Crawley Town drew 1-1 with League Two play-off rivals Barrow at the Broadfield Stadium. Danilo Orsi notched up his 20th goal of the season from the penalty spot to ensure the draw. Here is the striker's reaction and he looks ahead to the Sutton game on Saturday.
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00:00 All good?
00:01 Yeah.
00:02 Dan, thank you for joining us. A point gained here at the Boyford Stadium this evening.
00:05 Can I get your overall reflection on the game first?
00:07 Yeah, I thought we played really well tonight. The tempo was really good right from the start.
00:12 We played some really good football. I think if you were watching from the stands, you would have quite enjoyed the game tonight.
00:17 I think we're disappointed to come away with just a point, especially with a second-half performance.
00:23 But like you said, it's a point gained, I guess. And we've got two massive games to go now.
00:27 We'll take both of them as they come and see what happens.
00:30 Yeah, the gaffer said we did pretty much everything we could to have won the game.
00:33 I've put the ball in the back of the net for the second time.
00:36 Was it a frustrating game? Because Barrow looked very content to sit behind the ball and try and stall us as much as possible.
00:43 Yeah, I think you've got to give Barrow some credit for this season because that's the way they play.
00:47 They've been very effective with it and that's why they are where they are on the table.
00:51 But I felt like we were going to get a second. I felt we were playing really well and causing the problems.
00:56 And to be fair to them, the keepers made a few great saves and a couple of our chances have just gone past the post near the end.
01:01 So, yeah, we'll brush ourselves down and we'll move on to Saturday.
01:05 Yeah, one of those football cliches, I suppose, if the game was 10 minutes longer, perhaps the result ends a little bit differently.
01:11 Was there any frustrations that it took as long as it did kick in or were the lads just really thrown off by the goal?
01:18 Because as the gaffer said, it came at a strange time where we looked to be pressing a lot and picked us back.
01:23 It's often the way of football, isn't it, that when you start chasing, the game hand can go slightly out the window.
01:29 Do you think there was anything to do with that, do you think?
01:31 I think the way we play, we kind of know what plan A is and we kind of stick with that.
01:35 The goal at the time it came probably did catch us by surprise because I felt like we were on top and we were really controlling it.
01:41 But again, it was a great reaction from the boys and we came in at half-time and came out for the second half and started like we did the first half.
01:48 Credits will go to the boys for not dropping their heads and fighting back and kind of controlling it. And we got the goal we deserved.
01:53 20 goals for the season for yourself. We've spoken in previous interviews about targets.
01:59 You said that you're not going to publicly reveal them. Is this one that you can now publicly reveal?
02:03 Was 20 always the target from the start of the season?
02:06 I think me and Larry Sabre don't talk about targets, but the other day we kind of had a bit of a laugh about it and kind of said I was one away from 20.
02:14 So, yes, I'm happy to get my 20th tonight, but I'd much rather have been making it three points instead of just the point.
02:20 But, yes, we'll move on to Saturday and hopefully get a couple more before the end of the season.
02:24 Yes, still plenty of opportunities for yourself and for the club.
02:27 It's a point, as I said, games that keeps us in those play-off places.
02:30 Obviously, Doncaster have still got one more game to play. Other than us, they play next Tuesday after playing on Saturday as well.
02:37 But it's still very much in our hands, isn't it?
02:40 Yes, I think definitely. I think we've seen this season everyone can beat anyone.
02:44 We'll go into the last two games trying to take maximum points from it and whatever it will be on April 27th will be.
02:50 We know we've given it our all and we'll keep doing that for the last 10 days of the season.
02:54 Yes, plenty of time to sort of take a look back at this game.
02:57 We know how much the Gaffer loves sort of debriefing the game properly and breaking it down, which is obviously very important.
03:02 But you can't help but not get excited for Saturday.
03:05 A big local derby, as Scott said, it means a lot for both clubs. We've seen Sutton fighting for their last relegation spot after Forest Green was confirmed this evening.
03:13 So there's a lot on the line, but we're backed by probably going to be over 1,000 Courty fans.
03:18 So as a player, you must be really excited for that.
