Luke Forgione has hailed his never-say-die Worsbrough Bridge fledglings following the 2-2 draw at Penistone Church on Tuesday night.
Owen Wildblood’s ‘worldie’ with the last kick of the pre-season friendly secured a stalemate and made Forgione a proud man.
“Going back to last season there were questions about our character and resilience, but I think the lads have shown that they are willing to fight for each other,” Forgione told Non League Yorkshire.
“With it being a brand new team I’m just really pleased the lads stuck in the game at 2-1.
“The changes gave Penistone the opportunity to be on the front-foot and dominate the game, but we stayed in it and if you stay it until the end there’s a chance you’ll get one chance to score.
“I can’t fault the boys.
“Ian (Richards) is someone I respect because of what he has done for Penistone and he has a system and style of play that is really effective and we set up in the first half to try and combat that.
“I thought first half we did do that and we caused them problems in the first 20 minutes.
“They grew into the game and their quality showed with (Jordan) Coduri’s goal.
“I thought Penistone from there on had the better of the half, however you would expect them to with them being a league higher.
“But you can’t fault our lads, they were disciplined and they did a great job.”
Only two weeks remain until the new Toolstation NCEL Division One season kicks off and Worsbrough’s two results in pre-season – the 5-3 win at Kiveton Miners Welfare and the draw at Church – have made Forgione’s job of finalising his squad hard.
“At the moment we have signed quite a few lads on and there’s a few trialists within the squad,” he said.
“We have probably 25 lads – some who weren’t at Penistone and will be part of the first team squad moving forward.
“We’re in dilemma as everyone has done really well in the last two games and they’re putting me in a difficult situation when I have to start picking a squad for two weeks’ time.”
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