STRONG REMAINS POSITIVE OVER EURO HOPES

SATURDAY'S disappointing home defeat against 10-man Neath has not done too much damage to Rhyl's chances of qualifying for Europe, believes player-manager Greg Strong.
The Lilywhites slipped to fourth in the Welsh Premier after suffering only their second home league loss of the season, but with eight games still to play Strong thinks third place remains up for grabs.
"There's a lot of twists and turns to happen before the end of the season," he said. "We'll keep remaining positive and keep aiming for what we believe we deserve.
"Hopefully we'll keep putting in the performances, cut out the silly mistakes which to be honest I've had enough of, and start finishing teams off."
Rhyl were beaten by an early second half goal from ex-Norwich City, Wrexham and Wales midfielder Chris Llewelyn, but after Neath were reduced to 10 men on 52 minutes the Lilywhites had ample chances to win the game only to find Eagles keeper Anthony Williams in inspired form.
"I'm really disappointed with the result," added Strong. "I thought we played some good stuff at times, had a lot of chances, but it just seems I keep saying the same thing. They've had three or four chances on goal in the full game and have scored one, while we couldn't take any of our many opportunities."
While Neath became harder to break down after putting 10 men behind the ball following the sending off of midfielder Stephen Pockett, Strong still feels his team should have done better.
"It's always difficult to break a team down in those circumstances, but I still think we had enough chances to go on and win it. Matty Williams had a great chance, Rob Turner, Andy Pearson, they all had great opportunities.
"Too many chances were missed and a sloppy goal was given away. It will get better, we've just got to work very hard."