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We could have had more – Alex

by Adam Summers

Dorchester Town were unfortunate not to come away from Welling with all three points on Saturday according to Magpies' assistant manager Alex Browne.

The county town side were under the cosh in the first half but their defence stood up to the task and after the break they could have won it with Nick Crittenden going close on two occasions.

Browne said: "We were pleased with a clean sheet away from home and it is a good point although we were a bit unfortunate not to get all three.

"They put us under pressure for the first 20 minutes but we acquitted ourselves well. We kept our shape and discipline, and in fairness in the second half we could have won it because there were a couple of chances where we were a bit unlucky.

"Nick had a shot that was going into the corner deflected just wide and then Mitchell Nicholson went through one-on-one and when the ball came back out to Nick his shot skimmed the outside of a post.

"We have worked on a lot of things over the past week in training and we tried to do all the things we did in the first half against Team Bath on Tuesday.

"For the majority of the game we did that and the lads worked extremely hard, and that is why we were a bit disappointed. However, any point away from home is always a good one and it gives us something to build on."

The Magpies have now drawn five of their opening eight games in Blue Square South, leaving them in 16th spot and nine points adrift of the top five.

Browne added: "We are not a million miles away in terms of our performances but we have to find a way of turning draws into wins.

"Three points for a victory compared to only one for a draw is a big difference and we will continue working hard to turn that around.

"Sometimes you need a bit of luck though as well and also a bit of experience. You need to learn how to kill teams off, which is what we should have done when we were 2-0 up on Tuesday.

"Away from home you have got to try and stay in the game for as long as possible. Against Braintree we did that and then nicked the three points late on and at Welling we were close to doing that again."

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