Aldershot Town assistant manager Hugo Langton post-Wealdstone

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00:00Hugo, 3-1 win against Wilston in the FA Trophy and a really positive performance, you must

00:06be really happy with that afternoon's work?

00:08Yeah, I mean it's hard getting that, not just because Wilston are a good side, but

00:12the conditions have been difficult, you know, obviously the rain, the wind, the pitch has

00:16cut up a little bit as well. So yeah, it was a bit of a battle, there were times I thought

00:21it looked like a game from the 1970s, but you know, Wilston have got so many strengths

00:25about them, that's what they've been doing so well lately, and what really, really pleased

00:29me wasn't the fact that we, some of the football that we played and the goals we scored, but

00:32the fact that, you know, he rolled his sleeves up and we won most of our duels today, and

00:39in these sort of games when the weather and the conditions are like that, you've got to

00:43win your duels, and you've got to defend well, and with the goal aside, I thought we did.

00:48So I think we deserved a win today, Wilston deserved a win when they came here before,

00:52but I feel that on chances created, effort, all that sort of stuff, I think that we deserved

00:58a win today.

00:59As I say, obviously difficult conditions, but you got on with it, and positive first

01:02half, and then really took control in the second half.

01:05Yeah, do you know what, the best thing about the second half for me was, obviously the

01:09lads that start the game, they start the game, they do their job, and the guys that come

01:12off the bench, which is what we want, you know, they've contributed brilliantly, all

01:17of them that come on, all five of them, they contribute to the win, and Tommy talked about

01:22starts and finishes, so that today was very, very much a team squad win, so we're really

01:28happy with it.

01:29As I say, the first half was positive anyway, but what did you say at half-time, just to

01:33step it up?

01:34Well, the things that we were looking at was, I thought we aged the first half, but at half-time

01:40it was just making sure that we win our duels, make sure that when we lose the ball, when

01:45we're attacking, that we're ready to defend, because it's one of Wilston's real strengths

01:48when they win the ball back, deep in their own half, they're a really big threat, but

01:53the guys they've got at the front end of the pitch, so it was about making sure that we

01:57remained ready to defend, even when we were attacking, that was really key, and I thought

02:02the guys in the back line today were excellent, can't be faulted, so, and just to be a little

02:09bit more positive, and I thought we were playing, maybe it was a little bit too much going sideways

02:12and backwards at times, just to be a little bit more positive, and I thought that we were.

02:17A nice spin and finish in the box from Josh for the first goal there?

02:20Yeah, listen, we see him do that day in, day out, week in, week out, for a long, long time

02:25now, so, listen, Josh wore the captain's armband today, I thought he deserved it, because the

02:30way that he's been in the last month, or since we've played Wilston here, when we had a turn

02:34in form and performance, Josh has just, he's been a real leader, and that was just our

02:39way of acknowledging that today, but listen, he's always got a little bit of magic about

02:43him, Josh.

02:44And the second goal from Aaron, that was a great strike, wasn't it?

02:47Yeah, you know, he's got it in him, Aaron, you know, and the thing about Aaron, he's

02:52a captain for a reason, playing in an unfamiliar position when he came on, it won't bother

02:56him, he just wanted to get on the pitch and just get stuck in to help his team-mates and

03:01lead them, and that's exactly what he did, and that's why I'd say he's a skipper.

03:05Johnny Stotter came off the bench for his debut, sort of pleasing there to get him up

03:08and running?

03:09Listen, Johnny, we met Johnny two days ago, so he trained Thursday, Friday, and I thought

03:15he had a really positive impact today, and we can see what he potentially could bring

03:19to the team.

03:21It wasn't just him off the bench, as I said, it's the others, they all contributed, but

03:25I'm pleased for Johnny, because it's not easy just to walk into a football club when you

03:29don't really know anybody, but this is testament to the group of lads we've got in there, they've

03:33made him welcome, you know, they've made him at home, and it was great to get him on the

03:37pitch today.

03:38Maxi, the one disallowed for offside, but then he gets the third run in the end with

03:42a nice composed finish?

03:43Yeah, we've worked really hard with Maxi, and Maxi's worked really hard himself, he's

03:48a good kid, and we see him as a striker now, the best thing about Maxi is he can fill it

03:55elsewhere, but listen, Maxi had a great shift up front when he came on today, and he deserved

04:00his goal.

04:01Were you all positive momentum building in the last few games, and sort of looked to

04:05keep that going?

04:06Maybe, you know, you're only as good as your last game, or your next game, so the next

04:10game's Tuesday, so we've got to put this one to bed now, we'll enjoy it for five minutes,

04:15and then we'll move straight on to Solihull, but the feeling in the changing room at the

04:19moment, the lads are very, very united, they're very, very together, they want to do well

04:25for Tommy when he's not here, they want to keep giving him reasons to be happy at home

04:30and help with his recuperation, and the best way they can do that is keep winning games

04:33of football for him.

04:34So, long may it continue, there's some really, really hard games coming up, really tough

04:38tests coming up, so we'll rest and recover, and get ourselves prepared to go to Solihull

04:43Tuesday.

04:44Yeah, and thoughts on that Solihull game now, and what you're expecting there?

04:48Good side, very good side, they've got some really, really good players, Connor Wilkinson

04:53up front, he's above this division, for me he shouldn't be in this division, and well

04:56done to Solihull, the fact they got him there, I've seen him, I've watched Connor Wilkinson

05:00for years, and he's a top, top player, so, it's not just him, they've got some real threats,

05:04some real good players, really hard place to go, I know it's a cliche, but it is a hard

05:08place to go, especially on a Tuesday night, you know, but we'll go there in good spirits,

05:12as I said, our tails are up at the moment, and we want to keep our tail up, so, we'll

05:18prepare well, and we'll embrace the game.

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