Felixstowe & Walton United boss Stuart Boardley on 2-0 defeat at Isthmian League North title rivals Bury Town

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Felixstowe & Walton United manager Stuart Boardley reflects on a 2-0 defeat for his side at Pitching In Isthmian League North Division title rivals Bury Town

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00:00Stuart, obviously a key fixture this one, you've come out on the wrong end of it, what

00:07were your thoughts on the game?

00:08I thought it was very close, I think ultimately they were better in both boxes than us, I

00:15thought probably they were the better team first half, I think we were second half, but

00:20they were very organised and took the two chances that they got and defended their box

00:26well.

00:27What did you say to your players at the end there after that little scuffle, hopefully

00:31that was nothing serious.

00:33Handbags.

00:34What did you say to your players in that huddle there, because obviously they could get very

00:40down about a result like this, seeing your rivals go above you at the top of the league

00:44table.

00:45At the end of the day, before Christmas we were 6, 7, 8 points behind Bury at one point,

00:53we've come into this fixture ahead, so we've gone 15 games unbeaten and I said to him at

01:00the end of the day tonight it's three points, that's the reality of the situation and titles

01:05aren't won in January, Cole knows that, I know that and there's a long way to go and

01:10I'm sure he'll be reminding his players of that in there now.

01:14And it's about us now reacting against Haybridge on Saturday and ensuring that we come back

01:18and we give a reaction because I expect one, because we weren't at the races tonight, Bury

01:24were excellent at stopping us playing the way we wanted to play and made it really difficult

01:30for us.

01:31Tell us about bringing in your new signing, young lad from Ipswich Town, great to get

01:36a Premier League Academy player over.

01:38Superb, yes, it's thanks to Chris and Dave Wright at Ipswich for allowing him to come

01:45to us first and foremost, I know the lad quite well and I think he'll fit into the way we

01:49play.

01:51Today we couldn't get him and Charlie Warren and our attacking midfielders on the ball

01:59as well as we'd like to today and that's credit to Bury and the way they set up but I think

02:04in other games from here to the end of the season we'll see a lot more of him and I think

02:08he'll be a threat for us.

02:10Thanks very much for talking to us.

02:12No problem.

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