Dover Athletic manager Mitch Brundle reacts to their 1-0 National League South home defeat to Weston-super-Mare at Crabble

Manager Mitch Brundle revealed Dover’s players failed to follow instructions in the first half of their National League South home defeat to Weston-super-Mare on Saturday.

The visitors dominated throughout the majority of the opening 45 minutes and, although clear-cut chances were few and far between for either side, Weston-super-Mare netted the only goal of the game as skipper Dayle Grubb fired home.

Their 1-0 loss means second-bottom Whites haven’t won at Crabble in National League South since February and last kept a league clean sheet in April.

Brundle, supported by returning Dover assistant Jake Leberl, said: “Thanks for that reminder!

“First half, they didn’t listen to instructions. We had a game-plan from the off.

“They’re a very good footballing side. They’ve just come up after promotion and are still in that bubble. They keep the ball very well and we had our plan.

“We just need to stop conceding chances and, today, we did that, to be fair.

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“But the first half wasn’t good enough. We didn’t put our foot in anywhere and we didn’t get to grips with them.

“Second half, it was a bit better. We started to create chances and nullified them a little bit. It was a game of few chances. That’s the least amount of chances that we have had on our goal so far this season.

“Obviously, one part of it worked and the other part didn’t. We need to get that balance right.

“We now have got Jake in and can have a full week’s worth of training before the game next Saturday and we look forward to that.

“We need to stop leaking chances - and in certain aspects, we did have that today - but it was another poor goal conceded down our right-hand side.