We're not gaining full rewards for our efforts, says Scunthorpe United boss Brian Laws after draw
SCUNTHORPE United boss Brian Laws said he could do nothing but applaud the free-kick which rescued a point for Carlisle United at Brunton Park.
But admitted if his own side had shown such sharpness in front of goal they would have been celebrating a second successive away win.
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Iron boss Brian Laws admits missed chances cost his side the victory at Carlisle
The Iron had the edge against the Cumbrians, creating several chances in the first half before Karl Hawley put them in front with 52 minutes gone.
They were left to rue those missed opportunities when David Symington fired in a stunning free-kick, arrowing the ball past keeper Sam Slocombe and into the top corner from at least 30 yards out to leave the scores tied.
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"The only disappointment is we didn't take the chances we created," Laws reflected.
"In open play, we created all the chances really. Carlisle didn't really create anything in open play.
"The only time they had a chance was from a set-play. And some set-play it was.
"It's probably goal of the season, you'll not see a better strike than that.
"Sometimes you have to stand back and admire it and say well done, terrific.
"If you tried that a thousand times you'd never do it. It hit us on Saturday and cost us two points.
"Karl's doing extremely well.
"But I've got to say, and probably Karl will say, he should have had two or three on Saturday. He probably had the best chances of everybody to score. If he had his shooting boots on he would have had a hat-trick.
"But great credit to him. He's getting confidence and growing. Everybody's thriving on him and long may it continue."
The 1-1 draw maintained United's unbeaten start to 2013, but to keep that going Laws accepts his players will have to start performing at home.
Their form at Glanford Park, where they have won just once all season, remains something of a concern.
Colchester United's victory over Walsall on Saturday meant Scunthorpe slipped back into the bottom four, and with five home games coming up in February, the manager knows the next month will go some way to deciding their fate.
"I'm delighted we're undefeated but I'm disappointed we haven't gained more points for the effort we're putting in," he said.
"Certainly, the players deserve more because they're showing a resilience we didn't have before and when they go out there they believe they're not going to get beat.
"That's something they've not tasted before.
"We're on a reasonable run away from home, we just need to transfer our performances, hard work and effort into our home form.
"We should have had two wins at home at the turn of this new year, but we've got to keep believing it's only a matter of time.
"I believe that's the case, that it's only a matter of time before we get our home wins.
"If we get our home wins right we will be fine.
"We've played a lot of games away from home since I've been here, I feel like we've hardly played at home, so it will be nice to get some games under our belt there.
"We've got three games on the bounce coming soon and that's a time when we've got to now take charge.
"The players will certainly believe in themselves a little bit more after Saturday's performance because other than a magnificent strike against us we didn't look like we were going to concede.
"That showed great spirit from the players."
3 Comments
by Oldironfan
Monday, January 28 2013, 7:04PM
“Bartonscorp, you are right about Barcham. He's a shadow of the player we saw when he first came to GP.
Grella has probably played better in his two recent short appearances as sub than he has done in his full games.
Think it's a bit unfair to judge Sodje as hopeless just yet.
What I would like to see is our club showing the desire and passion exhibited in great profusion by the minnows who dispatched the Premier League sharks over the FA Cup weekend. Those results should give us all hope.
We go into February in the bottom four, with a squad that is unlikely to change significantly so every game should now be treated as a cup game. We need to get more second ball, we need to jump with more conviction to get that header, and we have to bust a gut to get on the end of those crosses both defensively and offensively.”
by bartonscorp
Sunday, January 27 2013, 7:54PM
“For the past 30 months we have been crying out for a striker that can turn chances into goals, we had Clark and also Parkin, but we did not hang on to either of these guys, instead we keep Godden, Grella and Sodje, all of these are rubbish. We also hang on to Barcham who is a complete waste of space, how he keeps his place in the team is beyond me.
Everyone knows that we need two players up front, we are even playing a lone player up front in our home matches , result being ONE home win in 15 games, then the club wonder why supporters will not turn out to see such rubbish, please sort it out.”
by DFlated
Sunday, January 27 2013, 5:29PM
“We should be against every team now. We are missing a Clarke / Parkin season saving goal getter (both of which scored yesterday) who hits the ground running. We can't afford (both as a club or as a league position) a few games for a striker to settle in.
I gather we had few chances on target yesterday and it was Slocombe who kept us from coming away pointless.”