After Saturday's 2-1 win over Sutton United at the LNER Community Stadium, a disgruntled Hinshelwood responded to his players ahead of the trip to play-off place Oldham Athletic. I asked for it.
York achieved a very impressive 2-0 win over Oldham thanks to first-half goals from Malachi Fagan-Wolcott and Ollie Pearce.
It was the defensive performance that pleased Hinshelwood, who was delighted to neutralize Oldham's “firepower”, while also praising the spirit shown by his team.
“I think everything we didn't do on Saturday paid off today,” an excited Hinshelwood said.
“I give all the credit to the players, but they do the same thing over and over again when there's a little doubt or a little criticism.
“That's true, we were poor, but they treated us wonderfully.
“I thought we could have played more bravely on both sides of the game and some of our passes were great in the first half, but in the second half I thought we were able to dig in and change our shape and defend the box.” passion.
“That’s what I’ve seen for most of the season and that’s the standard we have to reach in training and every day now.
“Given the firepower they have, I know they lost one or two guys, but they still have plenty of firepower.
“Harrison (male) only made one save. It was an unbelievable save and I thought it went in.
“He reacted great and kept a clean sheet.
“The best part of the defense is that every time he gets in the box, Callum Howe, Malachi, Len (Lenell John-Lewis) when he gets back there, Cam John and Joe Felix, he's able to get into his own attack. I thought it was when I was using force.'' My body kept being pulled.
“It was an unbelievable performance, but I have to mention the whole team, when Ricky (Aguiar) and Billy (Chadwick) came on, we took back control of the game.
“I always tell the players that it takes the whole team and they have seen us get over the line with the quality of the ball and the hard work we press.
“I’m really happy that both of them came out and contributed as effectively as they did.
“It was a really good team performance. I don't think we could have picked one good player on Saturday and we didn't have one bad player today.”
Hinshelwood has reiterated throughout the season that he will not allow the standards he has set to drop, despite failing to live up to expectations following back-to-back defeats to Gainsborough Trinity and Sutton.
The City manager was therefore delighted to see the standards raised once again, with Hinshelwood hoping they could achieve that level of performance every game.
“They've been doing that all season, so if I see them substandard, I'll be the first to call them out.
“Whether it's training or games like Saturday, they set a very high standard and I can't praise them enough for the attitude they've shown to get here.
“They played aggressive and also played really good football.
“We have to do both aspects of it.
“Since we came away from home, we didn't create the bundle ourselves, but we were clinical and got the job done in the first half.
“The game was a little different after that and it was important to really unite in our shape behind the ball. Our two midfield players came on and changed the game with their quality on the ball and their pressing.”
