Crawley Town boss sets players targets for Salford City trip before ten-day break
Although Scott Lindsey would like to be playing in the second round of the FA Cup, he says the ten-day break following last Saturday’s Salford City trip is welcome.
Reds will not play again now until Tuesday, December 9, when they travel to Bromley.
It’s because there’s no FA Cup second round tie for the side following their first round exit to Boreham Wood last month.
But the schedule for this ten days all depended on how they performed - and ran - against Salford.
“I've asked the players to reach a target in terms of running stats in order for them to get a little bit more time off than what we would probably give them,” said Lindsey before the Salford trip.
“I think it's important that they do have a break after Salford. We will probably lead into Bromley as normal with a normal week as if it would be a Saturday game as such, meaning that we would train on one of the days over the weekend. They will be probably get some time off after the Salford game but how many days they get, will depend on how we do.”
Lindsey also talked about his ever-growing injury list which means the break has come at good time to get some numbers available again.
“On reflection, I would have wanted to go through to the next round of the FA Cup – definitely. I'd prefer to play,” he said. “It's welcome now it's here because we have got quite a big list of injured players.”
But he added that a break was not just good for the players.
“I think the staff as well probably need a few days away from going on to the next one,” he said. “It becomes kind of hard, especially this time of year. I think it's important that we do get a break, whether it's two days, three days, whatever it ends up being. Hopefully we see a refreshed group coming back into the Bromley game..