Coach happy with Farnborough capitulation
Following today's emphatic 5-0 win over Farnborough Town, Hereford United coach Richard O'Kelly spoke of his delight at the performance.
"The first half an hour of the game was excellent, with our attitude, passing, movement, and also when we lost the ball, we had good team shape," he told BBC Hereford & Worcester. "The players are very confident at the moment obviously because they've been getting some good results. We haven't had too many blips either."
Goals today came from Paul Parry, Ben Smith, Steve Guinan, captain Tony James and substitute David Brown, and O'Kelly added: "With the way the team's set-up, any of the midfielders can get on the scoresheet. Paul Parry was there today, Rob Purdie was very unlucky on a few occasions and also Danny Williams.
"We also got Ryan Green into goalscoring positions on three or four occasions today as well so. Ben Smith's the one who's benefitting at the moment from the good team play, and long may it continue."
Farnborough boss Tommy Taylor was quick to praise Hereford. "They were a far better team than us all over the field. It didn't help when we had one sent off as well. It could have been a different game if we'd scored a couple of goals in the first half but they are a very good footballing team, with a lot of pace."
Of the penalty ten minutes after the restart, speaking to BBC Southern Counties Radio, Taylor commented: "I think the penalty was punishment enough. I don't think, because the ball hit his hand, it was a yellow card. The game was already over."