Still modest as triple change inspires Town turnaround

And it was Gray’s replacement Mark Cullen who grabbed the last-gasp equaliser with a stunning volley on the turn in front of Town’s ecstatic travelling army of supporters.

On the substitution, Still said: “It wasn’t difficult at all, it just wasn’t going for him (Gray), it’s just one of those things, it wasn’t going for Andre, it happens.

“With the greatest of respect, I haven’t got no stars, they’re just in the sky.

“We’ve just got hungry players that are competing for a place, it wasn’t working for Andre, but it doesn’t mean to say Andre didn’t do his bit for the team because he did, but it was time to make a change.

“We all know Mark Cullen’s a very good player and he’s been very unfortunate not to be in the team and it was just a change.”

Still also withdrew Jake Howells and Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu late on in place of Matt Robinson and Andy Parry as they both contributed to the turnaround.

The Town boss continued: “We took a chance playing Pelly, Pelly’s had a problem with his ankle, but we took a chance with that.

“He played a little bit longer than perhaps we would have done. The other thing that I’m also aware of is that we go 90 minutes, the team goes 90 minutes, and I actually think the last 15 minutes we got an ascendancy in the game.

“We got I thought lots of crosses in without them being great cross, I’m being honest.

“But we had the ascendancy, and I just felt Cully is a different type of player, he’s a clever player, he’s a bright player.

“Andre’s a pace and power player and it just gives them another problem if you like.”

And Still admitted it was easy to hail the move after the final whistle, with the final result reminding him of when he won the Conference title with former club Dagenham & Redbridge.

He added: “I brought Parry on to give us a little bit of someone who is going to defend our third of the pitch, and allow our two wide people, Matty Robinson’s got great legs, Alex Lawless can get up and down, so I just felt with Cameron (McGeehan) and Parry would just perhaps sit and hold and allow us to attack with a front four as opposed to a front two supported by a wide two.

“It’s easy to say that all worked, because it might not have worked, but at the end of the day we’ve scored at the end which takes me back to 2007 when Dagenham & Redbridge got promotion, we were away at about this time of year to Oxford.

“We went 1-0 up and our goalkeeper made a mistake and we ended up 2-1 down and it gave them the ascendancy and we scored last kick of the game for 2-2, which was a fantastic result for us.

“Forget where we are in the league, forget where Cambridge are in the league, 1-1 here is a great result regardless of where we are.

“They are a former Football League club, they’re a good club, they have a good manager, they have a good set-up, have a great support and we’ve come from a goal down to equalise so I’m quite proud of that.”