“Credit to them” – Darren Moore praises players despite winless run extending to eight games
Port Vale manager Darren Moore praised his players’ performance after a 1-0 away loss to Lincoln City on Saturday afternoon.
The pressure is building on the Vale manager with his side bottom of the League One table but Moore felt there were positives in the performance during the 1-0 away loss.
Speaking to BBC Radio Stoke, Moore commented: “I thought from a neutral point of view I don’t think you’ve have seen a difference where both teams are in the league which is credit to the boys. It shows they are working together, staying together, working extremely hard. There was one moment that decided the game and it went to them. We came with a gameplan here and that’s what we did, we engaged them high up the pitch. A little tweak to the system and an extra attacker on today. I thought the boys did that really well today.”
The manager felt his team tried hard despite the defeat adding: “Obviously, decisive moments of the game decide the game but in terms of where the team was at and what the team did I didn’t see a team throwing the towel in today, that’s for sure. “To come here and limit Lincoln to very few chances is credit to them. The one chance they got was a real quality finish. It was a real quality transition of play that we’ll be disappointed in.”
Moore praised his team’s work ethic saying it was: “A whole hearted commitment from the team. It was a tight game today. For us to put in a performance like that, we didn’t lie down or anything like that and stayed true to ourselves and tried to get a result out of it.”
However, it still resulted in a defeat and Moore said: “It’s not nice. But obviously we look to the next one (match). We won’t dwell on this one too long because we have to turn it around and go again.”
The manager reserved praise for some players concluding: “I thought the balance of the team was good and I thought there were some real good combinations. Funso (Ojo) and Garrity were really workmanlike. Jayden (Stockley) and Devante (Cole) upfront. Hally (George Hall) and Ronan (Curtis). I though if you looked at those six then I thought they stepped up and engaged Lincoln was really good today. The way they played today, I thought they were excellent.”
To come here and limit Lincoln to very few chances is credit to them…
