Lee can’t afford more Park strife
‘The players just need to stick to their jobs’, says boss
Lee Molyneaux wants it to be third time lucky at home as Gosport Borough welcome Harrow to Privett Park in the Southern League Premier South (3pm).
In the last week Borough have been held at home by lowly pair Yate (1-1 last Saturday) and Dorchester (4-4 on Tuesday).
Molyneaux regards the loss of four points as a big blow after targeting a maximum haul this time last week.
As a result, Borough missed out on the chance to close the gap on the teams in the play-off places.
They remain in sixth spot, four points behind Taunton, but have now played two games more.
Molyneaux expects a reaction from his team.
'We need to learn from our last two games,' he said. 'Against Yate I think some of the players tried too hard to make something happen.
'The players just need to stick to their jobs. It is when they try to do something out of the ordinary that they usually come unstuck.
'They need to do their own jobs and trust that the players around them will do theirs.
'Against Dorchester we had George Barker sent off early on. You have to keep 11 men on the pitch to give yourself half a chance.
'When you play that long a man short you have to take the point, though we were disappointed not to win it.
'Both teams had chances to win it on the night.
'All I am asking my players to do is go back to their fantastic basics.'
Barker is suspended but
Charlie Kennedy is back in contention after completing his ban.
Marley Ridge faces a fitness test and is a doubt. He was injured when Dorchester keeper Nick Hutchings brought him down and was sent off on Tuesday.
That allowed Matt Paterson
to convert a penalty for his second goal of the evening and his eighth in the league this season. Molyneaux is backing his team to complete a league double over their London visitors. 'We won at Harrow earlier in the season and that result proved a bit of
Southern League goals for Matt Paterson this season a turning point for us,' said Molyneaux, whose side have only lost one of their last 11 Southern League games.
'They are a good footballing side so we will need to try and nullify them.
'If our players do their jobs then hopefully all the parts of the puzzle will come together.
'I wanted maximum points from the three home games but so far we only have two.
'We don't want to be dropping any more this weekend.'