John Sheridan hails Oldham recovery after back-to-back defeats
Posted Sunday, October 07, 2018 by PA
Carlisle boss John Sheridan praised his players for their powers of recovery after securing a well-deserved 3-1 win at Oldham.
The Cumbrians faced Sheridan’s former club after suffering back-to-back home defeats, but they responded with a dominant performance.
Hallam Hope nodded the visitors in front midway through the first half and then set up their second goal on 56 minutes by crossing for Ashley Nadesan to fire home.
Carlisle ruthlessly exploited a below-par Oldham display, and they quickly made it 3-0 with Jack Sowerby’s turn and finish.
Ishmael Miller grabbed a consolation goal for the hosts, but there was no denying Sheridan against the club he has managed three times.
He said: “The division is tight and you never know what results are going to bring, but it was a brilliant response after losing two home games.
“We’ve got back on the winning track and now we need to put a run together so we can move back up the table.
“This is a difficult place to come and Oldham are a good team. They are a club I want to do well because I have a lot of happy memories here and some of the lads playing for them today were my signings.
“My priority is for us to keep picking up points and I thought the difference today was that we took our chances and gave ourselves breathing space.
“In the first half we were very good on the counter-attack and then we had a spell leading up to the second and third goals when we played magnificently.
“Our work ethic was magnificent and, although I don’t like singling players out, Kelvin Etuhu was outstanding. He was up against Dan Gardner, who is the best footballer in this division, but he kept him very quiet.”
Oldham had altered their system after failing to score in two games, but manager Frankie Bunn admitted: “I got it wrong.
“I take responsibility for today because I tried to change things around and it didn’t come off, but we will learn from it.
“We were uncertain and only looked more comfortable when we went back to the way of playing that the lads are more familiar with.
“I’m not a good loser and this hurts, but it isn’t the end of the world because it’s our first poor defeat in 12 games this season.
“We’ve been good as a unit this season and competitive in every game we’ve played, so we will dust ourselves off and make sure we bounce back.
“We always knew there were going to be ups and downs with a new squad, especially with the club being relegated last season.
“It’s very disappointing, but it’s about the way we react and it’s about coming back stronger in the next game.”
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