AFC Fylde head coach hopes to see more positive play
Craig Mahon has spelled out what he wants to see as AFC Fylde take another break from National League North matters today.
The Coasters travel to Hereford in round four of the FA Trophy, subject to an 8.30am pitch inspection, with victory providing a place in the last 16 as well as £5,250 in prize money.
Fylde won 2-1 when the teams met in the league at Mill Farm in October and go into today’s game with seven points from the last nine.
Hereford, for their part, sit second-bottom of NLN after only one victory in their last 11 league matches.
However, Fylde’s head coach told the club’s media team: “Saturday, I’m expecting the lads to go out and continue what we’ve done the last two games.
“We’ve been really good, on the front foot, positive, energetic, loads of patterns, lads wanting the ball, being brave and trying to create something.
“That’s what we’ll look for this weekend and my job now is to get the lads to do that for every game for the rest of the season, regardless of who we play against or formation or selection.
“It’s the standard and the level that we aspire to be at every game and, this weekend, it’s going to be tough.
“We watched their game against Merthyr where they drew 2-2 and they were very good.
“They kept going until the last minute. They were strong, they were organised, they had loads of energy and if we want to do anything this weekend, we’ve got to match exactly what they did in that game.
“It should be a really good game and, hopefully, we can have another good, positive performance.”