Brighouse boss Haigh demands improvement after Bridge draw
Brighouse Town’s 1-1 draw at Boroughbridge last Saturday was a case of two points dropped rather than one gained, according to boss Luke Haigh.
The visitors bossed the early stages of the West Yorkshire Division One clash and took an early lead through player of the match Jaiden Parchment’s third of the season but they were pegged back late on by a last-minute goal from Matthew Coles.
At full-time, Haigh lamented his team’s lack of killer instinct and lack of ruthlessness, saying: “Boroughbridge didn’t really pose us any threat, which makes conceding with only a minute or so left even more frustrating. That’s a game we should be seeing out.
“We simply must stop conceding sloppy goals. I can already count four or five this season that have come from mistakes or poor decisions, and at this level those moments are going to cost us points.
“That said, if we take our opportunities earlier in the game, the game is out of sight and none of this [the costly mistakes] matters.
“Now, our decision-making, failure to finish chances and individual mistakes are coming back to bite us. We must eradicate that from our game now, because if we don’t, it will catch up with us when it comes to the promotion race.
“We’re good enough to be right up there but we must start being ruthless at both ends of the pitch.”
The result leaves Town level on points with leaders Wortley ahead of Saturday’s home clash with Bramhope (2pm).