Shots Focused On Change Of Fortune

Last updated : 05 February 2009 By Stray Shots Team

Rhys Day: Players have held clear the air talks following Rochdale farce.
Aldershot Town captain Rhys Day has spoken to Aldershot News reporter Charlie Oliver this week and has talked openly about the players meeting that followed the 4-2 home thrashing against Rochdale.

He said, "We were all called in on Sunday for a meeting, to get a few things off our chest after the game. A few things needed to be said.

It's not a case of falling out or anything like that but at a time like this plenty of people have plenty to say — and everyone needs to be allowed to say what they want to say.

To point out to other players or the team what they think should be done, should not be done or needs to improve, that type of thing.

It's a chance for players to take things on board individually and together and for us all to move on and learn.

Doing it as a squad helps keep us together, increases respect for team-mates — which is vital — and helps us pull as one.

It's all about respect and it will help us stay upbeat and be up for the challenges ahead. That is very important and one of the main objectives of Sunday. Being down in the dumps will not help us.

We should not forget that it was not so long ago that we beat Port Vale and the defensive performance that night was very good.

We need to move away from the recent mistakes, take on board what needs to change and have the confidence to get that defensive strength back. We know we have it. We know that we turned things around before and went on a good run from the beginning of November, after a bad spell of results similar to the ones we've just had.

Watching the DVD of the Rochdale game on Sunday did make me cringe and a few other players too I'm sure. But it's a good thing to do. You can clearly see what went wrong and what needs to be done to improve.

We all know that if you don't perform to your best then there will be players knocking on The Gaffer's door and saying: "I should be in the team instead."

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