"WE MUST COME BACK STRONGER" - RHYL BOSS

GREG STRONG says his Rhyl side will have to take Sunday's demoralising 4-0 thrashing against The New Saints on the chin and come back stronger for the experience.
The Lilywhites crashed to their heaviest league defeat since getting pulverised 6-0 at Llanelli in September 2006 - over three years and 108 games ago.
The result meant the reigning Welsh Premier champions have taken just one point out of nine against fellow title contenders Llanelli, Neath and TNS this season.
"I'm very disappointed, too many of our players didn't do their jobs," said Strong. "The more I think about the game, the more stoppable I think their goals were.
"We didn't do ourselves justice, but we have to take it on the chin and come back stronger."
One silver lining for the Lilies is the injury suffered by 18-goal top scorer Mark Connolly five minutes from the end of the Park Hall defeat is not as serious as first thought.
Visiting supporters feared the worst when Connolly went down in agony clutching his right knee and needed to be taken by ambulance to the Maelor Hospital in Wrexham.
"It's nothing worse than slightly pulled ligaments which is good news as it could have been a lot worse," said Strong.
"Conno's a good, determined lad and he'll want to get back as soon as possible but we need to make sure he's 100% right so he'll probably be out for between two to three weeks."
Promising midfielder Paul Smith had to miss the TNS game through illness and Strong added: "We're hoping he'll be back soon as he's an important player for us."
The Lilywhites player-manager was asked whether considering the pre-season problems he had at Belle Vue - losing 13 members of last term's title-winning squad and initially struggling to sign new players - he is happy with the current situation his team is in.
As well as being joint leaders of the Welsh Premier, Rhyl are also in the League Cup final and the last 16 of the Welsh Cup.
"Not really," he replied. "Times change, you set certain standards and we've set very high ones with excellent performances against the likes of Bangor, Port Talbot and Llanelli.
"These lads have set these standards themselves, it's not me talking them up, but they let themselves down on Sunday."
Strong was full of praise for the large army of Rhyl supporters who travelled to Oswestry.
"They were excellent, they totally outnumbered the TNS supporters and were still singing at the end despite the result.
"I made sure the players went over to acknowledge them, they kept us going when we needed them, you need the fans behind you when times get tough."