03:20 Yes, it's fantastic to take that amount of away fans to that game.
03:23 And I think the Colchester result helped us, but put more pressure on Sutton for Saturday.
03:29 So it's going to be an exciting game for both sets of fans and I think we can go in it and try and carry on from where we left off tonight and play really fast and exciting football.
03:38 Thanks. Dan, I think Alex Ferguson called this time of the season 'squeaky bum time'.
03:43 Are you as players feeling any pressure at all, do you think?
03:47 Not one bit, I'll be honest with you. We've kind of said it from the start.
03:51 We know how good we are as a team and we know what performances we can put in.
03:55 Saturday just gone off, so it was a disappointment that happens in football.
03:59 And we knew we had to bounce back tonight with a positive performance and we probably felt we deserved the three points.
04:04 But we'll take the point and move on to the next one.
04:06 Yes, and we mentioned the 20 goals. You must be delighted to hit that target.
04:11 I don't know if it is or not, but you must be delighted to hit 20 goals.
04:14 Yes, for me personally, it's a good achievement.
04:17 And my first full year playing week in, week out in the league and to be able to achieve that, I'm really happy with.
04:23 But again, I'd be even happier if I come April 27th to win that in that play-off spot.
04:28 Scott, Lindsay was very cross about the Jay Williams booking very early on.
04:34 What was your view of that? And it must be gutting to not have Jay in those last two games of the regular season.
04:40 Yes, I don't know if you can appeal for ref booking the wrong player.
04:43 I just honestly couldn't understand. It was blatantly obvious who Jeremy Kelly made the first foul, shall we say.
04:50 And then to pull out a card that early on the game as well when some of their players had five or six fouls and he was going to me,
04:57 "I don't want to book them just yet." I'm like, "It's the 70th minute now and you've booked three of our players already in the first half."
05:02 So, no, it's a big miss for us. But again, we've shown all year when we've missed players like Dion was out for a bit,
05:07 Liam Kelly was out for a bit, Jay Williams was out for a bit.
05:09 We know what a squad we've got and we know how we want to play. So, hopefully we can get him back for the play-off games.
05:15 And looking ahead at Sutton, as a player, you must relish this kind of game. Big local derby, so much in it for both sides.
05:21 Yes, definitely. We've said the same going into the Wimbledon game away, what a game that was going to be.
05:25 And we're going to do the same going into this game against Sutton.
05:28 It's a fantastic opportunity for us and a lot on the line. So, yes, we're looking forward to it.
05:32 Brilliant. Thanks, Matt.
05:34 Just as you reach into the end of the month, I just want to ask what has clicked for you here at Crawley?
05:38 What do you put this sort of success down to?
05:40 I think, firstly, probably playing week in, week out. As a striker, it kind of gives you the confidence to know you're going to be playing
05:47 and to kind of get into a bit of a rhythm. And then just working with the gaffer and with mainly Kyle Lowryman as well.
05:54 We've got a great working relationship. I kind of know what the gaffer wants from me and how we play.
06:01 I feel like we play in a fashion that suits me. So, I think the coaching staff have been great for me this year,
06:06 kind of building up my confidence and have allowed me to do what I do best and get in the box and score some goals.
06:11 And what is it that you like about that way of playing? It's got a patient style, doesn't it?
06:14 Yes, I think it's a style which I guess fans maybe sometimes think we can maybe boot the ball forward a bit quicker at times.
06:21 But it's one where we create lots of chances and we create good chances.
06:24 It's not kind of just lumping the ball long and trying to win a flick on and someone else running in behind.
06:29 It's good football and we score good goals.
06:31 And I think most fans would be really happy with the style of football that the gaffer has brought into this club
06:35 and the way we're playing. If I was a fan and I was coming to watch this every week, I'd be really happy.
06:40 And just finally, if you were to get into the playoffs, would that be the biggest games of your career?
06:44 Yes, I think I've played in FA Cup games before and against big teams.
06:49 But for me, the league, doing it across 46 games and to be in that final playoff spot with a team like Crowley would be massive.
06:56 I know we'll all relish the chance to do that and we're all working really hard to hopefully achieve that.