Too ambitious? - Wilson denies fitness issue after another late blow

7:30am Monday 8th February 2010

By Sam Morshead

DANNY Wilson has urged his Town players to temper ambition with caution after seeing his side concede another late goal to visiting Charlton at the County Ground on Saturday.

After the game Wilson admitted his frustration with what is fast becoming an unhealthy habit for the Robins, but was adamant that the root cause of the problem was tactical rather than physical.

Town appeared weary and heavy-legged as the match drew to its conclusion - unsurprising considering the number of minutes of game-time accrued by the starting 11 since the season began in August.

But Wilson denied that fitness was an issue, and instead isolated a selection of strategical and mental creases which he intends to iron out in time for the visit of Oldham on Tuesday night.

“It is very disappointing because I thought we had done enough in the game to get a second goal,” he said.

“We should have seen the game out, we haven’t cleared our lines of the final ball and it’s cost us.

“We were rushing things to try and get that second goal and there were people in offensive positions when they shouldn’t be in offensive positions.”

The Town boss reiterated the need for a calm head under pressure, and admitted that history must stop repeating itself if the Robins harbour serious aspirations of promotion.

“It’s something we have to address because those situations have arisen twice in two games,” he said “It’s about people taking charge on the pitch, that’s the hardest part.

“It’s just calming your teammate down a bit, not letting your mind be all worked up and in overdrive.

“When you’re in possession and you’re in the ascendancy you never seem tired. But when you’re chasing the game obviously you are.”

And the County Ground chief spoke of how he felt his team had squandered the advantage in the closing stages.

“We were all guilty of it at times - trying to go and get that second ball instead of tightening up.

“There’s nothing wrong with being ambitious and wanting to win games more emphatically if you can but you’ve got to understand that that’s not always going to be the case.

“Sometimes you have to settle for what you’ve got and I thought we were a little naive at times.”