Flint on Crawley Town defeat at Salford: Rollercoaster of game was just gutting
Josh Flint struggled to find the words to describe how everyone was feeling after Crawley slipped to a 4-3 defeat at the hands of Salford City, despite being 3-2 up with five minutes to go.
After the team let their late lead slip by conceding twice in two minutes, Flint said: “Everyone’s down, really. A bit of a rollercoaster of a game.
"We felt we shouldn’t have conceded the first goal. And then just after that, we showed really good character to get back into the game – and then just to let it slip at the end like that, it’s just not acceptable.
“It’s just two moments where we’re just not switched on and they punished us, really. That’s all it is, but we’re the only people that can change that. And I just think it is just gutting.”
When asked what the players need to learn so they can see a game out in the future, he said: “Just a bit of professionalism, just a bit of maturity to see the game out. That’s it really, because they scored, what, two goals in two minutes. It just can’t happen.”
There were positives to take from the game, despite the manner in which it finished for Scott Lindsey’s team.
When asked if he thought it was a good performance, Flint said: “It was for 99 per cent of the game, but just that one per cent has killed us.”
Flint also had praise for the travelling fans. He said “They were brilliant. It was a lot of them and we’re just gutted we couldn’t send them home with the three points.”
Crawley have a break before they travel to fifth place Bromley on Tuesday, December 9.
When asked what he will be looking to do over the mini-break before the Bromley trip, Flint said “All the boys would probably rather play a game on Tuesday and get this past us and try to rectify it. But yes, just a bit of rest and get ready for the Christmas period.”
Crawley have three home games In December with Oldham (13/12), Colchester (Boxing Day) and Bromley (29/12), plus trips to Swindon (20/12) and Barnet (New Years Day).