Badshot Lea manager Gavin Smith post-Rayners Lane

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00:00Gavin, 1-1 draw against Rainers Lane in that first half, could have had a real big lead

00:07with the chances you created there.

00:09Yeah, I've had to lead Vic out of the change room because he's fuming and it's the same

00:15old story, we can't keep going on about the same stuff, but I thought we were good to

00:19win the game first half, I thought we had enough chances to put them to bed early, went

00:251-0 up early, great finish and then just missed and the key bit is I knew they would

00:32have a go second half, it was difficult, the pitch cut up, we didn't have the ball a lot

00:40but I thought we looked dangerous on the break and we missed another couple of chances where

00:44we could have killed the game off and they're the key moments and then the difference being

00:48when their guy goes through, he's calm, he's composed and he saves them a point, I don't

00:53think they would have deserved more than that. I think just based on what we put into

00:59it in the first half performance and the amount of chances we had, we could argue that we

01:03should have got three points but you only get what you get at the end of the day and

01:07we didn't put the ball in the back of the net again.

01:10So straight out of traps first minute?

01:12Yeah, which was nice because we haven't had that, we're their first shot and it's a good

01:19finish, good move. So pleased for Joe because that was his first goal, he's had opportunities

01:25and he's had more opportunities tonight so it's something he needs to work on, a little

01:29bit of decision making and being a bit more ruthless in the final third and that can win

01:33games for us.

01:34And he's just kept going from there throughout that first half, so many chances.

01:38I've lost count, I left the VO at home tonight so I can't even go back on it and see actually

01:45how many it was but when you've got people on the sideline going, you should be winning

01:49this game, you should have had six, that's a positive but it's also something to reflect

01:55on and go, well that's probably why we are where we are at the minute because we're not

01:58taking those chances.

02:00At half-time I guess you would have been aware that Reina's Lane were obviously going to

02:04come out and have a go and have a spell.

02:07They weren't going to come here and not make changes and not go a little bit, put good

02:12quality on and try and get something out of the game and go for the win.

02:15That was always going to happen and there was a lot of pressure but I felt for a group

02:19of, I mean Sammy's had a great game today, 16 years old at right back, he did really

02:23well.

02:24On a booking as well, Ibs was on a booking, Joe was on a booking all from the first half

02:28and they competed as well second half where you could worry about them getting sent off

02:32with something rash but they showed a level of maturity and I thought the back four defended

02:38really well individually, individual battles against good quality opposition.

02:44And as much as Reina's did improve in the second half, you stood up to it well and looked

02:49pretty comfortable with it.

02:51No, they didn't.

02:53I did feel, obviously it's always set pieces, I think their goals come from us giving the

02:59ball away in our final third.

03:02Babs has misplaced the pass and they broke down the right where we were over-committed

03:06probably and it's a good finish.

03:08I knew he'd score.

03:10But other than that, I don't remember, apart from set pieces, which we defended well, they're

03:17probably disappointed they haven't got anything on there.

03:21They've put some good deliveries in but we've defended them well.

03:24So a point's good.

03:26A point's good tonight.

03:27Disappointed again that we haven't got three.

03:29Disappointed in that we had a defeat Saturday when we didn't get three.

03:32So the signs are positive but it's not enough because tonight we could have gone level one

03:36points with people and that would have been ideal.

03:39Just a little confidence boost.

03:41It's two good performances to build on and a point to build on.

03:46It could have been more, maybe should have been more.

03:48It's four good performances and we had a disrupted evening tonight.

03:52My day-to-day was Eden telling us he was ill and had an injury that he got over the weekend.

04:00So he was out.

04:01We played Taro at centre-back and we put Sammy Wright back.

04:05Taro's made a mistake.

04:08He's ended up going to Rainers Lane tonight.

04:10I don't know quite how because the message on the group was pretty clear.

04:14We then have to put Joe in who hasn't played a competitive game for ten weeks.

04:19But he was our only option at centre-back without changing loads of other players.

04:24I thought he was brilliant.

04:26He's shown in training.

04:27He's missed it.

04:28He's got a hunger.

04:29He puts everything into the game.

04:33Defends brilliantly.

04:34I think one of his recovery tackles was quality covering rounds.

04:37He's passed his test tonight with flying colours.

04:41We didn't know whether he'd last 90 minutes.

04:43Thought it might be a 60, 70 or then we're going to have to shuffle people around

04:48because Cal was there tonight but he was still tight in his groin.

