Maidstone United manager George Elokobi says a lot of players were found out in 3-3 National League South draw at Worthing
Maidstone manager George Elokobi accused his side of failing to do the basics in their 3-3 draw at Worthing and said a lot of players were “found out”.
The Stones looked set to get away with blowing a 2-0 lead when they went 3-2 up in added time, only to concede immediately.
It was the third time this season Maidstone have conceded an injury-time goal and Elokobi says there are no excuses.
The afternoon started well as Dajon Golding and a TJ Bramble penalty gave the visitors a two-goal cushion.
Harry Ransom pulled a goal back on the stroke of half-time and Nick Wheeler levelled with five minutes remaining.
Josh Redfearn’s first Stones goal put the visitors back in front but Temi Babalola earned a point for Worthing in a dramatic finish.
“There were a lot of players that got found out and if we think we’ve scratched the surface, we need to get back to the drawing board,” said Elokobi.
“I’ve said this time and again as a new group (but) there are no excuses now.
“They’ve been together for long enough.
“There are players here that need to get up to speed and at the moment something needs to change and I’m going to change it, and I’m going to change it fast.
“We’re talking about basics and we’re talking about the state of the game, game management.
“We’ve done so well to go two goals up and all of a sudden one or two players started doing their own thing.
“They were playing out of our principles, and we don’t do stuff like that, inviting pressure, and credit to Worthing, they got the goal that was deserved before half-time.
“Did it change my team-talk? No, it didn’t.
“It was time for us to help the players and we spoke at half-time and we knew it was going to be a tougher second half.
Report: Worthing 3-3 Maidstone
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