Gloucester City manager Daf Williams has said he needs to have some ‘really honest conversations’ after The Tigers scored with just minutes left on the clock to earn a 1-1 draw at Yate Town on Saturday.
James Ollis put the hosts in front with a bullet header from which he was completely unmarked, however City substitute Harry Emmett was able to cancel that out at the death with a firm effort from close range into the bottom right corner.
“We had some really honest conversations in the week and we’ve seen a couple of changes, but I’d like to see a couple more to be honest”, Williams said.
“The situation we are in, it’s not about having good players or good people because we have that in abundance, it’s about having a ruthless and resilient mentality and a certain character to fight our way out of this really poor start to the season.”
It has been a disappointing start to say the least for his team, with City sitting joint bottom of the Southern League Premier South after 13 games, and despite some good form in cup competitions which eventually saw them bow out of the FA Cup to Barrow AFC, they have only won once in the league since August.
“The players show some fight the game, but more often than not after we give the opposition a leg up and we are chasing the game and it’s a lot of the time too late.
“We’ve clawed a result out of that but there was nothing in that game that suggests we should find ourselves in that position, I thought we lacked bravery and it’s easy to have it when you’ve got nothing to lose at the end so we have plenty to think about going into Tuesday.”
Gloucester City host Malvern Town on Tuesday evening in a Gloucestershire game that has turned out to be important for the relegation battle, with Malvern sat just two points above City in 20th.
“Nothing less than three points, we need people to take the pitch who are of a certain mentality and mindset that nothing’s going to get in their way from the first second.
“They need to give everything to represent this football club in the best way that they should and I can’t say the word I’m thinking of, but they need to show some bravery.”
