FC Halifax Town v Dagenham and Redbridge LIVE

“We are looking for further progress tonight, further evidence of the players learning and developing.......we will be looking to bring the energy and performances at Chesterfield and Barnet so as to begin a winning run of our own.”

“Lessons were learned from that chastening experience (at Barnet) at the beginning of last season so the club will not find itself in that position again whilst me and Coops are here.”

“The starting 11 against Barnet had an average age of under 24 (for outfield players the average was 23.3) so it is hugely important we help them identify mistakes in performances and give them strategies and support so as not to repeat the mistakes. There were lots of small improvements in individual performances that were very pleasing.”

“Everyone is fully aware of the situation, not least as it is the way to entertain fans by scoring goals and hopefully winning games.”

“We have to score goals, we know that and there is a desperate will to find the formula while remaining organised, tight at the back but we have to hit the net far more.”

“We have a week where we take one point out of nine and it could so easily have been 5, 6, 7 points and our position in the table would look a little more like where we want to be.”

“We do need to start picking up three points rather than one. Last week’s results encapsulated a little bit of where we are at the moment.”

“Tuesday night fixtures for many in the National League can be the ‘difficult’ fixtures as attendances for us here at The Shay can drop by up to four hundred fans a game compared with a Saturday.”