斯科特•戴维斯描述Slough小镇的失败'worst day of his football career'

苏格兰人t Davies described Saturday's 5-2 home defeat to Tonbridge Angels as the ‘worst day of his footballing career’, feeling that his players had given up in second half as the Rebels capitulated to a humiliating home loss.

Bottom of the table Slough have played well at times this season, without necessarily getting the results their performances have deserved, however, this was far from the case on Saturday, and Davies once again wasn't in the mood to mince his words after the final whistle.

Davies had fired the Rebels ahead in the first half in slightly controversial circumstances, but he and his players were left blind-sided by what was to follow in the second half as Tonbridge racked up five goals while also missing a penalty through Soares-Junior.

Afterwards the Slough boss tweeted that no side of his would 'ever give up like that again' adding that the result was 'on him'.

After last Monday's 2-1 defeat at Chippenham, Davies said he knew what the consequences would be if results didn't improve. Friends close to him in football felt he'd been too honest in his appraisal of that game, but he doubled down on those comments this week, adding that he couldn't just give stereotypical responses that simply weren't true. He went on to say the team are currently ‘ruining the club’.

Hopes were high going into the campaign, but it's been a disastrous start for the Rebels who've lost six of their seven matches so far. Saturday's result leaves the side bottom of the table on three points, four points from safety at this early stage heading into tomorrow night's game at Dartford.

Davies tweeted: “A lot of people have complimented us for our performances this season without picking up points, but today was the complete opposite. No team of mine, because it's me that put it together, will ever give up like that every again. It's on me.”

In his post-match interview for sloughtownfc.net, he added: “I wouldn't say it's frustrating, I would say it's embarrassing. The feeling that I've got now, personally, it's the worst day of my footballing career.

“I've never felt so embarrassed, for the last 15/20 minutes of the game.

“I felt lost, in terms of the team, people looked like they gave up. At half-time I didn't see that coming. In the first half I thought we looked bright at times.

“It's demoralising at the moment; I'll be honest with you. People text me after the Chippenham game, a lot of managers and friends of mine in football and said that the interview was too honest. But I'm not going to come on here and be stereotypical and say the belief and confidence is there. We need to make changes, it's as simple as that. Some of the players have joined the football club and they're not doing what they're asked.”

On Saturday, the Rebels took the lead in strange circumstances, when Davies fired the ball into an empty Tonbridge net, with the visiting players believing the game had been stopped. However, the goal only served to fire them up and they responded before half-time through Fielding's finish and went on to dominate the second half with Akanbi, Lyons-Foster, Soares-Junior and Nathan Wood all getting their name on the scoresheet. Soares-Junior also missed a penalty for Tonbridge while George Alexander netted the scantest of consolations in the 96th minute.

Davies added: “We had an honest and frank conversation in there a moment ago. It's either them or me. I walked off the pitch at the end there and I was lost, embarrassed and it's really difficult because I do believe in the lads.

“That's a crazy thing to say when you've won one game in seven. I know it's not good enough. I feel sorry for the people stood behind the goal, sat in the stands. At the moment we're ruining their club, I'll be honest with you, and that might be harsh to say, but it's the truth. One win from seven isn't good enough.

“The board have come in and they've given me the job. I've been able to make changes and bring in new recruits and it's not working at the moment. We were missing five big players, and missed their power, pace and physicality. I thought we looked like an u18s team today who didn't want to fight or scrap and didn't want to make a tackle.

“And at the set pieces they were a little bit bigger and stronger than us, and that's a worry.”