Well said Lee, we'll do what we f**king want in our own ground
Brian Flynn writes, "Further to an interview on BBC Radio Northampton with Brackley Town goalkeeper, Billy Turley in which the Saints' skipper criticised Altrincham for 'celebrating like they had already got to the final' in Tuesday night's Blue Square Bet North Semi-Final 1st Leg on Tuesday, Brian Flynn asked Altrincham manager, Lee Sinnott, to respond with his view.
Turley's comments were supported by his manager, Jon Brady, who said 'Some of their celebrations were a little strong and it seemed like they feel that they have won the whole tie".
Lee Sinnott response was 'It was a fantastic match and when you come back from a goal down to score two late goals in such an important game in front of such a large and passionate crowd, you expect the celebrations to be as joyful as they were but, at no point did I detect any sort of indication that any of our players were behaving as if they felt the overall tie was already won.
Brackley are an excellent side and we know that we will have to be at our best on Saturday to reach the final. This morning, I have watched the highlights of the game on Alty TV and, again, I didn't see anything in those that showed any sort of disrespect for Brackley. After Simon Richman's equaliser, the players celebrated with our supporters and Jake Moult's winner was celebrated near the gate where our players come out for the second half, but away from the Brackley bench.
In fact, Jefferson Louis's goal brought equally emotional celebrations from the Brackley players in their bench area, but of course the vast majority of fans in the ground were our fans, therefore it probably didn't seem to have the same intensity. Perhaps one or two of the comments, in those interviews, weren't thought through properly, in terms of the context of the situation, but there is absolutely no way that anyone in my team is going down there on Saturday thinking that the job is done'.
The BBC Radio Northampton interviews with Billy Turley and Jon Brady can be heard 1 hour 54 minutes into the programme to which there is a link here.