty is like Road Runner, he can play left and right like I said before and Ciaran looks like he’s got a knack of scoring goals. He led the line on his own and you always judge a forward on if you’d like to play against him and I wouldn’t like to play against him.”
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The gaffer also confirmed that Aaron Jarvis missed the game after suffering a concussion last week and was still working through the protocols, whilst Michael Smith was taken off at half time as a precaution after feeling his hamstring, saying that “when you’ve got someone as good as Dom [Bernard] on the bench, it makes sense not to risk it”
“Dom came on and was fantastic, really steady, we know Dom, I’ve managed him for years and he’s really steady, great personality but he’s always seven out of 10, you can rely on him and then Raph came on the other side and had a couple of amazing runs down the left wing late on to make sure we kept the ball.”
Finally, Cooper said he would take in the FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round Replay between Chesham United and Bishops Cleeve on Tuesday as the Glovers prepare for the Fourth Qualifying clash against the winner of that tie next Saturday.
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