Brackley Town boss Andy Whing says he’s “more determined than ever” to make successful of his time on the membership regardless of their relegation from the National League.
Their destiny was confirmed, with two video games nonetheless to play, by a 1-0 defeat at Scunthorpe United – their eleventh within the 14 video games since Whing was appointed.
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Brackley have been promoted as National League North champions final season, however remained half-time and Whing stated that had contributed to the variety of accidents within the squad since he took cost.
“The quality and the depth in the squad just hasn’t been there. Obviously goalscoring has been a massive problem,” he advised BBC Radio Northampton.
“I’ve learnt a hell of a lot in the last few weeks, there’s loads to build on, loads to do for next season and it starts now.”
Former Barrow boss Whing was appointed following predecessor Gavin Cowan’s transfer to League Two membership Shrewsbury Town.
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But he needed to endure eight losses in a row earlier than they lastly picked up a degree in a 1-1 draw with one other of his former golf equipment, Solihull Moors.
“Brackley and Scunthorpe went up last season, but the difference is Scunthorpe are full time and a really big football club; I remember playing against them in the Championship, which shows where the club has been,” he stated.
“This football club have come from lower leagues and built their way up. There was a lot of learning coming into this division, whether that’s recruitment, whether that’s part-time/full-time.
“I had it just a few years in the past at Banbury (United), it was precisely the identical. The depth of the league above, particularly in a full-time league, is de facto tough.”
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Whing said despite their disappointment with results, the majority of supporters had been “good” towards him.
And he believes Brackley will be better equipped to deal with the top tier of non-league football the next time they reach that level.
He added: “There’s already stuff in movement for subsequent season by way of recruitment, by way of what we need to do, a rebuild, a change of participant profile to what we have this season, so once we do come into this league we’re not simply hanging on – we need to be on this league to problem, to go ahead.
“Sometimes it takes that step back to go two steps forward and I’m more determined than ever.
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“I checked out a Facebook publish of me and household having dinner in Barrow, 13, 14 (video games) unbeaten we would gone in League Two and a 12 months later I’ve dropped down two leagues. It simply present how shortly soccer adjustments, but it surely additionally adjustments the opposite method.”