Sam happy with fighting spirit

Last updated : 30 September 2014 By Plymouth_hammer

Summing up the encounter Sam told the official site, “In the first half it was a bit nip and tuck because both teams played the same system - both played with a diamond, so it was a bit tit for tat.

“The turning point for us was when the ball came down our right and there was a really good cross and Sakho got a touch on it and it was going into the net.  I don’t know how he quite did it because he was running one way and he just managed to stick his hand out the other, and it tipped his fingers and instead of going in, it went for a corner.

“Then, just before half-time, they took the lead.  Apart from going 1-0 down, I was quite pleased with the way we equipped ourselves in the first half.

“Then, you need game-changing players and certainly Enner was our game-changing player because he has popped up and stunned everybody with a world-class goal.  I’ve not seen anybody strike a ball as well as that from that distance.

“You could tell how good it was because McGregor didn’t move.  The ball was past him before he knew where it was because it was that good.

“That gave us a lot of confidence so the real disappointment was that we took the control of the game from then on and had Hull on the back foot away from home and then conceded again.  We were probing and looking to get more and more chances - Reidy won a header where we just needed a touch to put it in.

“Then we did the most stupid thing, not only letting Hull score their second but letting Mo Diame score as well, off our own throw-in.

“We then bounced back again and Sakho got a goal as well, so at the top end we bought two new players in and they scored two goals.  But, on the defensive end, we have just lost our clean sheet mentality.  If we get that back and continue to play like we have been playing, then I think we’ll be OK.

“Enner then popped up in the last minute and I really thought it was the three points - it was a terrific header from a great cross from Stewart Downing.  He is only 5’9 but he has a magnificent leap on him.  He out-jumped their defender and won the header, which beat the ‘keeper and who knows how the Hull defender popped up on the line to chest it on to the bar!

“That was disappointing then, but I’m reasonably satisfied with a point.”