Sleaford boss reflects on derby defeat to Skegness


The visitors, containing several ex-Greens players including Tom and Charlie Ward and goalkeeper Liam Flitton, ran out 3-0 winners at the MKM Stadium.
All three goals came in the second-half, the first coming not long after half-time as an effort from a corner was saved but Charlie Ward followed up to score.
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Hide AdThe lead was doubled shortly afterwards, with Rio Molyneaux finding the target. The winger received the ball after a cross in the box, and he curled his effort well into the top corner with Harrison Leech unable to get near it.
The win was wrapped up for Sleaford when Lincoln City loanee Dakara Wifa received the ball in behind the defence, and he slotted it past Leech.
Evans told the club’s media after the game: “I didn’t feel we got the tempo as we wanted it in the first-half and Skegness are far more experienced than we are and were able to manipulate things when they got a foothold on moments and certainly once they got the first goal they took complete control of the game.
"If we’d been at a higher tempo in the first-half as we have done in previous weeks, and perhaps take one of the chances we had, then goals change games which is why in the second-half, once Skegness had got one, they managed it well.
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Hide Ad"We’ll take loads of learning from that. As a relatively young side, I don’t think many of my lads will have played in front of over 300 people, nor in situations where the crowd are giving a bit of banter to ex-players, and next time it happens we’ll be all the more wiser for the experience.”
Sleaford now have a weekend free of action, their next game being at Lincoln United a week on Saturday.
Evans added: “We’ll do some training on Saturday and the boys have planned a day and night out in Nottingham but we did a deal so that will have to be delayed for a couple of hours while we train!
"We’ll then hopefully be in good shape to go to Lincoln and give it a good go.”