Turner believes in me - Gowling

Joss Gowling, the 23 year old defender currently on loan at Hereford United, has been speaking about his relationship with Carlisle who have allowed him to play against them when the two teams meet later this season.

“It shows what the club (Carlisle) think of me by letting me play in the game,” said Gowling in a long interview with the News and Star.

“That’s fine. It won’t make any difference to me. I’ll just give my all, as I always do. I’ve been getting better and better each week I’ve been playing at Hereford, for a manager who believes in me. That’s good for me. My confidence is high.

“I don’t see it that I have a point to prove when the Carlisle game comes around. I know what I can do and I wasn’t given a chance at Carlisle.

“I came into the team when they weren’t doing very well and my confidence was low. Nobody was playing as well as they can. I could have done a bit better and there are no excuses from me about that. But I wasn’t given the chance to show what I could do with a run in the team.

“I’m still a Carlisle player and I’ll be coming back in the summer when my loan is up. If I scored the winner for Hereford up at Brunton Park, I wouldn’t do anything stupid. I like the Carlisle fans – they’ve always been good to me – so I wouldn’t go overboard. You’ve got to be professional about things.

“I’m back near my roots in the Midlands, playing under one of my old West Brom youth coaches John Trewick, who is the assistant manager here at Hereford, and I feel I’ve been doing ok.

“We’ve been unfortunate with some results, although Stockport battered us at the weekend. The lads have done alright and we’ve got to try and keep improving. We are playing a lot of the teams around us in the table over the next few weeks so if we pick up a couple of wins we will be right up there.”

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