McGhee laments Sleaford defeat
Sleaford Town boss Jamie McGhee felt his side lacked fight and quality as they fell to a 3-1 defeat at Gedling MW on Saturday.
The Greens had Taylor Gray sent off for a high challenge just ten minutes in to make it an uphill struggle from early on, and in the end they only had a strike deep in second-half stoppage time from Riley Wilkinson to show for their efforts, with Reuben Clowes, Ruben Wiggins-Thomas and Mykah Skervin all getting on the scoresheet for the hosts.
And McGhee told the club’s media it was a disappointing afternoon.
He said: “It was back down to earth today. We spoke about the new manager bounce last week but that wasn’t there today and we looked mentally weak.
"Taylor got sent off and from that point the body language changed and we looked beaten and I think it was only five minutes after that when Gedling scored.
"Altogether it wasn’t a good day, I’m not going to sugar coat it, there wasn’t anybody out there that I could say put everything on the line for us.
"So it’s a tough one to take when you go from the highs of last week to really low today.”
On the red card, McGhee added: “I’ve known Tayls for a long time and I know that his intention was to win the ball and that there was nothing malicious in what he did, but his foot is high and it’s a red card all day long.
"But it’s more about the reaction and we got a positive one last week, but this time we got the wrong reaction.
"So with that in mind it’s something we need to look at. The early goal was poor defending as it came from our own throw in and we didn’t do the basics right, so there’s a lot to pick from that.”
The Greens, who ended the weekend a point outside the relegation zone, will be hoping for a lifted performance this weekend when they travel to Dronfield.