Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Stuart Fleetwood quotes - Strike!

As I had a few minutes to spare, I thought I'd type up and post some quotes from Stuart Fleetwood the Hereford striker who scored a brace on Saturday.

"We had a game plan. It wasn't pretty and sometimes we hooked a lot of balls forward, but we defended fantastically today. We knew what they were about and so stuck to our game plan and caught them on the break twice. Luckily I was in the right position.

It's probably more difficult when you go out with a game plan because you have to be more disciplined. We got a bit lucky with the one that hit the crossbar and Brats (keeper Adam Bartlett) made a few saves. We needed a bit of luck, but we were fantastically disciplined today and that was the important thing.

Once we got the early goal we just defended for our lives. There were some big tackles going in and I'm not sure where the five added minutes came from, but it felt like half an hour at the end. We weathered the storm and then caught them on the break.

We must be up there with some of the top contenders in the league on away form. We just need to sort out our home form and turn some draws into a few wins and then we can climb further up the table. It makes us think that if we'd started off like this, where would we be?

I set myself a target before the season started of fifteen (goals). When I didn't score for the first twelve or thirteen games I thought I'd struggle to get to five. I was getting a bit nervous and I played on the wing for a few games, but then once I scored the confidence came back. It's confidence with strikers and the goals have come and I got two today off either shin pad so I'll take that.

It doesn't matter what other teams do. We'll look out for the results as everyone does, but as long as we put in good performances - and I think we've only lost one game in eleven - as long as we keep picking up points here and there.

Our away form is fantastic at the moment. As long as we keep going we'll keep looking upwards.

We're playing for Jamie as much as ourselves and the fans. With such a bad start we have to look at our reputation as footballers. We all love the club and want to put in our all and show we want to be in the team.

I get passionate and want to win. If you can show some controlled aggression that's great. Sometimes I do let it spill over a little bit - that's probably why I've got about seven yellow cards."

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