Clacton Sport

Seasiders looking to bounce back

4:19pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

FC Clacton will be looking to bounce back from their FA Cup exit.

They have a home date with Leiston in the Ridgeons League premier division (kick-off 3pm) and will be desperate to exorcise the demons of Tuesday’s limp Cup exit at the hands of Colney Heath.

The Seasiders crashed 5-1 in the preliminary round replay, with their consolation being a rising, angled drive from Sean Hillier.

It was the skipper’s fourth goal of the season and came five minutes after the interval.

Assistant boss Michael Pulford led the team in midweek because manager Steve Pitt was on business in Scotland.

And he pulled no punches in his assessment of Clacton’s performance, having seemingly done the hard part by drawing 0-0 in the first game on Saturday.

“We (the management team) are having to repeat ourselves over and over again,” he said.

“But the players keep making the same mistakes and are failing to learn from the things they do wrong. It’s so frustrating because the potential is there and when we scored our goal you could feel the sense of belief around the ground.

“But within a few minutes we were two behind again and chasing the game.

“It’s a young squad and because of that people will make mistakes.

“But it’s all about learning from them and raising confidence, which we need to try and do for another huge game on Saturday.”

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