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| Paul Caddis, right, with his assistant Adam Rooney |
Hereford manager Paul Caddis has said his side took the criticsm fans thought they deserved and gave a first-class reaction to beat Buxton 2-1 on Tuesday evening.
Sweeping changes to the starting XI, a new formation, and playing more passionately saw Hereford win their first game of the season - and Remaye Campbell score the Bulls' first two goals of the Enterprise National League North season.
Caddis said the two first-half goals from Campbell were absolutely brilliant, and he has loads of the faith in him.
On the game as a whole, Caddis told the media: "I thought we were excellent from from kickoff. I really do. Right until the last minute managing the game. I thought the endeavour was there, I thought the intensity was there. I was really pleased, really pleased. Really, really pleased.
"We've had to try and stay calm. We obviously lost the first two games, but it's one of those ones [if] you come away and you draw the first three and when you get three points, everybody might have a different look at it, but I said we've lost the first two games.
"We took the the criticism that people think they've deserved and we've bounced back at a really, really tough place."
He added: "The boys have been boys have been excellent. They've looked after themselves the last couple of day and the reaction was first class."
Making four changes, including Andy Williams using "every ounce of his experience" alongside goalscorer Remaye Campbell, Hereford lined up in a 3-5-2 formation. Interviewer Carson Wishart put to Caddis that this worked a treat.
"Yeah, it did," Caddis said, with fans critical of an isolate Remaye Campbell on Saturday. "We knew that we we had to try and listen, I'm trying to get people as close to to our strikers as we possibly can.
"I know it's crying out for two strikers at times, but it's having the right personnel and everyone available. And as much as you see players that are on the bench, they might not be fit for the bench, but it's numbers just to cover."