No ‘sympathy and tea’ for Hill
KEITH Hill felt for goalkeeper Josh Lillis after his mistake gifted Plymouth Argyle victory on Saturday – but he insisted sympathy was not on the agenda.
Brad Inman’s 76th minute effort had cancelled out Joel Grant’s opening goal three minutes earlier to raise hopes of a home win.
However, in the 80th minute Lillis completely missed his attempt to kick clear David Perkins’ back pass, the ball trickling over the line in agonising fashion.
Having looked the stronger team throughout the second period, it was the kind of goal managers cannot legislate for.
“I can’t explain, or try to vicar!” he said. “There’s no shots on target and one of to show more conviction. that was the only real disappointment sympathy in football, the them was of our own “Individually we have to of the day result will stand and I making. take players on rather with respect to the performance. think, personally – and I “I’m disappointed with than passing across lines Obviously the am not trying to hit Josh the result but I’m not too and we need to run and result was disappointing with a hard stick – but it’s a disappointed with the way pass through lines, and but I understand the result goalkeeping mistake. we played, the way we that’s the only disappointment when we concede the second
“There’s nothing wrong controlled the game and because I thought goal like we did. with what David Perkins defended, the way we we controlled the game – “They had two shots on does, nothing whatsoever. attacked and got possession it wasn’t a question of target and one of them
“It’s not a question of into the final third, them letting us have the was after we put Ryan playing out – David where I thought we were ball so they could stay in Delaney up front. Perkins has made the loose and made some control with respect to “Putting Ryan up front right choice and the right wrong decisions. We position. meant I was playing MJ decision in that situation. didn’t get enough positive “I just thought that we Williams at the back on Unfortunately, Josh has numbers to move their didn’t make the most of his own against Ryan Taylor mis-kicked it or, as he central defenders off their the possession we got in because I was pushing believes, there was a little blocks.” the final third. everyone forward to try bit of a bobble, but it’s a Hill was disappointed “The speed of the passes and get an equaliser. ghost’s goal. with his side’s work in the through the lines has got “Up until them scoring explain, how we’ve lost “Football is tough, it’s a final third and said it’s an to be quicker. It can’t stop the goal and us getting an that game with respect to reflection of society at area for improvement with Calvin Andrew facing equaliser, I was relatively them scoring the second times. with ‘clinical’ being the his own goal, we have to pleased with how the goal,” said Hill. “We controlled the buzzword. be getting players beyond game had gone, except for
“Sympathy and tea? You game and I know the data “We have to be more Calvin at the right time. what we haven’t done in may as well phone the will show they had two convincing and we need “I was disappointed but the final third.”
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