Home comforts could be the key
Paul Doswell wanting more wins at Westleigh Park
Paul Doswell is urging the Hawks to keep up the good work at home as they continue to chase down league National League South leaders Wealdstone.
The thrilling 3-2 midweek win against Weymouth ended a run of two successive defeats at Westleigh Park.
They did it the hard way after Bedsente Gomis was sent-off on the hour on his home debut.
Doswell recognises the importance of building on that success as Dulwich Hamlet make the trip to the south coast tomorrow.
The two sides have met twice already this season, with the south London side claiming an FA Cup win at Westleigh Park.
It was the Hawks, however, who won the league encounter at Champion Hill last month.
The Hawks moved up to second in after seeing off the Terras, leaving them six points behind leaders Wealdstone.
‘Winning our home games will be key for us,’ said Doswell.
'We showed a lot of character to beat Weymouth after playing the final half-hour with ten men.
‘The team showed great mental resilience.
‘After losing our previous two home games, it would have been easy at that point to feel sorry for ourselves.
‘Instead, we dug in and picked up three massive points.
‘We must look to use this as a springboard in future home games.
‘Dulwich are dangerous opponents and we have seen that already here in the FA Cup.
‘We will have to make sure that we keep our structure defensively because we can hurt anyone going forward. ‘All the players put a real shift in and now we need them to recover quickly.’ Striker Jonah Ayunga announced his return to the starting line-up after injury in midweek with a goal - his 13th in the league this season.
The number of league goals Jonah Ayunga has netted for the Hawks
Now the Hawks boss wants more clinical finishing moving forward.
‘We have to be far more ruthless,’ added Doswell.
‘In the majority of our home games, we have dominated but missed too many chances.
‘There is still a third of the season left to play and we have another big job to do against Dulwich.’
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