Coventry Sphinx joint manager Shaun Thomas joins the Sphinx media team for a post-match debrief following the thrilling 3-2 victory at play-off pushing Loughborough Dynamo.
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Right SPS fans I hope you caught your breath after that one final score L for Dynamo 2 com spin free and we are now 11 points clear of the Drop Zone um Tomo Joy manager comry spins real you’ve got to be diplomatic but 11 points clear now
Is that enough can we dream always diplomatic little know um I think if we continue to do how performances what we did today um the quality shown the great determination I would but if you can turn another Seven O’s out I would back be fine um obviously that’s all in the
Future um and we know that we can turn up some days and we can be a little bit um little bit inconsistent other days so we just got to keep working hard it was a really really really good win uh for us today it helps helps us out big time
But well a strong start from the boys against a um a side who are currently fourth place still had um slight hopes of automatic promotion before kickoff how important was it to to keep parity in the early stages yeah they’re good they’re good they are they’re really well coached so
They’re one of the teams in the league that give provide you problems because they push their fullbacks inside um which creates overloads in the middle it’s who do you pick and they want to try and um open up that passing Lane all that Channon into the front front number
Nine and so they provide you with problems and we had to sit sometimes into a 451 um which then gives them an overload in the center as a center back so if the two center backs split it makes it hard and they they had a lot of
Ball I actually thought we started quite well um and looked looked a threat and then they sort of settled and they took over and they um I mean the goals are wiy they’ve scored two absolute pearlers Today l BR and they play well they’re a
Good side and um yeah I thought we were excellent in hanging in those games at difficult times went be went behind obviously early and then for a double um and then yeah second half was was full of action really well onto that wonder goal from George B I mean we always say
Don’t give the player any sort of space to have a shot but nothing could be done about that one no no so as he turns I think I think he’s a very good player’s very dangerous and he struck that ball perfect it’s actually gone in
Tonight the the the stanion um but as a straight as a Di and yeah nobody saved that so great goal um but we actually was what we wanted and as you say brilliant reaction resilience to stay in the game earning that uh that penalty do you think we we could have really um
Instated the the comeback without that penalty kick no I think it turned the game on its head a little bit we are talking we’re only about 30 minutes in um but a pattern had sort of been set where we they they were set to control they went one up they’re the home side
They’re fourth in the league um and so yeah I think penalty the penalty Chang momentums uh and that momentum was was a big turn on its head and obviously we got a really quick quick five seconds so that makes a makes he just turn the game on his head really
Quick well as we said the Apparently started the comeback but uh Dynamo really looked flustered at the kickoff Spinx taking the advantage well I mean do you say from kickoffs you’ve got to be on it from the first whistle yeah um I think we if you’re talking about what
Are your strengths and what your development as a Sol I think their their strengths as they the ball really well they’ve got good Runners they’ve got good movement and they’ve got good shape I think our strength are certainly when we dig in we make game we drag teams
Into a into a battle we’re not scared of a tackle we’re not scared of a scared of a bit of football confrontation um and we did that and I think when we start to do that a team that’s chasing the playoffs can start getting a little bit
Twitchy a little bit touchy and then when you get two- one up get the stairs to chase them um and they do it they they play really well they played really well second half of we did and I think they nullified for the most part are our
Attacking intent um but the resolve the desire and everything that makes me proud to be to be the conscious manager and job was was in abundance so over what said at Hal time um heading into the break was it a case of look we can
Get a point out of this we know L are going to be coming out or was it all about let’s get this win so it was difficult I think I think although it was a wiy goal we said something that we didn’t get ourselves um below the ball when they were
Attacking as quick as what we could have so we knew we could do that we could stop some of the the movement into the front um but we were two on up we were trying to keep it as cool as possible calm as possible we have been in
Situation we been two at half time and Drew 22 we drew 22 with them last week sorry 17 days ago yeah so it was it wasn’t necessarily let’s try and hang on because I don’t think um the quality of the opposition would allow us to do that
So it was to go out and play can we manage the first five can we manage the next 10 after that um but it felt 45 and yeah when they went 22 which was a great free kick to be fair but again I think we could have done a little bit better
To to stop them getting there and to then go and Win It 3-2 what an amazing Finish Well when the free kick was given for Norris’s equalizer it was a great position but a brilliant brilliant strike um nothing Kean could do about it what as your position as a joint manager
Along with with Woody what could you do to try and lift the spirits of the lad at that point to make sure that Hearts didn’t drop and we still had the chance to come back and get the win I think to be fair I think we’d like to take a load
Of credit for that but the lads do it themselves there’s been a quarterback group that been together a long time and what they do do is is they work their back sides off for each other and for the shirt so we just stay trying to keep clear EDS we started to think about
Those substitutions do you try and take a point you try and go for all three um and before we had that opportunity we got three three to up um and yeah then they pushed didn’t they they they threw the center afle Pro all the way I think
Is an unbelievable Center half at this level the Mitch and yeah they throw throw him up and he wins a lot of first contacts and then we’re having to defend our our 18 yard box with everything and we did do it and apart from a few few really Airy moments where the ball’s
Bouncing around in six y box I thought we defended the actual final 15 minutes really well well what was the reaction on the bench when shipot scored the second was there a uh a realization as if we’re actually in the lead in the last 15 minutes against the fourth place
Team in the league yeah yeah and it’s sort of um I think I think naturally the game you think they’re going to keep pushing but then we’ve got the breakaway goal um and yeah just look for me Li I take him with one second to go so there’s no time for
Anything to be done about him but the defending the attitude the full 14 today we a light on numbers we’re we’re to a man fantastic and I hope they enjoy their their um their their drinks afterwards and I just want to say at the end I’ve got I’ve got the utmost respect
For look I think good side good outfit nice people DEC set Lads um so despite the little bit of to Dramatics or the the Panton at the end with the fans and our boys’ got nothing but respect for so I hope they do really well season mosts but but
After a um a performance like that with backs to the wall towards the goal line clearance from Joe Percy heroic stuff surely the L have got the right to to celebrate like that yeah and I think I think the the the nature of the ground here you pass up through where the main
B of people are and so look at the end of the day that’s our sixth win of the season so um as I saying those you’ve got to enjoy your wins we got to keep it make sure we respectful enjoy your wins and enjoy your SS and finally uh it’s
Not just a Saturday we got to worry about next week two games in in three days the back-to-back games at first sping drive and then the uh the trip to lie um going to be a tough one obviously to to juggle player Fitness what are the
Challenges of um a bank H door header and what are you hoping for from those two games so for us it’s um so half giggling the challenging that people go out on the on on the Sunday don’t they on Easter Sunday um and making sure that
They are sensible and they have if they have a few drinks they have a couple at most and don’t go out um because there was a game last season where we went to ensbury on a coach and we excellent on the Saturday and I went to Rothwell on
The Monday um after a good drink on the coach on the way back and it continued into the Sunday and we horrendous now we can’t afford to be horrendous uh we can’t afford to anything anything other than at our best um so my guess is that
Over the two two games over second two hours we’ll use the vast majority of the squad um because it is a quick turnaround um and yeah just just try and get get those points on the board and keep us um keep that Gap as big as we
Can well talk about a big weekend to come but for for now it’s enjoy a fantastic result here at lra thank you very much be Amazing
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