Buxton boss laments early goal in defeat
Buxton boss John McGrath said conceding early at home to league leaders Fylde on Saturday was key to his side going on to lose the game.
The Bucks’ game plan was blown apart just eight minutes in when Fylde took the lead and despite a good response, the hosts then went 2-0 down before the break.
A third goal in the second-half confirmed the defeat and McGrath was left ruing the early setback.
He said: “We’d set the boys up perfectly and had a really good game plan that limited them to how they want to play, but then the first goal goes off the script.
"So we’re not set up for that and it’s a really poor goal to concede, and then you’re up against a team who are top of the league and you've gifted them a goal.
"To be fair, after that we were in the ascendancy and had some really good chances, then it was just a sucker-punch of a goal before half-time again.
"We’d drilled this last week and it was a really sloppy set piece goal to concede from.
"Fylde are a good side but they do everything meticulously well and they’ve got good experience in midfield.
"We’re a young group and we want to play but we want to stop the ball going in the back of the net."
Buxton were due to host King’s Lynn Town on Tuesday, after this week’s Advertiser went to press, before then going to Merthyr Town on Saturday, the Welsh side going into the midweek games third in the league standings.
McGrath added: “King’s Lynn is a must-win and I want our home form to be really good, so with the games we’ve got left we need to start picking up points to push up the table into those play-off spots.”
Following the Merthyr game, Buxton host Kidderminster on March 7 before three away games in the space of a week at Darlington (Tuesday 10th), Chorley (14th) and Leamington (17th).