Too negative in first half says Turner

Graham Turner spoke to the Non-League Paper after yesterday's game at Grays.

"We didn't turn up in the first half. We maybe gave them a little too much respect.

"Maybe we were a bit too negative in the first 45 minutes and we paid the penalty for that.

"We never played with any freedom or purpose but in the second half the shackles came off and we enjoyed it.

"We got the bit between our teeth, played some decent stuff. We knew we had to take some chances and they had a couple of decent chances but I thought our second-half performance merited something.

"All in all it's a good afternoon for us because it could have been a disaster for us."

The Grays manager, Mark Stimson, was disappointed to lose a two goal lead.

"At half time it looked good, but we knew Hereford were going to come back.

"They've got so much experience at this level and we haven't and it showed.

"With a little bit more luck, Gary Hooper, who was outstanding today, might have got the third when he was clear through and that would have been game over.

"But credit to Hereford, they put us under a lot of pressure and got the first goal through a fantastic delivery then managed to get the second."

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