Yeovil Town manager Billy Rowley has said that he feels like his side is heading in the right direction after back to back league wins.
Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Jack Killah on his Friday evening’s Sports Show he said that whilst Scunthorpe post new tests, he’s concentrating on his own side.
.”We went to Southport with a very depleted team and two or three of the lads who were kind of playing injured really. I’m an honest person, I’m always mindful that, that after losing games, it’s difficult to give excuses after a game because that’s what all the people will then say, but the truth is we were very tired going into that game. The boys on the pitch, two or three ideally wanted to sort of probably come off at halftime, but they tried to to dig in and we just didn’t have enough legs and energy and freshness to get over the line. We lost that game fair and square, but we had a few days rest leading up to the Tamworth game and we performed really well.
I thought like in possession, it might have been our probably one of our best performances, some really clear ideas and patterns for the lads.
We just reviewed it with the boys after lunch as well and just showed them a load of good practice videos. I feel like they’re in a good spot now it and football can change game to game, week to week, but I feel like a lot of the lads are in a good place and ready to go out there and get another win.”
New players, managing injuries, cup ties status and constant back to back games have meant getting any kind of training in has proved difficult for Rowley.
“It takes time for players to embed your ideas and what we’re asking them to do and it’s some new ideas and some new patterns. It’s never going to be sort of smooth sailing and a linear process.
There needs to be some bedding-in period and I think I said as well in the last post-match, I think probably since Telford in the last round of the cup is, has been the last time we’ve had a full week’s training and all you can really do is, is turn up Monday, recover and then you’re playing again Tuesday. So it’s been really hard to actually work with the players. It’s just literally been game after game. So next week will be good for the boys, providing we get a good result on Saturday.
We get a full week’s rest leading into the Boston game and I do feel if we can keep getting points on the board and play with a bit more freedom that I think the fans can expect us to be playing some of our better football. I think we’ve in the last two home games we’ve created some really big chances and we’ve sort of dominated both of those games on not only the scoreline but all the metrics and stats that you’d want. So yeah, moving in the right direction.”
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As for this Saturday’s opponents, Scunthorpe…
”[They’ve got] some really dangerous players. We’re just going to dive into even more into some of the analysis into them now. But look, we’re prepared for them, but I’m a coach and I’m a manager that, I obviously need to look into the opposition, but I want our players to be playing our game and I don’t want us to be over-analysing the opposition.
We have to be obviously mindful and respectful of what they bring, but we want to be playing front-foot, attacking football and going out there and creating chances ourselves. So hopefully that will be the case.”