Gaffer bemoans professionalism
Silkmen chief Kennedy reveals biggest gripe in bid to turn form around
MACCLESFIELD Town head coach Mark Kennedy has made it clear to his players exactly what they need to do to try and end their poor run of form.
Ahead of the midweek fixtures, the Silkmen had lost four and drawn one of their last five games, including a 3-2 home defeat to Exeter City on Saturday.
Kennedy is keen to cut that out as quick as possible, and has explained what he thinks needs to happen in order to return to winning ways.
“My biggest gripe is – I wouldn’t say a lack of professionalism – but people taking out instructions to the letter of the law, and goals that have cost us games this year no-one is opening us up, no-one is really working the goalkeeper, no-one is outplaythink the mistakes are clash with Plymouth ing us,” he said. really simple to fix, and Argyle, and Kennedy had
“It is a lack of profesthe players think that as plenty of thoughts on the sionalism when doing well. result. your jobs from set pieces “But the bottom line is “In terms of the effort and normally we do well that if you don’t carry out the lads have played some on set pieces and defend what you’re being told to great football under these them very well. do, you’ll sit beside me on conditions, some of the
“We have bright players, a matchday; and if that plans we looked into to we have intelligent playdoesn’t stimulate your hurt them worked really ers, so we have sat them brain, I’m not sure what well,” he said. down and been through will.” “The effort and detervideos and analysis. Kennedy insists lapses mination that we look to
“When you look back in concentration are get out of the players was on goals that we have concosting his side dearly as 10 out of 10. ceded, we looked back they suffered their fourth “It was brilliant. Ultithrough it at what went defeat in four games in the mately, we lost the game wrong and what hap3-2 loss at home to Exeter for one reason and we pened. City on Saturday. continue to lose games for
“It is a bit of a crime but The Silkmen trailed 2-0 one reason, and that’s the when you go back in the game before makfive seconds when we lose through it and see it, it’s ing it 2-2, but they then the lapse in concentration like, wow – we have really conceded a late goal as and it continues to hurt done that. us.Exetertookallthree
“We cannot shy away points at the Moss Rose. “All we can do is to confrom the things that are The result had left tinue working, practising costing us points. Macclesfield in 23rd place and praising the players.
“The thing that I’m in the League Two table All I can do as a coach is to really pleased with is that I ahead of their midweek keep on saying to the players what we need to do better and it is what I’ve done since I’ve become the coach here.
“No team is coming here and beating us fair and square!
“We know whoever we play its going to be a really tough game but it’s the times when we switch off it’s what is costing us the game.
“I’m really happy for Connor, he makes magnificent runs into the box. It’s my job as a coach to get the players around you to get the ball in.
“I’m really pleased he got the goal.
“We finally score from a set piece and I’m happy for Fiacre to get a goal. I have to thank Danny Butterfield for his work in training because he’s done a magnificent job as well.
“They’re a great group to work with and they’re honest, humble and bloody good players!
“All I can do is give them information and we work really hard tactically, mentally and physically.”
The Silkmen were set to return to action as the express went to print on Tuesday, as they were due to take on Plymouth Argyle at the Moss Rose.
Ahead of the game, Plymouth were in fourth position, having won 18, lost 6 and drawn 8 of their 32 matches so far this season.
It is the re-arranged fixture from the originally planned game in December, which couldn’t go ahead at the time after Macc were issued with a zero capacity notice at the Moss Rose.