No excuses from Hugo as winless run continues

Hugo Langton offered no excuses for yesterday's defeat at Harrow Borough, with the hosts' sharpness in the final third proving the difference between the two sides. Horsham have failed to record a victory at the Reds' Earslmead Stadium in more than 4 decades but Langton's squad travelled with high hopes of ending that miserable run, and recording their first league victory since August, after recent good performances against Lewes, Lowestoft Town and Wealdstone. But the writing was on the wall from the moment Danny Buckle put the home side ahead on 28 minutes and there was no way back for the Hornets once Tristan Toney scored their second, 5 minutes into the second half.

"It was a drab game," admitted Hugo "with not a lot of quality from either side. The statistics show that both teams had equal amount of possession in the other's half but they were a little bit cleverer than us at times, particularly up front. I was disappointed that we didn't execute our game plan at all and we lacked a lot of quality in the final third but I'm not going to have a go at the boys who have been excellent lately.

Both goals were sloppy. We didn't clear the ball properly for their first and we just seemed to stand still for their second. Fair play to their centre-forward who took a gamble and got his reward but it wasn't a good goal from our perspective. We just weren't at the races and the players will be the first to tell you how disappointed they were in their performance but I'm prepared to put it down to a bad day in the office and will look for them to give me a response next week. Good luck to Harrow, though. They're a good club with a nice manager and I wish them all the best for the rest of the season.