Crawley Town boss Yates admits: '˜We lacked composure and quality'

Crawley Town V Yeovil (Pic by Jon Rigby) SUS-150921-123959008

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Disappointed Crawley Town manager Mark Yates admitted his side weren't good enough as they lost to second to bottom side Yeovil for the second time this season.

He revealed his ultra-defensive 5-2-3 formation didn’t work, forcing a change in the second half.

Yates also apologised to the 139 supporters who made the trip to Somerset for Reds’ lack of quality and fight.

He said: “We tried to set up a bit differently, we changed it, it didn’t work as well as we wanted.

“The first half they had one chance I think, we had the best couple of chances.

“The second half we couldn’t get out of our half. We looked liked we had played extra-time on Tuesday night (against Carlisle in the FA Cup).

“The second half we didn’t deal with the conditions, we didn’t deal with one long ball. First goal’s poor on our part. Jon’s (Ashton) headed a ball which was probably not his to head, scored and it changed the game.