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jaB LU E S b o s s Peter. I |Smith.;has demanded-,a lifcombination of bette-


fimshin^^and resolve froriq hi^players'imthe'i.Wake’/ofj Tuesday’night^l-O.defea't L


-multitude of onotricf 13


struggling Wakefield


f; they clawed pri; to.for.the - duration of the second half ' to claim all thrde pbihts. • It'was disappointing for;


price when Bears’ captain Wes Milnes gave his side the lead: five minutes before half-time, a lead


-hard-working Skelmersdale: side just days earlier.


■ Parillon • and Alex Porter ■


Goals - from I Ashley


had seen the Blues overturn a one-goal deficit. --“It was unbelievable,’^ S m i t h s a i d . ■■ “ O u r


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per form an c e against; Skelmersdale was fantastic and it was a great result.- : - S


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outfit. ' ^ut were made to pay the


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sefield sby^an Black'


- '>w g tw iJ ic< ia cU iW U U .iu a i ..*vwnv* '--«^@ut tfen somehow we Ve


f^Wedeserved to win and played really^well. - ^^Vestoolcour chances, ,scwe(^twffl^eat goals-and 'defend'edibetter. stfjf'was


weren’ta"CTeat^ide?OT»« ■felljejwMM^igsid^^S


We* created seven o r


Simft.ahd his Kibble Valley - men who had turned over a-


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•.:oftheneh ‘‘I can’t believe we didn’t


■ iwinthegame.” ,' iv ;Smi th ;■


.e igh tc lea r cu tch an c e s ,: :.not:half chances, but we; couldn’t put it in the back


-■have yet to find that happy'


•medium.’, The Blues have scored'


. two goals against Bamber Bridge, four against Salford City, two against Mossley- -and three in-the fixture? . with Cammell-Laird, yet


; i failed to win any of those matches.'


•r sheet while his-.forward’s Htake their chances. .


' Now Smith wants to see ^ hik'defence keep: a clean


' ' ‘‘Wakefield: had-two ;


’'r;chances;all;.game.;:arid scored one o f them,’? said


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: Smith. “But credit to them ■ fongrinding out. a result; V


’ ■ ■ V’P.*Same4-l.


^^the’''rMults you deserve.; > • - ’


_'-t.som^iihesjyou don’ admi t s . his s id e .


fe-that; right; intthe*last^two| ..games^becauseAwelyel , defended b e t ® .^ ^ ^ ^ - Agajnst 'W£^efield|we'8-| ,-,-just didh? t takerouf^hahce^l Vsb it' was thelothe'riway;.''


‘‘But|Eth0UglTtm^0t4: •«’round.j:f- ■ happened-.tod weren’t rp l^ ’fW'^Se^iStalcenourch'Mc^


taken our cfi'M&sig c ^He added:^?B^jSi


I’ve got to look at the lads


: further up;the field who have missed the chances; ; “They were gilt-edge


.successive away games will culminate- 'at Curzon Ashton on Saturday.


. ■ the EvorStik First Division ,'North table^with three - con secu t iye.fixtu resat ; Shawbridgb against Leigh i Genesis, Durham City and •Wakefield. Smith added: “Now


9}?®® " - express themselves. games coming up.


■ betterteam. ; -’ . “It will be a tough one but we will go there with no fear and play bur football. ■ “I want them to go there, enjoy their fobtball and


another away game;


U n f o r t u n a t e 1 y . ^ yyg’yg g o t ;three home ?SiliP9 ?'y9 ni.don t get


;. has been bad ;defending ■ . and bad goalkeeping, and;* jwTvehadagoatthem. ^


r ' “The problem recently ’


we’ve had three hard away games in a row now;but


- i’-VWe need to put a bit bf ;>; a run together and get back in the fold.' — •


. , /yrhe next four games aireti: .crucial fo'r us.’.’, r;


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we’ve, got to go to Curzon Ashton vwho are a.much


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opportunities.” - . Clitherbe’s string of three


- But then the Blues will have the chance to get back in to the thick of things in


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