Byron Harrison believes clear-the-air talks may have rescued Cheltenham's season.
Substitute Harrison converted Jermaine McGlashan's 82nd minute cross for the winner before revealing that the players and staff had a frank exchange following last Tuesday's 1-4 home drubbing by leaders Chesterfield.
The win against Bury was only Cheltenham's second in ten games and striker Harrison, 26, said:
"What was said will remain within the squad, but things needed to be said. It was getting to a stage when it was becoming really serious. It's healthy that everyone got things off their chests so we can kick on together. Everyone shook hands and we move on."
And Harrison believes the Robins could still make the play-offs for a third consecutive campaign. He said:
"We've got to take it game by game and stick together. We don't want the season to fizzle out and we definitely don't want to get sucked into a relegation battle. We have to be optimistic.
"This league is a crazy one. You can go on a run and find yourself in contention to do something you weren't thinking about a month before. If we go on a little run like we did when we were unbeaten earlier in the season, we could find ourselves battling for that last play-off place."
Striker Clive Platt scored the opener for Bury in the sixteenth minute.
Skipper Craig Jones fed Danny Nardiello on the right flank and he left central defender Steve Elliott flat-footed before crossing for co-striker Platt to tap home from close in for his first goal since joining the Shakers in January's transfer window.
Ashley Vincent replied less than two minutes later with his second goal in three starts since re-joining the Robins for a second spell in the summer.
Striker Jamie Cureton split the defence to pick out Vincent, but keeper Brian Jensen could not stop the winger's low shot from twelve yards.
Jensen kept Bury in the hunt with three excellent second half saves.
In the 52nd minute he blocked a swerving drive from midfielder Sam Deering and fourteen minutes later made a superb finger tip save from Harrison's five yard header.
The Bury stopper then beat away a point blank Harrison shot in the 91st minute.
Cheltenham manager Mark Yates admitted:
"Confidence has been one of the things that has been missing a little bit throughout the season. Winning games gives you confidence. Hopefully we can build on that for next week."
Substitute Harrison converted Jermaine McGlashan's 82nd minute cross for the winner before revealing that the players and staff had a frank exchange following last Tuesday's 1-4 home drubbing by leaders Chesterfield.
The win against Bury was only Cheltenham's second in ten games and striker Harrison, 26, said:
"What was said will remain within the squad, but things needed to be said. It was getting to a stage when it was becoming really serious. It's healthy that everyone got things off their chests so we can kick on together. Everyone shook hands and we move on."
And Harrison believes the Robins could still make the play-offs for a third consecutive campaign. He said:
"We've got to take it game by game and stick together. We don't want the season to fizzle out and we definitely don't want to get sucked into a relegation battle. We have to be optimistic.
"This league is a crazy one. You can go on a run and find yourself in contention to do something you weren't thinking about a month before. If we go on a little run like we did when we were unbeaten earlier in the season, we could find ourselves battling for that last play-off place."
Striker Clive Platt scored the opener for Bury in the sixteenth minute.
Skipper Craig Jones fed Danny Nardiello on the right flank and he left central defender Steve Elliott flat-footed before crossing for co-striker Platt to tap home from close in for his first goal since joining the Shakers in January's transfer window.
Ashley Vincent replied less than two minutes later with his second goal in three starts since re-joining the Robins for a second spell in the summer.
Striker Jamie Cureton split the defence to pick out Vincent, but keeper Brian Jensen could not stop the winger's low shot from twelve yards.
Jensen kept Bury in the hunt with three excellent second half saves.
In the 52nd minute he blocked a swerving drive from midfielder Sam Deering and fourteen minutes later made a superb finger tip save from Harrison's five yard header.
The Bury stopper then beat away a point blank Harrison shot in the 91st minute.
Cheltenham manager Mark Yates admitted:
"Confidence has been one of the things that has been missing a little bit throughout the season. Winning games gives you confidence. Hopefully we can build on that for next week."
"I thought we got what we deserved. The reason we won was down to the way we responded after going a goal behind. To score so quickly showed me all I needed to know about the character of the lads."
Shakers boss David Flitcroft said:
"We have to make sure we are more clinical because we should have left this building with at least a draw. We should have left with a draw, but we're not going to live in the past."
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