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Macclesfield Town: His Finish Was Great

Posted by FC Halifax Town
Posted on Wed 10 Jan 2018
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FC Halifax Town Manager Billy Heath heaped the praise on both Matty Kosylo and Sam Johnson following Town’s victorious evening in the FA Trophy against Vanarama National League leaders Macclesfield Town.

The Shaymen progressed into the second round where they will face Maidenhead United at the MBi Shay Stadium and it was a superb return to the starting eleven for Kosylo who netted the only goal in the 1-0 win and Billy believes he showed moments of his magic once again.

โ€˜Yeah youโ€™ve seen flashes of it today because obviously heโ€™s been out six weeks, I think itโ€™s over six weeks now and you just see flashes of himโ€™

โ€˜His goal was a great finish, great, great cross from MacDonald and then his finish was great but he just has that ability to go past people and to make things happen in the last thirdโ€™

โ€˜I donโ€™t want to put too much pressure on him, at the end of the day heโ€™s put another good shift in tonight and weโ€™ve just got to keep building him up.โ€™

The winger fully deserved his goal and was dangerous all evening as Halifax attacked the wide areas brilliantly, with Josh MacDonald also proving equally as troublesome for the Macclesfield back line.

Following his cameo off the bench on Saturday against Maidenhead, Kosylo will now be looking to get back into regular first team action and Heath knows itโ€™s going to take time before his fitness levels peak once more.

โ€˜Heโ€™s not up to speed we know that, tonight heโ€™s nowhere near fitness wise levels to where he was beforeโ€™

โ€˜Itโ€™s pleasing to get the win, Kossyโ€™s got some minutes under his belt, some steady minutes under his beltโ€™

Goalkeeper Johnson was also lauded for his two massive saves to keep Macclesfield at bay and deservedly came away with a clean sheet and acclaim from his manager.

โ€˜Yeah he did very well first half heโ€™s had the long range effort where heโ€™s held it as well and it was really safe and like I say two really big moments, heโ€™s made two really, really good savesโ€™

โ€˜Iโ€™m pleased for Sammy because like I say he had a real good game on Saturday and heโ€™s followed it up again tonight.โ€™

Johnson twice got down low in one-on-one situations to smother the ball and keep Halifaxโ€™s lead and will no doubt he delighted with his own personal performance.

Heath knows Macclesfield well thanks to this Christmas period and was well aware of the challenge the league leaders posed however he knew that his side had to make amends for the previous two defeats to the Silkmen and felt his team put in a good performance.

โ€˜Yeah definitely, tough game again against a top, top team. Weathered the storm at times, which was good, we didnโ€™t concede when we were put under pressure at times. Yeah I thought we played some good stuff.

Obviously weโ€™d lost two games over the Christmas period and we wanted to put that right in some way. Like I say we did well tonight, we played some good stuff as well.โ€™

Heath has often reiterated how injuries have plagued the first team this season and with only having 16 fit players he wouldโ€™ve been devastated to find out that Cliff Moyo would have to come off after 15 minutes in this fixture however it appears the injury was not as bad as first feared.

โ€˜One or two are carrying stuff, obviously itโ€™s disappointing. Clifford has got a slight thigh strain, hopefully thatโ€™s going to clear up pretty quickly.โ€™

Following Halifaxโ€™s poor run of form, it was important to get the win regardless of what competition it was in and the gaffer knows confidence is a huge part of the game.

โ€˜I think it was just important tonight to get a win in the column and to keep the confidence going. We had a good result on Saturday, itโ€™s just important just to get a win on the board.โ€™

โ€˜Weโ€™ve just got to get back to winning football matches againโ€™

To watch the whole interview with manager Billy Heath, and for more post match reaction from this FA Trophy victory from Matty Kosylo and Josh MacDonald, head over to Shaymen TV.

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