04:52Again, we've lost another two people who could play at centre-back.

04:57I'm pleased.

04:58I'm proud of what we've got out of the game, to be honest.

05:03With what's happened, Sammy making his debut, to be fair.

05:06He came off his full debut.

05:09For someone of 16 years of age to play like he did was brilliant.

05:14Impressed performances throughout.

05:18Everyone's getting stronger and stronger.

05:21I look at Kai and David in midfield.

05:23They're getting a good run of games together.

05:25They've got a good understanding.

05:26Kai's game has come on brilliantly in the last few weeks.

05:30He's stepped up, become a leader.

05:32Doing things I never thought he'd do.

05:34Although it's been disappointing this season for some of the players,

05:38they're really growing and showing what they're about.

05:41Didn't feel like a dirty game at all.

05:43No.

05:44But yet the referees seem to want to get a check on that for both teams.

05:47I think he booked Joe for his first tackle.

05:49I think he booked Ibs for his first and Sammy for their first tackles.

05:52I didn't think any of them were particularly bad.

05:55Saying that, Sammy was a little pullback, so he probably deserved his.

05:59I don't know.

06:00There was nothing...

06:02We don't generally have that in our games because we're not like that.

06:05But I don't think they did anything really either.

06:07I don't know how many they had booked.

06:09Quite a few, yeah.

06:10But he set the tone early on.

06:12Like I say, Joe's tackle.

06:14Everything's got to be a booking now.

06:18I guess one negative, Tristan having to come off.

06:21Was that a hamstring?

06:22He went on, and I've got to be honest,

06:24and he needs to be honest and he's disappointed that he's come off,

06:28but we didn't feel he was moving properly.

06:30And we needed a lot of work out of the players that were out there.

06:35So we felt it was the right call to take him off.

06:38He probably thinks different, but he was definitely not running properly.

06:42I don't know if you noticed, but he looked like he was carrying something.

06:47So he'd be disappointed because he'd been waiting for an opportunity

06:50and he got it at half-time,

06:53and then all of a sudden we're looking at him going,

06:55we need more than that.

06:57Yeah, horrible call to make, decision,

07:01but we had to do what we felt was right.

07:03As you say, plenty of positives,

07:05and look to build on going to Leatherhead on Saturday.

07:08Yeah, hopefully.

07:09I don't know if you've done what the forecast is,

07:11because it'd be nice to go there.

07:13Good pitch.

07:14We've had a bit of a battle the last three out of the four.

07:17If you look at the Westfield game, the pitch wasn't great.

07:20The last two games here, the pitch is what it is at this time of year,

07:24unfortunately.

07:25I'm surprised it looked as good as it did after Saturday,

07:29because Saturday, after the game, it looked horrendous.

07:33Pete's managed to get on it and do a little bit of work,

07:35but we had to clear him.

07:37He cleared some mud off just before kick-off.

07:40So it needs a bit of recovery, a bit of work on it,

07:43and hopefully it will get a bit better.

07:46It needs some dry spells.

07:47Well, not dry, but some sunlight would be nice, wouldn't it?

07:50Yeah, that would be great.

07:51You've got a bit of time until Boxing Day, then, I guess,

07:53to get some work into that pitch.

07:55Yeah, whether there's another game on it, I don't know.

07:57It could be a ladies' game or a youth team game, I'm not sure.

08:00Yeah.

08:01And also, Leatherhead, what are you expecting from them?

08:04I haven't watched them, to be honest.

08:07I haven't watched them.

08:08Obviously, we know some of their players.

08:10Yeah.

08:11Kane, Manuel, George.

08:12Yeah.

08:13So it'll be interesting.

08:14It'll be interesting to see how we compete,

08:16but I'd like to see us on a good pitch,

08:20a nice, big pitch that's good to play football on.

08:23I'd be disappointed if we don't go there and put in a performance.

08:26Especially with the way the last four games have gone now,

08:28you must have really competed.

08:30Yeah, and I look at the Hayes game,

08:32and I felt we were really good against Hayes.

08:34They had good possession of the ball, played really well,

08:37suited our game more.

08:39But what I like about the last couple is it's had to be a battle.

08:42Yeah.

08:43Something that maybe our group of people wouldn't look at us and go,

08:47they can't do that.

08:48Yeah, yeah.

08:49But they have, they've battled.

08:50Yeah.

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