Listen to Denis Smith
speaking to BBC Radio Wales
Denis Smith: "We could, and should, have been well in
front before half-time and I'll be interested to watch the match video to
see why the referee has disallowed Jon Walters' goal. Had that been given,
then they would have had to change their tactics. They showed us a lot of
respect and obviously set themselves up to get a result. In fact they didn't
actually make it that difficult for us in the first-half and it was one of
those situations whereby you didn't want the break to come. However, I still
thought that we were the better side in the second-half. After Tuesday's
game, I came in and commented that we hadn't played well but had still won
convincingly. Today we've play well but not won and some people will say
that he's going to say that anyway. Perhaps it's better if I just say that
we are brilliant when we win and rubbish when we lose. I was going to bring
Robbie Foy on at 0-0 to try and win the game. Obviously they scored before
we could get him on. I had a long chat with him beforehand because he has
been coughing and spluttering all week but he wanted to play and got his
just reward. It keeps our impressive home record intact but I'm not really
bothered where we get the points. I'm more interested in winning games and
getting promotion next May. I was delighted with the size of the crowd
today. I think that they certainly got value for money with our
performance." [Source:
Wrexham AFC]
Gudjon Thordarson: "Unfortunately for us it looks as
if their goal was offside. That is disappointing for us because we have had
goals that were offside given against us this season, for example at Torquay
last Saturday and also Grimsby earlier in the season. I felt very strongly
it was offside, but can now do nothing about that. We are disappointed
because we felt we had done enough. I was pleased for Jake Sheridan, for him
to get his first goal was great. We have tried him up front a few times and
we did that in a behind-closed-doors game against Derby a few weeks ago. I
decided to throw him on at the break, and it paid off. It decided to change
it on a tactical basis, and luckily it worked. It was a better display today
and I was happy with the overall performance. We were strong at the back,
but it wasn't just there. We did a lot of hard work in the midfield. Every
member of the team played a part in the defensive shape, and I was pleased
with that. We have not seen consistent performances so far, and if we can
produce that sort of performance this season we will be higher up the
league, but that is what we are battling against. But, the thing is we have
a lot of young players in the squad who do not have the experience to carry
us forward right now. Like I said yesterday we cannot expect a lot at times,
but all this is a learning process. One thing is, when we are at it we are
good as anyone in this league. [Source:
Notts County FC] |