Ebbsfleet United manager Josh Wright vows to turn disappointment of dropped points against Hemel Hempstead into motivating tactic

Manager Josh Wright has urged his Ebbsfleet players to turn late heartache to their advantage.

Sloppy defending in the last six minutes saw the Fleet let a comfortable 2-0 slip in a home draw with fellow promotion hopefuls Hemel Hempstead on Tuesday night.

It denied them the chance to move into the top five in National League South but Wright knows they can’t dwell on it.

“It hurts, but I’m someone that tries to turn difficult negative moments into positives,” stated Wright.

“We have to use that to fire us up now and fuel us up even more, and to learn quickly because we can’t let that happen.

“We have to make that fire us up even more now for the coming game on Saturday and then back home here with two games next week.”

The Fleet travel to Salisbury this Saturday and then host Enfield Town on Tuesday night. Both sides are in the bottom seven in the table.

“We’re all hurting because it should be three points but we’ll go again and make sure the next time that doesn’t happen,” said Wright.

"We have to dust ourselves down and get ready for a load of games coming up now.

“The games are coming around quickly, we travel on Saturday for a big game at Salisbury and then have two home games to follow.

“We’ve got a great opportunity to back this up with more points, and that’ll be the aim.

“Salisbury is going to be tough. They’re a good side, they’ve got a way of playing and we’ll have to be at our best to get a result there.

“It’ll be a difficult pitch so we’ll have to regroup and be ready for that one.”

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The draw against Hemel was particularly painful given the Fleet had matched the visitors’ physical approach.

Conditions meant it was not a game for overplaying in the wrong areas and