Kentish Football 
We've got to stick together and put things right, says Angels defender Liam Harwood
Tommy Warrilow stormed out of Colston Avenue following his side’s 3-2 defeat on Tuesday night, leaving his assistant Alex O’Brien to express his feelings following the defeat to Carshalton Athletic.
Harwood, who was speaking to www.kentishfootball.co.uk revealed Warrilow didn’t say too much to the squad following their fourth league defeat that leaves the club in the bottom four in the Ryman Premier League table after six games.
“He was obviously disappointed, like all of us were and I’m sure he’ll say what he’s got to say on Thursday in training,” said Harwood.
“But we’ve got to stick together and put things right. Our expectations, alone in the dressing room, we know what we’ve got in there and what we should be doing and what we’re looking at.
“It’s only early on (in the season) so hopefully we can all stick together and get things right and get going up the table – that’s where we want to be, which I’m sure we’ll be there at the end of the season.
“We’ve got some outstanding players and once we start, we’ll prove everyone wrong. It’s probably a good thing that we’ve started like this, even thought it doesn’t seem like it, right now, because everyone else will be looking at us and forgetting about us, so we can gradually sneak up again.”
The central defender vows to put in a performance when the Angels welcome Guildford City to Longmead Stadium on Saturday.
Looking ahead to the FA Cup First Qualifying Round tie, Harwood added: “We owe a lot to Tommy – he’s worked hard with us.
“We’ve all spoken about it, we’ll take it like it’s a Premiership game, where we don’t underestimate anyone and hopefully get the right result.
“We need a Cup game, hopefully get the right result, hopefully kick-start our season, start where we want to go.”
Guildford arrive sitting in the bottom six in the top-flight of the Combined Counties League table, but last weekend they thrashed Sevenoaks Town 5-0 in the FA Vase and former Holmesdale striker, Joel Greaves, has already bagged eight goals this season.
O’Brien knows the Angels will have to be on their game to avoid an embarrassing FA Cup exit.
O’Brien who works in the referee’s department at the FA said: “We’re not the only side, there’s other sides in the FA Cup that are playing supposedly lesser sides.
“I’ve been on the end of each. I’ve gone away to bigger clubs and won and been at a bigger club and lost. It’s nothing new to these players, hopefully we’ll come in the right mind set and go again.
“Like I say, winning a game of football Saturday is the next thing on the agenda.
“The FA Cup is nice, but obviously the league’s the bread and butter. As soon as one game’s over me and Tom want the next game straight away to put things right.
“We’ll go again Saturday, if needs be, we’ll go again Tuesday (for the replay).”
O’Brien, who managed Chatham Town for just one season last term, and is as passionate as Warrilow, urges the Longmead faithful to continue with their excellent support that they gave the side in midweek.
“Thank you for sticking with us,” he said. “We owe them something to shout about and we need to get on a little run to get a little bit of belief, a little bit of confidence and start winning games of football.
“It will happen, we just need to kick on and put this to one side. If we came away with a point (at Carshalton) most people would say well done Tonbridge for hanging on but unfortunately we haven’t. It’s not all doom and gloom.”
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Tonbridge Angels v Guildford City
FA Cup (Sponsored by E.ON) First Qualifying Round
Saturday 11th September 2010
Kick Off 3:00pm
At Longmead Stadium, Darenth Avenue, Tonbridge, Kent TN10 3JF
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