CRAIG Davis will be looking for his Winchester City side to get their attacking mojo back at Paulton Rovers on Saturday in the Evo-Stik South West.
Unusually for the Citizens, their final ball was lacking in the New Year’s Day derby at home to AFC Totton as they had to content themselves with a 1-1 draw against nine men.
“Quite simply our quality in the final third with our crosses and decision-making was not good enough and that is what ultimately cost us the three points when we obviously had all of the ball in that second half,” said Davis.
“We had already taken (Adam) Tomasso off to bring an attacking left-back on and also took Joe Hayward off to bring IK on and push Willo (Dan Williamson) back to full-back.
"This meant we kept getting it wide and (making) overlaps and stretched the game, but we just couldn’t deliver the crosses we needed which, by us scoring, would have opened the game back up.
“We defended well enough, Totton didn’t trouble us at any stage, and our approach play was good, but it was that final ball that let us down.
“On the day, it didn’t happen for us.”
Although full of praise for the way nine-man Totton defended, Davis felt the referee got both red card decisions correct.
Source Southern Daily Echo
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