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| The Two Managers, Peter Beadle and Paul Casey, Pictured After The Final Whistle |
Hereford FC manager Peter Beadle spoke to the local media after tonight's 5-4 defeat by Coleshill United.
"Yet again we've played a game where our opponents haven't had to work extremely hard to score goals.
"Naive defending, poor defending, inexcusable defending, to give a goal away from a long throw once is bad enough but to do it three times in one game is not acceptable, not good enough.
"We need to eradicate it and do it quickly because we are being punished for every mistake we make, even the goal that got flicked on. Sam Gwynne heads it back to the keeper, mistimes his header and they score from that. Even that we've been punished for. Another day they don't score from that, we clear it.
"We are making it extremely hard for ourselves. It's not through opponents having good play, it's purely from our poor defensive displays at the moment.
"At the end of the day your first job as a defender is to defend, just keep it away from your goal. We don't seem to be capable of doing that at the moment.
"I've just said to the players it's easier for me and probably cheaper to get six foot four, six foot five defenders who have no ability but just can run up and down and head it and kick it all day long.
"I don't want to play that way and I don't think the fans want us to play that way so we've got to work through this.
"To score four goals at home and have countless other half chances and still lose the game is not acceptable.
"People have talked all year about how easy it's going to be to get players to come and play for Hereford. It's not that easy.
"But I believe the squad I've got is good enough to get out of this league.
"The play was good, it was crisp at times, it was sharp but what can you do when you keep letting in two, three, four goals that are just poor naive defending. Three of the back four have plenty of experience. Tony, Joel and Sam have all got good experience. Jimmy is a newcomer to us and I thought he did well for lots of spells but fell asleep a little bit for the third or fourth goal. Sam fell asleep for the first two."
Beadle raised the question of what the supporters want from their football club.
"Do you want them to play attractive football on the floor or do you want them to play what everyone else plays which tonight they've come and beat us 5-4 on our own patch and they've not played any football. They've kicked everything long.
"Their manager was shouting at them when they tried to make a few passes.
"So we've got to learn and learn fast because this is not the first time but the fourth time in games we've had where we haven't defended very well at all and it's cost us massively."
"People have talked all year about how easy it's going to be to get players to come and play for Hereford. It's not that easy.
"But I believe the squad I've got is good enough to get out of this league.
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| Sam Gwynne |
Beadle raised the question of what the supporters want from their football club.
"Do you want them to play attractive football on the floor or do you want them to play what everyone else plays which tonight they've come and beat us 5-4 on our own patch and they've not played any football. They've kicked everything long.
"Their manager was shouting at them when they tried to make a few passes.
"So we've got to learn and learn fast because this is not the first time but the fourth time in games we've had where we haven't defended very well at all and it's cost us massively."