Turner slams first half performance

Graham Turner admitted in the post match press conference that Hereford paid a heavy price for a very poor first half this afternoon at Grimsby.

"We never got started in the first 45 minutes. We almost made a game of it but we were inexplicably poor in the first half, passing, first touch and the simple things, we never got going at all.

"Second half we gave it a go."

Turner said that Grimsby were a decent side.

"Although they've not had the best of starts they've got some decent players and they did look sharp. We were never as sharp as them in the first half."

Turner was disappointed with the both Grimsby goals.

"We should have cleared that (the first one) with it over that far side. We never dealt with it.

"You set up a wall (for the second one - a free kick after Easton had fouled a Grimsby defender). People have jobs to do. I don't blame the goalkeeper. When shots go in at the near post - we've got a wall to protect that."

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