Millington praises his team’s grit at Eastleigh
Chris Millington praised his side's determination after their 3-0 win at Eastleigh sealed a top seven finish, writes Tom Scargill.
"The lads have done brilliantly well, you can't underestimate the challenge of coming into a game like this where there are so many different potential outcomes," Millington told the Courier.
"We could have lost the game and still made the playoffs, we could have drawn the game and still made the playoffs, so three's all kinds of uncertainty when you're coming into the game for the players.
"But what they've shown, all season really, but especially this week, where they've had such a level of difficulty and challenge, is a real singlemindedness and determination to just focus on what needs doing and get it done.
"I think that's really what the performance demonstrates over and above anything else."
"Eastleigh carry certain threats and set-pieces are a threat that's huge for them, long throw-ins," he said.
"It's like a team from Land Of The Giants, they're all six foot four plus and most of our lads are five foot ten, five foot eleven, so that was always a fear for us, dealing with setplays and direct play.
"But we knew if we dealt with that well enough then we should be able to win the game and thankfully we did."
And the Town boss was happy with what he saw from his side in possession. "Very controlled, worked really well, building through the thirds, really controlled, professional," he said. "The later the game went on, obviously we had a bit more time and space on the ball, but the boys have done really well controlling the game."