Bircham disappointed as Eagles fall short against Worksop
Lee Bircham felt his Bedford Town side looked ‘tired’ as they fell to a 2-0 loss at home to Worksop Town on Tuesday night.
The result followed a 0-0 draw at Spennymoor Town on Saturday, with the Eagles now just five points outside the relegation zone and with all the teams below them having games in hand.
And Bircham told the club’s media Tuesday’s result was fair overall.
He said: “I’ve really got no complaints over the result. We didn’t compete. We didn’t win our headers, didn’t win our seconds and I thought we looked weak in those areas and we haven’t been of late, we’ve been competing.
"So whether I give them a pass and say they looked tired after the last couple of games and we haven’t made many changes in the team, maybe I look at that and got that wrong and didn’t freshen it up as much as we should have done.
"Worksop did well and came and did a proper job on us. They’ve obviously watched us and seen the weaknesses and flaws in our game.
"The two goals are poor, we know that. Two or three lads gave it a right go but the rest have got to have a good look at themselves because that wasn’t good enough, both in performance and winning your duels.
"We have a problem in that we haven’t scored in three games and that’s an issue at the wrong stage of the season, but we’ve been alright lately, especially in the midweeks at home, but we looked tired and second best all over the park.”
Bedford host Radcliffe on Saturday.
*Meanwhile, Real Bedford will take on Bedford Town in the Beds Senior Cup final after the Pirates beat Leighton Town 2-1 in Tuesday night’s semi-final.
That followed Real being beaten 1-0 by fellow play-off hopefuls Quorn in the league on Saturday.
This weekend, the Pirates go to league leaders Harborough Town before hosting Worcester City on Tuesday.