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Reaction from Sheppey United manager Ernie Batten following injury-time FA Trophy defeat against Ramsgate

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Ernie Batten says naivety cost Sheppey in their FA Trophy exit to Ramsgate. The Ites led 2-1 as late as the 88th minute at Holm Park, only to lose the first qualifying round tie 3-2.

Boss Batten felt they their contributed to their own downfall having been minutes away from advancing. “I thought we played well but I said to the lads we can’t feel sorry for ourselves and I don’t feel sorry for you because we had that game in our grasp,” he said. “We’re 2-1 up, with a couple of minutes left, and it’s just about decision-making. “We’re trying to play nice football in the wrong areas at times and that caught us out. “We tried to play out a few times in the wide areas outside of our box instead of just clipping balls up the line and I think it’s naivety. “We’ve got some young players in the changing room and I’ve said to them the quicker they learn, the better because if you don’t learn, you can’t move on and you’re not going to be successful. “I am a bit of a football purist and I do encourage them to play at all times, when they can, but there has to be a limit to that.” Dan Carr gave Sheppey a half-time lead and Jacob Lambert restored the advantage after Josh Ajayi’s free-kick equaliser.

Lewis Gard made it 2-2 and Joe Taylor won it for Ramsgate in the sixth minute of added time. “Ramsgate have got a lot of quality, they’re going to have chances and we’re going to be under pressure,” said Batten. “But I thought overall in terms of the game and the chances we created, we did well. “Second half, I don’t know how we don’t get another goal to make it 2-0 and then I thought there was a clear penalty when Gil Carvalho’s pushed over as he goes through one-on-one. Report: Sheppey 2-3 Ramsgate “We didn’t seem to get much from

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