Message from Roy

Dear Coxhoe Branch,
We showed good character, the same as last week.
It was a difficult game. When you start slowly, like we did in the first four or five minutes, then it’s going to be a long afternoon.
We were slow out the blocks – but, again, we were digging deep, we’re grinding out results. Two great finishes, I’m grateful for that, and again we’ve just about edged it.
We didn’t play particularly well, even though we had chances to kill the game off when it was at 2-1.
They also had a great chance at 1-1, and had they scored that it could have been a different game. Marton (Fulop) came out and he probably did just enough to put him off.
We’ve a few players out – (Darren) Wardy and Toby (Hysen) – so we were down to the bare bones today. But two great finishes have been enough to win us the game.
I’ve always said, it’s going to take time, but we’re heading in the right direction, and we’re going to give ourselves a chance – that’s all I can ask from my players.
We’re going to be playing catch-up, probably until the last day of the season, but there’s still a long way to go and I’m sure there’ll be a few more ups and downs along the way, I’m sure of that.
We had over 30,000 fans here today and that’s fantastic – hopefully they’ll be happy with that.
All the best,
Roy Keane
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