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00:00 Kevin, 4-0 win against Cambly on the final day of the season, that must be the perfect
00:05 way to sign off the campaign there?
00:07 Yeah, still a little bit disappointed after where we were a couple of weeks ago but we
00:12 just needed to finish well and we've done that.
00:14 I mean, first half wasn't great, came out in the second half and played some football
00:19 that we've shown over the course of the season which gave us the opportunity to challenge
00:22 near the top so just got to be pleased with that.
00:25 Keeping a clean sheet as well, we've kept quite a few of them this year so that's always
00:29 a positive.
00:30 So you took that play-off push to the last week of the season and then you've won your
00:35 last two games, obviously just short on the end but still been a really good season.
00:40 Yeah, from where we were at the start I think and what people expected from us was obviously
00:46 we've exceeded that, we've got to where we set a target.
00:50 We said we needed to challenge to get in the top eight this year, we've challenged to get
00:54 in the top eight, we've got in the top eight and we've challenged to get in the top five
00:56 but we just weren't there in the end so I think if we can keep the group together then
01:02 who knows next year.
01:03 You say, ultimately seven through 65 points which is obviously clear as progress for the
01:08 club and as you say if you keep the group together you've got that real base now to
01:11 sort of kick on again.
01:12 I think so and the group's good, the coaching staff's good, the dev team have won their
01:18 league, they're playing in a cup final so everything's positive.
01:21 You can see a big crowd again today, everything's moving in the right direction and if we can
01:26 just keep the playing side of that up with it then who knows where this club can go.
01:30 It's not just the first team you say, the devs have won their league, they're in a cup
01:34 final, it's the club as a whole really.
01:36 Yeah, you've just got to see the platform and that that we've put here and I've been
01:41 here five years now and it's always progressing and that's down to the club, the people behind
01:47 the scenes and then obviously the quality of the player we bring in as well.
01:50 Whatever you said at half-time obviously had the effect, 30 seconds into that second half
01:55 that Luke Perkins gets the first goal, it's pretty immediate that.
01:58 Yeah, sometimes half-time's not something that we want to remember when we have to speak
02:03 in a certain way but look, everyone's had Alex of Paramedic Football, sometimes you've
02:08 got to be told and they know they haven't reached the levels that they should do.
02:11 You want to give a big crowd a good send-off and you've just got to remind them that they're
02:16 playing for other people as well, not just themselves and I think they do know that but
02:20 at the end of season feel because there was nothing to play for and just at half-time
02:24 it was like go away feeling proud of something and to be fair they did that.
02:29 And get a nice bit of encouragement as well, it just shows the spirit in the group.
02:34 Yeah, Coxsey's been a great addition to the group to be honest and he's another one we
02:39 want to keep on board next year so let's see what happens.
02:42 Yeah, really good finish from Luke for that first one right into that corner, right into
02:45 that bottom corner.
02:46 Yeah, it's just a passage of play that we do these bits in training and we work on them
02:52 all the time and then when they don't do it in the game you wonder why and then when they
02:55 do it you look at them and go that's why we should be doing it.
02:59 Darnell's found the top corner, was it a cross or was it a shot?
03:02 I mean it's gone in, that's the main thing.
03:05 I think all they're trying to do is make sure Coxsey doesn't claim it so we'll let them
03:10 argue that out.
03:11 And then yeah, you kept going to the end and got two more at the end, a couple of subs.
03:16 Louis Russell came on to set up Jack Fowler, a sub and then obviously Jamie Hoppit off
03:19 the bench as well.
03:20 Yeah, so Louis has been away for a little bit now and obviously when he comes back into
03:25 the side, the way he plays and the way he is, it's infectious and that and it obviously
03:29 brings something to the side but we're now looking at a group of 22 people that can all
03:34 contribute to a shirt so it's exciting and to have changes from the bench to make a difference,
03:41 it just shows the quality that we've got.
03:42 Yeah, I was just going to say it shows the strength and depth now that you've got Louis,
03:45 Jack, Jamie, Adam, you and Art all coming off the bench.
03:49 Yeah, and they'd probably start on any other side in the league so we're proud to have
03:53 them and I'm pleased to work with them.
03:55 Yeah, good for Jack and Jamie obviously just to get another one to round off the season
04:00 each for both of them.
04:01 Yeah, exactly and I think it takes our goal tally to 99 for the season so in all competitions
04:07 for a club that never used to score many goals, it's not bad is it?
04:11 And finish off a clean sheet as well, I mean Toby didn't have too much to do today.
04:14 No, I think he had to make one save in the first half and then obviously after that we'd
04:18 probably dominate in the second half and I think we would deserve winners but I think
04:22 in the first half, Cambly were better than us and probably could have gone in ahead.
04:27 And in that second half, I see really emphatic dominant performance, pick anyone out in particular
04:32 or just good all round in that second half?
04:34 Again, we've spent all season making sure that we don't pick people out.
04:38 Individuals make differences in moments but I think teams are what win you things over
04:43 the course of time and I just gutted that I couldn't have this team together earlier
04:48 at the stage of the season because we definitely would have got more out of it.
04:51 Yeah, I mean with the form you've had since that first 13/14 game, since then your form
04:56 would be top five.
04:57 Exactly that but you've just got to look at that and make sure you remember where you
05:01 were and where you are now and obviously where you want to be and anything's possible if
05:06 you want to work towards it.
05:07 Obviously a well earned break for everyone now after a long season but presumably for
05:11 you you've already started thinking about next season?
05:13 Yeah, we've already had a meeting and obviously assuming that the club want to keep me here
05:17 then we've already planned to do things and what we want to do and how we want to do it.
05:22 Obviously we've got an end of season due and presentations evening to get through but already
05:27 you know things are in place to start next June I think it is.