Caldwell full of praise for his cold-blooded Grecians

GARY CALDWELL hailed “ruthless” Exeter’s fivestar showing.

City scored four times in a one-sided second half through Josh Key, Sam Nombe, James Scott and the outstanding Jay Stansfield to complete a thumping win, after Demetri Mitchell had given them a half-time lead with a fine curling effort.

“I feel that a win like that has been coming,” manager Caldwell said.

Exeter 5 Accrington 0

“We have been dominating games and creating more chances.

“It was about being more ruthless and killing teams off and when we get in front, how to control the game, keep up our intensity and keep doing what we are doing to get us into that position.

“I thought we were fantastic. They were a threat first half and they put us under pressure and asked questions of us.

“There were a few things were I felt we could have been better at halftime. But once we created the free play in midfield, the chances kept on coming and some of our finishing was excellent. When we got those opportunities, we were ruthless. I think it was our most complete performance since I have been here but, as I said to the players, we are not getting carried away.”

Accrington failed to register a shot on target all afternoon.

Manager John Coleman said: “We didn’t play well and they played well. That is the harsh assessment of the game and that is the fact. We were very much in the game 37 minutes, but we hadn’t really laid a glove on them.

“They put one over the bar, but we were coping with them. But you don’t come in football matches just to cope, we have got to start hurting teams and we are not doing that at the moment.”