Bravery but not kamikaze: Hill
ROCHDALE must show bravery without going ‘kamikaze’ in their bid for League One survival.
That’s the view of boss Keith Hill, who felt his players lost a little control and composure in attempting to salvage something from the game at Gillingham on Saturday.
Dale were beaten 2-1 at Priestfield having seen Andy Cannon’s opening goal rubbed out by a Bradley Garmston strike before Lee Martin fired the winner for the Gills.
Dale pushed hard for an equaliser but fell short, falling to a defeat which leaves whem seven points from safety at the foot of the division with only Bury below them.
“We’re as rock bottom as we can possibly be and inexplainable at times which is allowing the and defender Ryan Delaney stronger, but there is a there’s only one way we how we self-implode a little opponents an opportunity last week and was layer-cake system. We try to can take adversity on, and bit, not for 95 minutes, to step into a game hoping for further additions get the best, pound for that’s head on,” said Hill. but for small periods during that they’ve probably not as the Observer went pound, out of the players
“I want the players to be that 95 minutes. deserved to get anything to press. that we recruit and they’re brave without being kamikaze “There will be a small from.” “Billy Knott and Ryan honest - it’s a privilege to and there was a little wobble and the opposition And Hill insists he and Delaney have freshened work with those type of bit of kamikaze football will score, and that’s the players will continue things up and I think I players on behalf of the towards the end of the the most frustrating part to battle in a bid to turn need a couple more,” he supporters. The honest game, so I want more control of it, because a lot of it is the corner. said. “We will try to add to attributes of the players from the players. I good without being great, “We’ve got 20 games left the squad, but it will all that we’ve got and their want them to have a wear but when we wobble, we to play and we’re trying to depend on player availability. intentions are there to support their heart on their sleeve concede. That’s not just accumulate as many points the club in League type of mentality when it down to the back four or as we possibly can. We’ll try “When I look at some of One. comes to stopping their the goalkeeper – it’s down to take encouragement the spending that’s going “Hopefully we’ll get one players, and we’ve thrown to everyone associated from this performance on in League One, it’s or two more in. That’s away a great opportunity. with the goals that are because I’ll never give up unfortunate that we can’t important because we’ve
“If I was to just look at going in. It’s frustrating and I don’t expect my players compete. That’s not being got re-occurring injuries the performance, I was because the way that I to give up or the supporters disrespectful to the supporters and illness. We’ve been reasonably happy with wanted us to play was who are backing or to their hunger waiting on players getting how we controlled the quite evident. I was relatively us.,” he said. “It’s difficult and ambition, that’s me fit and catching up and first half and I was very pleased with a lot of but we’ve just got to keep being honest. then they’ve broken down disappointed to go in 1-1 it but it’s a results driven striving on and improve. If “We can’t compete with again, so it’s important at half-time,” said Hill. business and we’re not we see improvement, then some of the spending that’s that I now turn the wheel
“We had chances in the getting the results. we’ll see improvement in going on. It’s frustrating at away from the direction of second half to at least “We can’t keep making results.” times because we all know waiting for these players carry something away similar mistakes, regardless Hill recruited midfielder the players that are available and start concentrating on from the game but it’s of the personnel, Billy Knott on loan and will make you bringing players in.”
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