Yeovil winger James Daly said there was ‘massive frustration’ after the Glovers defeat at Brackley.
In a conversation with BBC Somerset’s Ian Randall following the 2-1 defeat Daly said: “[There’s an] element of massive frustration really. I think those games as well, I think disregarding tactically that’s more about the character of a person on the pitch and the desire to win it really. I think first half was good, but same old case of look good first half and didn’t capitalise on the chances and it comes back to bite us.”
Not for the first (or second) time this season Yeovil gifted goals to the opposition and as Brackley dug deep to hang on Daly said the game became about who wanted it more.
“That’s the National League and you get a lot of games like that at this level. Sometimes tactics do go out the window and it’s about who wants it more. And I know that sounds old fashioned and what-not, but sometimes if you’re not there, if you’re not meeting the physical duels and winning your winning your battles then you can come unstuck like we did today.
“It’s frustrating because you don’t want to be the team that looks nice, looks pretty and doesn’t have that, doesn’t have that spine, has a soft underbelly and we we don’t want that at all. So we need to find a way to first and foremost win the battle, win the duel and simplify it and we’ve got to beat the man in front of you who’s wearing the other jersey,” he added.
Since Billy Rowley took over from Richard Dryden in November, in the league the Glovers have won three, lost three and draw one and Daly said the team were playing better football but needed to learn how grind out a game.
“We’re playing better football as well. We’re looking better, which is a credit to Billy and Daz that have come in and we are creating more chances but we are very conscious of not becoming a team that looks pretty and can’t grind out a game against a Brackley because there’s a lot of teams in this league where physicality comes first, that is the National League.
“There’s plenty of times where it’s going to be rough and physical and we need to find a way to be able to withstand that so the quality comes through on the ball.”
When asked why Yeovil couldn’t create more in the second half Daly said it was difficult to break Brackley down once they got ahead.
“They’ve, they’ve got something to hang onto first half. We switched off from a set piece and have a mistake and all of a sudden when you’ve got something to hold onto then it’s a lot easier to defend and keep every man back. It makes it much more difficult when they’ve got men behind the ball and something to fight for and we can’t break them down then and it becomes a classic case of rue our chances that we haven’t taken and mistakes we made at the other end.
“We’d like to apologise to the traveling fans as well because to put on a display first half, we create chances but then second half it becomes a case of what’s the character of the player like on the field and that’s a big thing for us and that’s a question mark we don’t really want to have above our heads. We’ve got a game Tuesday to put things right and go from there.”