NO PANIC FROM BICKERSTAFF

ALTHOUGH Rhyl lost their unbeaten league record at the weekend, senior coach Allan Bickerstaff insists there is no panic at Belle Vue.
Despite Saturday's shock defeat at the hands of a Port Talbot side which had lost on all eight previous visits to Rhyl, the Lilywhites remain top of the Welsh Premier on goal difference.
"There is no panic at the club," said Bickerstaff. "I'd be panicking if we were in Caernarfon's position but certainly not in the position we're in."
After dominating the first half hour, the Lilies found themselves 2-0 down at half time and then conceded a third on 62 minutes, their normally watertight defence for once all at sea.
All seemed lost but two very late goals from Matthew Williams and Gareth Owen gave the leaders hope, then with the last kick of the game Josh Johnson so nearly equalised but saw his lob come back off the post.
"We hold our hands up - it was a bad day at the office," added Bickerstaff. "It was a below par display; the players admitted afterwards they didn't perform to their full potential.
"We'd have a major problem if the players had thought they performed quite well, but they were big enough to admit they didn't.
"We can't play to the high standard we have been in every game and it was inevitable we were going to lose sometime. Hopefully Saturday was a one-off and we'll look to put things right at Airbus this Friday (7.30pm). There certainly won't be wholesale changes.
"I can't fault Port Talbot; they set their stall out not to concede and took their chances on the break.
"The one positive is most of the other results went for us; we're still top of the league and that's a good position to be in."