Millington takes new tactical approach

Town boss Chris Millington is confident patience will pay off as he sets about implementing a new approach with his side, writes Tom Scargill.

Millington said after the defeat to Solihull last Tuesday that his team was in transition after the sale of Milli Alli and is the process of adapting a new tactical approach to go from counter-attacking style to being more proactive, something which helped them to a 3-1 win at Dorking on Saturday.

"We've got to, we can't play the same way, we've got to change how we play, we've got to transition into something different," he said, speaking before the victory at Dorking.

"I know the fans will be desperate to see results, as are we, but we have to understand that we're professionals and we realise that it's not just an immediate quick fix or going 'well, we change and it just happens overnight'.

“It will result in a more positive run of form, I've absolutely no doubt about it."

When asked whether results will suffer along the way, Millington said: "I know, Coops knows and the rest of the staff know that this group of players is capable of playing that style of football and being effective at it.

"We're very confident it's going in the right direction. We want results to turn as soon as possible and we feel they will."

Some Halifax fans greeted the half-time and full-time whistles on Tuesday with boos and chants of 'We Want Milly Out', while Town's slow and pedestrian play drew groans from the terraces.

“Stick with us,” Millington said. “This time last year, there was an awful lot of negativity, more negativity about what we were doing than there is now, we were in a much worse position, we had a much bigger mountain to climb and it resulted in something magnificent.

"We've got the extra burden of having to change style halfway through a season because we've lost a very important player who also happens to be our top goalscorer, and we've had to change what we do.

"We couldn't just continue down the same cul-de-sac knowing that it wasn't going to work, so there's a real amount of work going on by the staff, by the players."