Saturday, September 7, 2002

KIDDERMINSTER Harriers boss Ian Britton believed Saturday's dull 0-0 Nationwide League Division Three draw with Boston United at Aggborough was due to the majority of his players being happy to perform in the 'comfort zone'.

It was a disappointing display by Harriers who have now drawn five of their opening seven matches.

For last season's Nationwide Conference champions Boston it was their fourth deadlock in seven outings and leaves them anchored at the foot of the table.

Britton said: "We can't just stay in comfort zones. You can't just do enough or not do enough, you have got to push on.

"Being a young side you have got to go out and take the initiative and get the points. We didn't. The majority of the lads were happy to be in the comfort zone and just do enough.

"It isn't a coincidence that Jan (Molby) had the same problem last season and generally it's the same players."

Harriers began promisingly but soon began to let the Pilgrims come more into the picture to deservedly share the spoils.

Britton said: "We didn't play very well at all. In the end we have dropped two points and it's disappointing.

"We have had seven games now and we have only been beaten once. We should all be on a high and bubbly but we have had five draws and three of them have been at home. It's not good enough.

"If you are going to do anything you have got to win most of your home games. You can't keep drawing.

"In the end we didn't deserve to get any more than a point. We didn't put ourselves enough both individually or collectively.

"After the initial 10-15 minutes there was no spark, no tempo. We were lethargic. We looked as though we were tired, I don't know why, and we didn't do anything about it.

"To be fair to Boston the way they played, all credit to them, they deserved a point because we didn't do enough to break them down."

Britton, however, praised Harriers' man-of-the-match Drewe Broughton for his untiring efforts up front.

He said: "He worked hard, he won all his headers and his set-up play has improved immensely. If everybody played the same as him then the result might have been different."

Kidderminster produced the better scoring opportunities during the opening stages, the first coming after nine minutes when Andy Ducros and Danny Williams linked up to enable Bo Henriksen to unleash a powerful drive which was pushed away by keeper Paul Bastock.

Two minutes later captain Sean Flynn spurned a great chance when he curled a 30 yard effort wide with Bastock stranded out of position.

Bastock then denied Flynn before Boston began to become more of a threat to the Kidderminster rear-guard.

Simon Weatherstone had an 18 yard volley flash inches wide before a fierce free-kick by Neil Redfearn was tipped over the bar by keeper Stuart Brock.

The second was a scrappy affair with Bastock being well positioned to deal with a couple of shots straight at him from Ducros.