Our naivety and negativity cost us, says frustrated Halifax Town boss Wild
FC HALIFAX Town boss Pete Wild said naivety and negativity cost his side in their 2-0 defeat at Yeovil.
“I thought we started really well, first 10 minutes, we had a game plan and we executed it, and we should have at least been 1-0 up after 10 minutes,” said Wild. “When they had the man sent-off we went really negative, we went square, back to our old square, square, square passing.
“We’ve tried to get away from that, and that’s what’s cost us, that half-an-hour. For the other 60 minutes we’ve been camped in their half and dominated.
“But they (Yeovil) had something to hold onto because of us not executing what I asked them to do for half-an-hour.
“They’ve got 10 men, they bedded in and they defended really well.
“The second goal is about five yards offside, it’s not even close, but that’s irrelevant because we were chasing the game and ou centre-half is up-front trying to get us something. So half-anhour of negativity’s cost us.”
Wild added: “I’m under no illusions - that’s four times we’ve played against 10 men and four times we’ve not won.
“It’s our negative mindset that we’ve gone into, which we’ve been working hard on the training ground to eradicate. That’s let us down again.
“Second-half I thought we were back to dominating and back at them again, but they’ve gotagoalsotheycanbedinas long as they want.”
When asked why Town have now failed to win against Wrexham, Notts County, Harrogate and Yeovil when they’ve had a man sent-off, Wild said: “Young players’ mentality to try and believe in what I’m saying. I’ve said it in there, ‘I’m telling you what’s right and you do it for 60 minutes, for half-an-hour you go back to your old ways’. I’ve told them I don’t want them to play like that. They’ve got to take responsibility for that.”
Wild admitted his side struggled to convert their possession into clear-cut chances.
“But I don’t think you can when they’re bedded in. Jack Redshaw was clean through on goal though - who do you want more than that clean through on goal? So we’ve had our chances. It’s probably one of the most frustrating games of the season,”