After a disappointing defeat to Darlington on Boxing Day, Town midfielder David Lynch says he is confident the Shaymen can respond with a positive result against the same opponents on New Yearโs Day.
Lynch says the team know the mistakes that were made in the game and but believes the unusual situation of playing them twice in six days helps the team.
โNo matter what the result on Boxing Day, it was always going to help us prepare for this game because weโll know how theyโll play and their tactics, but you never know in football and they might try and change things round. Iโm confident that if we play the way we often do at home that weโll get three points.โ
Lynch believes that Darlington will be a big test on Sunday, and the way they play will bring a tough challenge for the home side.
โTheyโre a very direct team. They get the big lads up early, and play runners off him, which is always difficult to play against, but if we can defend well and nullify individual errors then we should be able to manage our game.โ
Lynch has also nodded towards the recent string of results that has seen Halifax drop away from the play off places. He says he knows that Billy Heathโs squad is capable of righting their wrongs and cliMBing back up the table.
โItโs football โ everyone has a bad run and unfortunately ours is now, but weโve got some very experienced lads who guide the younger players, like Hotte and Danny Hone and they are great leaders. When things arenโt going well, they step up and lead the younger ones through.โ
โIf you donโt work hard then you donโt get rewards, and although I wouldnโt say thatโs the case with us, when things are going well everyone wants the ball, but when things are going badly, some players donโt want the ball. Every mistake is criticized and rightly so, but weโve got to look past that and concentrate on getting back to winning ways. Thereโs winners throughout this squad and Iโve no doubt weโll get back on track.โ
The midfielder has called on the Shaymen faithful to get behind the lads on Sunday, and called them โsuperb.โ
โOur fans are huge to us. We know if we make mistakes theyโll get on our backs and The Shay will be a hostile place to play football, so we need to perform for them, but equally they need to get behind us. Hopefully we can perform well, maybe get an early goal and get the place rocking, because they deserve better than what theyโre watching at the moment, and we want to give them better.โ
FC Halifax Town take on Darlington on Sunday, January 1, 2017 at the MBiShay Stadium. Be there!ย
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