Manager reflects on a “tough day at the office”

09-Nov-2024 18:30:32 | Chesterfield FC

Chesterfield manager Paul Cook reflected on a “tough day at the office” after the Spireites lost 3-0 at home to Accrington Stanley. “We never started the game at all, never got a foothold in it,” Cook said. “When you’re a team like us and you’re trying to evolve we’ve got to have consistencies in how we play. One of those consistencies is starting games properly, being aggressive, winning second balls. “The disruption in the team, players pulling out with injuries is not great. We probably lost three lads in the last 24 hours, and we’d worked all week on our team and how we were going to play, so that was disappointing. “Then maybe a couple of refereeing decisions along the way don’t really help, let’s have it right, so it’s a tough day for us.” Chesterfield lost goalkeeper Max Thompson to injury in the warm-up, after Harvey Araujo and Jenson Metcalfe had pulled out with hip and heel issues respectively. “It is what it is, you’ve just got to take your medicine,” said Cook. “I just think at the minute we are a club who’s got loads of good players, good players everywhere, but we’re not yet a good […]