Crofts: We did enough to beat Forest

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Albion drew 2-2 with Forest on Sunday.

2024-09-22T17:15+01:00

Andrew Crofts reflected on the draw with Forest. 📷 by Bennett Dean.

With Fabian Hurzeler shown a red card against Nottingham Forest, MFT assistant head coach Andrew Crofts spoke to the media following the 2-2 draw.

How disappointed are the team not to have got three points?

“We're frustrated. We felt that we'd done enough to win the game. We should be speaking about three points and a decent performance, but we're not.

“We’ve got to learn from the last two games for sure and we will. There's lots to lots to analyse and review and to learn and grow from.

“[In the second half] it felt like a third goal was going to come and even in the first half we got into lots of areas where we could have been a little bit more clinical with the last action, the last bit of movement, and made sure we cover the right positions.

“If the third goal doesn't come you've got to go ‘okay, just make sure we win the game.’ That’s where we can learn from as a team.”

Joao Pedro was introduced in the second half. 📷 by Paul Hazlewood.

When was the decision made to play Jack Hinshelwood in midfield?

“Yasin Ayari reported yesterday morning with a high temperature and felt very poorly. It was disappointing for Yaz because he's obviously in a good moment, but he wasn't feeling great at all. The Gaffer had to make a decision in terms of what he did next.

“I thought Jack was a real positive in midfield today. He's such a top player to be able to play in lots of different positions as well as he does for someone so young. I’ve seen him play left-back, right-back and centre midfield and he plays so well in all those positions.

“Growing up in the academy, he played a lot as a midfielder and I think he's got some really good attributes that suit him there. He can handle the ball well, he is physically very good and game intelligent. He makes well-timed runs into the box and can defend the box just as well.

“He has got so many different parts to his game that enables him to play full-back and central midfield. He finished the game against Wolves in midfield, so we had a little snapshot of him in there.

Was Danny Welbeck’s free-kick reward for the work being done on set pieces?

“I remember a free kick a couple of seasons ago against Manchester City which has hit the bar, and he's always shown that he can be dangerous from free kicks in those areas. Todays was a really nice one, a top finish. And then he was unlucky not to get another in the second half as well.”