Town boss Wild admits lessons need to be learned
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“We’re watching them, but we’ve had friends at other clubs who’ve played against them and told us they’re strong, physical, direct, quick forwards, Dalby and Murphy are a handful,” Wild said.
“I expect them to be no different when they’re coming here on Saturday. They’ve had a great result against Wrexham, I’m sure they’ll have wanted more having been 2-0 up.
“But we’ve got to concentrate on ourselves. What we’re trying to do this year is concentrate on ourselves more, and I’ve got to learn from some of the mistakes I made last Saturday.”
Southend’s visit marks the start of a tough-looking eight days for Town, who then travel to Boreham Wood on Tuesday and host Stockport next Saturday.
“Three great games, this is what this league’s about now,” Wild said.
“Southend at home, then you go to Boreham Wood, who are flying, on Tuesday night, then Stockport at home.
“What a great week for everybody, the players, the fans, the staff. What a great week, these are the weeks you get involved in footy for.”
Wild looks set to still be without wing-backs Dom Tear and Jack Senior for Saturday’s game.
“We’ve got a couple of knocks and bumps out of Saturday but nothing that will keep anybody out for this Saturday,” he said.
“Dom (Tear) is back out running and hopefully will be cleared by the end of the week to be training next week.
“Jack Senior’s still really sore on his shoulder, he’s still icing that so he’s still got a good couple of weeks.
“One good bit of news is that Matt Stenson is running at full pace now, which is great to see, we’re really pleased he’s really cracking on in his rehab and getting to where he needs to be.”