Yeovil Town goal-scorer Harvey Greenslade said his team-mates know they need to defend better after losing from a winning position for the second consecutive game.
The Glovers led 2-1 with an hour gone at FC Halifax Town but ended up on the end of a 3-2 defeat just five days after being 3-0 up at home to Gateshead and coming away with nothing, a result which spelt the end of Mark Cooper’s time as manager.
Greenslade put the visitors ahead in West Yorkshire with a superb near post header from Josh Sims’ cross just before the hour mark at The Shay, but defensive errors cost them again as they conceded two goals to squander three points.
Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Josh Perkins after the game, the former Bristol Rovers man said: “We have gone from not scoring at the start of the season to scoring quite a few goals. We should not have lost that game and we should not have lost the Gateshead game, so we need to be better as a group, it is not just the defenders, we need to be better defending the goal for the whole 90 minutes. It was too good a performance to chuck it away.”
Greenslade had some great opportunities to put Yeovil ahead before Halifax midfielder scored the first of his brace a minute in to first half injury time and he admitted he should have done better with the chances.
He added: “There were a couple in the first half when the ball was bouncing a bit and I felt like I could have had one or two goals, so that is annoying. It is nice for me and that is obviously two goals in two games for me now, but it is not about personal pride for me it is about helping the team. The team has helped me when I have been out of the team and now I have to repay them.”
Asked about the current managerial situation with interim boss Richard Dryden, who was brought on to the coaching staff by Cooper in the summer, whilst the club look for a permanent replacement, Greenslade added: “It is strange. Speaking for myself, I have never worked for the Gaffer (Richard Dryden) before, I really liked working with Mark (Cooper) and now having to go under new management is a bit of a change, but the lads are approaching it professionally and we have just got to get on with it.”
Yeovil have an opportunity to put right the mistakes of the past two matches when they travel to a Solihull Moors side sat bottom of the National League Premier Division table after six matches on Tuesday night.
Speaking about that game, the striker said: “I want to say thanks to the fans for making the journey, Halifax is not that close to Yeovil! We have a really good fanbase and when things turn around, which they will, the place will be bouncing at Huish Park. Even today we could hear them all game and hopefully we will see them on Tuesday as well. It is a must win for us, we have to focus on getting those three points. We can’t keep losing when we have been winning, that is two games in a row now, I will do everything I can to help the team and I know the boys will do everything they can to bring the points back.“