Halifax Courier

Boss rues missed chances in Moor draw

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Town boss Chris Millington says his side has to start taking their chances after Halifax's 1-1 draw at home to Solihull Moors.

Andrew Dallas put Solihull ahead in the first-half, before Mani Dieseruvwe equalised for The Shaymen after the break.

"It's just a familiar feeling really isn't it, what could have been," Millington said.

"If we'd have put 60 or 70 minutes worth of performanc­e together, what we might have been able to achieve. But again, we've given them a head start.

"Again the reaction second-half has been fantastic, but if we'd have started the game like that and gone well into the second-half like that we'd have given ourselves a much better chance of winning the game."

It was another poor firsthalf from Town, who toiled badly and deservedly trailed at the interval.

"I think we probably overthough­t it a bit," Millington said. "They've got the rotations in the wide areas and I think there was too much fear of them picking us off if we went pressing them.

"Of course we want to be in a compact shape, but from that shape we need to press with intensity and we didn't do that at all in the first-half.

"That meant they had the better of the first-half. I don't think they were particular­ly strong, it's not like they were peppering our goal and Sam Johnson had a lot to do.

"But they certainly looked the better team because they were moving the ball better and we were struggling to answer the questions they were posing."

Of Town's 17 home goals this season, only three have come in the first-half.

 ?? ?? Chris Millington. Photo: Marcus Branston
Chris Millington. Photo: Marcus Branston

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