Bucks boss pleased by win at Merthyr
John McGrath was pleased to see his Buxton side get back to winning ways on Saturday after they won 3-1 at Merthyr Town.
The result left the Bucks eight points behind the play-off places and was a welcome outcome after a run of six games without a victory.
And McGrath told the club’s media the win was a reward for some reasonable recent performances that hadn’t brought the merited points.
He said: “Performances recently have actually been good and we just haven’t scored enough and have conceded sloppy goals, but today was just a complete performance.
"It was everything we worked on – loads of energy from the boys and we got our shape spot on and it was a much-deserved three points.
"In the second-half we could have scored two or three more but we stuck to our game plan and it worked a treat.
"We’d started really brightly and then gone behind to a wonder strike which gave us a mountain to climb, but we just carried on from our first five or ten of being on the front foot and it was a great bit of movement from Johnny Johnston to get us back in the game.
"We’d made a few changes and having a strong 17/18-man squad is what’s going to get us there and today was an example, including in goal where Paul Cooper has again come in and done really well.
"I want people to show the hard work. Players come out, players come in and things don’t change, but that was a really good performance today because behind the scenes loads of work goes into that from all of our coaches.
"The support was also fantastic and lots made the long trip down and we could see them and hear them. It was amazing support and that’s always really positive, so that three points was for them.”
Buxton return home this weekend when they welcome Kidderminster Harriers to the Tarmac Silverlands Stadium. That will then be followed by a trip to Darlington next Tuesday night.