‘We need to go and deliver at home’ says Shaymen boss Wild

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When asked what his message will be to his players ahead of Saturday’s game, Wild said: “It’s that last Saturday wasn’t good enough, it wasn’t us.

“It’s the first time in 34 games I’ve felt frustrated in terms of lack of effort, so we need to go and deliver at home and whoever’s selected needs to make sure that we come away with the three points on Saturday.”

Town’s have three home games in eight days starting on Saturday, with promotion rivals Solihull the visitors on Tuesday before Halifax face Woking next weekend.

Wild believes it is a good thing for his side.

“Hopefully, yeah. We’ve got the best home record in the whole league,” he said.

“It’s funny because in the summer we recruited to be better at The Shay, and then I looked at that stat on Saturday, who has the best home record, and I had a wry smile on my face.

“So yeah, home’s going to be where the heart is in terms of six at home, four away, and we need to make sure that home continues to be where we deliver.”

Wild feels his side were ready for this week’s game-free week after a busy schedule of five matches in 18 days.

“We needed it. Let’s have it right, in the last two games we looked a bit tired and jaded,” he said.

Reflecting on Town’s last two outings, Wild said: “We’re obviously very comprehensive in our review process.

“We were beaten by the better side at Wrexham, and on

Saturday, first-half we had a lot of the ball, had them penned in for long periods, but the secondhalf ’s nothing to do with tactical formations etc, they just wanted it more than us.

“That’s probably the most upsetting thing as a manager. There isn’t a magic solution as a coach, we tried to change it, we went 3-4-3, we tried to change personnel round, we tried to do everything we could on the sidelines to try and improve the result, but unfortunately it didn’t work for us.

“The thing for me was it looked like they wanted it more than us.”

Wealdstone are 17th in the National League and come into the game in mixed form, having won two, drawn two and lost two of their last six matches.

“A really good footballing team,” said Wild, “I’ve watched them a lot recently, a good footballing side, really play a good way and it should be a really good football match on Saturday, as it was at their place.

“They’ve certainly got a result in them, got a decent team spirit in them.”