Reaction | Martin Allen | Guiseley

Martin Allen shares his thoughts on Eastleigh's 1-1 draw away at Guiseley:

"I thought we played very well first half, we weathered what we knew was going to be a high pressure first twenty minutes.

"The new players come in and did very, very well. We got the ball down and played, and we were much better to watch. We had much more energy, which is what I was after.

"It was very, very disappointing to lose that goal at the end. They had one chance in the second half I think, and maybe two in the first half. 

"We had two chances just after half time, great efforts on goal especially the one by Willo (Scott Wilson) [which would have] put us out of reach at 2-0. 

"They piled everybody forward, we put on another centre half to help us defend those long balls and free kicks and corners but a knock down fell and they’ve smashed it in. 

"It’s a big set back, a big disappointment. This isn’t an easy place to come and play here. I thought the players gave a good account of themselves.

"I’m pleased with the new players, they are going to be good players for this football club. At the moment they are just on loan but we’ll see what we can do as the months go by. For them to come in and play straight away - it's not easy to make that step up, especially when it was like that all route one and being smashed into the box at every opportunity.

"It was a shame we didn’t see it out. It’s good for those young players, it’s good for Reda to have him back. It was a great finish by James Constable for the goal.

"It’s a shame we didn’t manage to keep a clean sheet after the players have worked so hard for the last two weeks. It’s nice to see a lot of supporters up here as well and it was nice for me to be able to get out and have a chat with them."

"I’m going to give them tomorrow (Sunday) off, we'll train on Monday and I’m really looking forward to Tuesday night now in front of our own supporters to see these players put a performance on at home that’s going to do us all proud and make us excited."

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