Gaffer - Got To Take Chances
Posted on: Tue 01 Mar 2011
Nigel Adkins couldn't hide his frustration after seeing his team go down 1-0 at Walsall despite dominating the match.
The manager saw Saints go down to a 68th minute strike against the run of play at the Banks's stadium, leaving him to ponder what might have been.
"It was such a one sided game," he commented afterwards.
"We have absolutely battered them, had chances, blocks on the line, goalkeeping saves but it's about winning games of football and you've got to take them.
"They got one opportunity which was an ale house ball down the middle, it came off Radhi's head and the lad's gone though and taken it well to be fair to them.
"It was one of those nights. The amount of opportunities we created, we looked powerful, strong, we passed the ball about and we created so many good opportunities and the ball wouldn't go in the back of the net."
Countless opportunities from the visitors particularly in the second half seemed destined to produce at least one strike for his side, but it was scant consolation for the gaffer.
"We created so many opportunities and were again a massive threat form set-plays.
"We got the ball forward, there was no point tip-tapping about and there were so many opportunities it was untrue.
"It was on the edge of you seat stuff but you've got to put the ball in the back of the net, it's as simple as that.
"We've created enough opportunities to win several games for the whole month of March and that's what we've got to go again. We've got to pick ourselves up and go again.
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