FA CUP Barnstaple Town 3 Saltash United 1
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- Created on Sunday, 06 August 2023 15:08
- Last Updated on Monday, 07 August 2023 21:18
- Published on Sunday, 06 August 2023 15:08
- Written by KEVIN MARRIOTT Cornwall football's touchline ace
Saturday’s FA Cup exit followed Western Prem defeats at newly promoted Bristol side Oldland Abbotonians (2-3) and at home to Helston (0-4).
But there will be no knee-jerk reactions from new Ashes manager Macca Brown, who sees his rebuilt squad as a work in progress.
Brown said: “I was absolutely delighted with so much of what we did on Saturday but again we came away having made things very difficult for ourselves after shooting ourselves in the foot in a number of different ways, and that’s been the story of the week.
“We’ve conceded 10 goals, and I can only think of the snapshot on Saturday where you hold your hands up and say ‘fair enough’; the other nine goals are really poor moments for us whether it’s a goalkeeping error, a free header, a defender getting caught on the ball amongst others, and it’s cost us.
“Two of the performances have actually been really positive in so many ways where we’ve created a lot of chances, but we’ve come away with nothing for that reason.
“We won’t panic, I can see some really good signs and going out of the FA Cup isn’t a disaster, as much as we would have liked a little run in it.
“There is no doubt we have to improve in areas and we will. I believe Mousehole won just two of their opening seven games last season in all competitions and they ended up doing ok, so we know one week won’t define our season and it’s up to us to improve...”
GOALS
Barnstaple - Callum Laird 30 Harry Foster 36 Tommy Rogers 87
Saltash - Jack Wood 4
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