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Listen to Denis Smith speaking to
BBC Radio Wales
Listen to Lee Roche speaking to
BBC Radio Wales
Listen Steve Evans speaking to BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Denis Smith: "It was an excellent performance and I
don't think the result flattered us in any way. I was also pleased that we
kept a clean sheet. It would be unfair to expect us to play flowing football
from the very first minute, certainly against a Boston side that were up for
it, but once we settled we then started to achieve many of the things that
we have been working on recently. I was also pleased that we forced them to
change their pattern of play which I think was testimony to the way we
played. I've said several times in pre-season that Mark Jones will be a key
player for us this term and he demonstrated that today with a stunning
strike. It was a match for his effort at Glentoran last week and I really
feel he should go on to have a super season. With only 16 fit players, it
was easy to pick the squad today but I did feel for Dean Bennett as he was
unlucky not to start. That said when he came on he then made a fantastic run
to set up Lee Roche's goal which effectively clinched the points. It was
good for Lee to score that goal and I was pleased to see him up in the box
at that late stage of the game. He showed tremendous energy levels to do
that and got his just rewards. For me though, Dave Bayliss was the man of
the match, especially considering their front two have attracted a lot of
publicity this week. He stopped them getting through to Michael Ingham and
so we had a relatively comfortable afternoon at the back. I have a lot of
time for Jon Walters having followed his career because he is a quality
player. He did well today and is somebody that I am delighted to have at the
club. Whereas Lee McEvilly is a little more unknown to us, I feel his
performances to date have shown that he is capable of scoring goals at this
level. I have to finish by saying how delighted I was with the size of the
crowd. Given the fact that so many people will be away on holiday at the
moment, it was great to see over 4,500 here. They really got behind us and
that is just the sort of support we need this season. Thankfully we gave
them the best possible reward - three points."
Steve Evans: "There were a lot of nerves in the
dressing room. We need to relax. There will be no rash decisions on players.
We will get on to the training pitch on Monday ready for Wednesday's game at
home to Shrewsbury. We'll do okay." |
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