Crawley Town midfielder Liam Fraser on his side's 1-0 win over Bristol Rovers

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Crawley Town beat Bristol Rovers 1-0 at the Broadfield Stadium thanks to Kamari Doyle's goal in Scott Lindsey's first game in charge after returning this week. Liam Fraser was man of the match - here is his full post-match reaction

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00:00Liam, thank you for joining us. Congratulations on a win. First win under Scott Lindsay in

00:05his second spell. How did it feel out there?

00:07Yeah, great. Obviously we had a good day of training yesterday to set us up for how we

00:14wanted to play and how we wanted to move forward. Obviously all the lads are behind them and

00:19we're just looking forward to building off this win to go into next week and continue

00:24this momentum.

00:25Yeah, it looked like the lads had a real intensity out there. It was very fast-paced. Was that

00:29sort of what Scott demanded in training yesterday?

00:31Yeah, absolutely. I think a lot of the guys played with him in his first spell with the

00:37club so they knew what his expectations were. Obviously this is my first time working with

00:42Scott but everything that I've gotten from him and how he wants to play and how he wants

00:48us to work is super consistent with how I think about football. So it's been great so

00:53far.

00:54Yeah, and obviously this is the first time we've spoken to you since you joined the club.

00:57How have you been finding it overall?

00:58Yeah, it's been good. Obviously we're in a difficult situation right now but at the same

01:05time I've enjoyed my football and if this is a sign of what's to come for the next eight

01:13games now then I'm looking forward to it. Obviously I just want to get the preparation

01:19started for next week.

01:20Yeah, and how have you found the adaptation from the American leagues over here? Is there

01:25any key differences?

01:27No, not much. I think just the overall intensity in each match is elevated here because there's

01:36a lot more at stake with promotion and relegation. But no, I've thoroughly enjoyed every bit

01:43of it so far.

01:44Yeah, and how much can a win like today instil a bit of belief in the players? Because as

01:48you say there's eight or nine games to go and it's still a big uphill that we've got

01:53to climb but it's doable, isn't it? So it must be a good feeling there at the moment.

01:56No, absolutely. I think until it's mathematically impossible everybody has to have the belief

02:02that we have the ability to stay up and that's kind of the only mindset that we're going

02:09to allow ourselves to have going into the remaining games.

02:13Thanks.

02:14Obviously it's been a sort of disruptive week with what happened with Rob Elliott and Scott

02:20coming in. As a player, how much of the noise do you listen to or do you just have to ignore

02:25it to prepare for a game?

02:27Yeah, I think I'm someone who just likes to focus on what they can control. Obviously

02:32that was out of my control so I'm just focusing on the week of training ahead and the match

02:38to prepare for on the weekend.

02:40And obviously some of the players, like you said, have worked with Scott before. Did they

02:44prepare you for what he was like, what his character was like and that personality?

02:48Yeah, I mean I don't think there's much preparation. I think Scott's a guy who loves football,

02:53loves to win and his intensity today and in previous matches he shows that. I feel like

02:59he wears his heart on his sleeve and I can appreciate that in my manager. So I'm really

03:06looking forward to continuing to work with him and hopefully this is a sign for us to

03:10stay up and continue to push.

03:13And obviously the fans were amazing today. Obviously having Scott back out of that, bring

03:16the atmosphere up a bit. How have you found the fans since you've been here?

03:19Yeah, you know we haven't given them much to cheer for or to be happy about and so I

03:26understand their frustration. Maybe in the last, I'm going to say like five to eight

03:31games so I completely understand that. But for them to come out today and as passionate

03:38as they were, whether it was for Scott or whether it was just to get behind us and really

03:43support us, obviously it means a lot to us and it really helps us push a game like today

03:49over the line.

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