‘Tiredness is a mindset’: Players told pull your socks up as Caddis won't buy excuses

Andy Williams is a perfect example to the rest of squad, Caddis has said

Hereford boss Paul Caddis won't buy excuses from his players that they're tired, with five games in 15 days.

For the former Celtic icon, tiredness is a mindset and players just need to pull their socks up.

Just 48 hours after being sunk 4-1 at home by a ruthless Chorley, Hereford travel to Radcliffe. Looking ahead to the game in his post-match interview on Saturday, Caddis told BBC Hereford and Worcester's Carson Wishart that off the back of the pathetic showing at home, a reaction was needed.

"There's no two ways about it, we need a reaction," he said.

"If we don't get one then we've got issues. There's something that I'm going to have to look at. We need to get Monday out the way, it's difficult as it's coming so quick. But we, I, recognise we need to make changes."

Caddis was asked whether he'd stick with the formation and make changes, with 39-year-old striker Andy Williams playing the full 90 minutes at Buxton and against Chorley. 

"I'd love to, honestly, right now I'm not even thinking about that. Just obviously we just got over that. 

"Willo's done really well and and he's a perfect example to the rest of the players in the dressing room. Tiredness, for me, is a mindset. 

"You're a long time retired in this game. Tiredness is a mindset. I'm not buying it. I won't buy it. I won't buy tiredness.

"I won't buy the 'I'm sore' and all the rest of it. Get on with it.

"There's people that pay good money to come and watch you, get on with it. Pull your socks up. I'm not buying it at all, I'm not buying tiredness.

"I can understand in terms of Willo with his age and stuff like that, but Willo's still as fit as the rest, still gives everything. You can see he's still going to the end there.

"It's something we'll look at."

Ahead of tomorrow's game, Caddis will be waiting to see whether Chris Wreh - the former Banbury, Southend, Hartlepool United and Tamworth striker - will be fit.

Other players to not play on Saturday included I-Lani Edwards, Preston Bitemo, Kai Williams, Notts County loanee Madou Cisse and the injured Gus Mafuta.