Adam Hinshelwood has questioned the York City player's resolve after his defeat

It was a brutal and honest assessment of Adam Hinshelwood in the National League title race after York City suffered a 2-1 defeat to Braintree Town.

York traveled to Braintree in the National League and adopted the current Leader Barnett's 11-point drift in one game.

City wanted to continue Barnett's pursuit by putting pressure on the bees who were playing in the kickoff after the trip to Altrincham at 5:30pm.

However, after Braintree's Jermaine Francis tied the ball into Harrison Male's goal line in the second half, Minsterman fell into a clearly deserved defeat in Essex.

Hinshelwood openly questioned the player's determination after the loss, and admitted his defeat with a title push in eight games this season.

“To this day, I didn't think so (that the title race concluded), and that was the message to the players.

“Barnett has a slow kickoff and all we can do is put pressure on them, but by losing, I think it's finished honestly.

“What we can do is do everything we can to finish second in the league.

“They don't intend to drop points. They can't see us in what they need, the moment they draw eight wins.

“I don't know why, but we have to find ways to get better in each game.

“We show the grit and resolve for a week, then we show this week.

“In the end, the top team is relentless and determined no matter what.

Report: Braintree Town 2-1 York City

“In this group we have to motivate them all the time, that is constantly getting tough at halftime I'm in and offensive to drive that resolve out of them.

“Maybe it's my fault with recruiting because we want to play a style of football, but I don't think we've shown that we're a good soccer team today.

“They are better footballers and we lost the fight, so we leave thinking about what kind of team we are.

“There are those who can't play ball.

“There are so many questions that need to be answered, and I am sure many people are looking at themselves.

“All these admirations and all of them, nothing.

“We came and took over the club and I'm tired of hearing how far we've been since last season.

“Just judging this season, for me, there aren't enough points on the board about how well I did in the game.

“We handed the title to Barnett.

“There are lessons to learn for us, but we need to be better.

“We have to show more. There are eight games, but we're still going to finish with the best points tally possible.

“We will do everything we can to win these eight games, but as I say, it depends on us to get better.

“We've shown it for a week and then not the next week.”

In the actual defeat, Hinshelwood was equal and understandably angry after his performance. Braintree claims he wanted more than three points over his York side.

Hinshelwood believed City was “second best” in the game and that his team failed to adapt to playing on rougher surfaces than the previous pitch his team has become accustomed to.

The boss said, “We were the second best.

“We looked like a team that made a trip to Gateshead on Tuesday night.

“Physically, we thought we looked poor, and when the ball went up on them, it helped, and people expected the ball to go in behind as they were running.

“We try to play in a certain way, but when we come to a game like today, it's a different challenge.

“We have to be prepared to adapt to whatever the challenge is, and I think there are a lot of people who can't adapt to the changes and challenges.

“In the end, that's where we've been stagnant all season.

“Ty (Sinclair) has been cleared from the line, and that resolve lacks resolve to return to the line and clear.

“I always look at myself and take responsibility, but as you cross that white line, time has to come as an individual.

“I gave each player a separate challenge and they all had players to mark, and in the end we lost so many of them all over the pitch.”

Hinshelwood also answered questions about the tactical changes raised to him after the match, but admitted that he felt that Sinclair's second-half strike was not resolved from the line, but was a different contest.

“Don't get me wrong, the big moment is clearance from the line. Up 2-1, it's a completely different game.

“We can't rely on that. We came here and we were poor.

“After the game, supporters ask me why we change our tactics. If we try to play football on that (the pitch), it's one way of doing it.

“You need to come up with other ways. Was the reason we lost today was tactical or was it the case that the second player came to a team that seemed hungry and seemed a little more determined?

“It's always the worst way to lose, and we're really disappointed and disappointed in our fans.”