Ashford United manager Kevin Watson says 7-1 FA Trophy win over Binfield will breed confidence

Kevin Watson has challenged Ashford to build on the ruthless streak they demonstrated in the FA Trophy.

The Nuts & Bolts thrashed Binfield 7-1 in a First Qualifying Round tie at Chatham’s Maidstone Road ground on Sunday.

Boss Watson had questioned whether his new side had that level of ruthlessness before the game.

The haul included two own goals but he got his answer as Lanre Azeez, Johan ter Horst, Noah Carney, Harvey Brand and Ben Gorham put Binfield to the sword.

“It’s a scoreline where people raise a few eyebrows, don’t they?” said Watson. “I just think we were quite ruthless.

“You can’t get carried away.

“As a management team, we were questioning whether we had that about us to go and be that ruthless.

“There’s been games where we’ve had enough possession and chances to convert and we haven’t done so.

“So it’s good that we, as a collective group, recognise that we can do that.

“That aspect is pleasing, and it’s got to bring some buoyancy, but we’ve got to focus on what led us to get a result like that and replicate those instances and qualities again.

“We know we’re not going to score seven every week - that’s normally a once-in-a-season result.

“We can’t assume it’s going to be like that very often but it’s got to breed confidence the fact we’ve scored seven.

“What’s even more pleasing is we were forced into a few changes and the players that came on had an impact.”

Ter Horst was among those to come off the bench, replacing Ian Draycott early in the second half.

It was his second match in 24 hours, having turned out for Lydd Town on dual-registration on Saturday.

“Johan missed the whole of pre-season,” said Watson.

“He’s doing his physiotherapist training and he had to go up to Hull.

“He’s a healthy lad and kept