After United's disappointing 1-0 defeat at Altrincham on Saturday, veteran defender Phil Bolland shared his thoughts.

"We started off really slow in the first half and we simply can't afford to do that," he said. "It's no good working really hard and having all that late pressure if we have allowed the opposition to already be in front.

"Altrincham are a very hard-working team who play good football and perhaps we underestimated them at the start of the game, but now we must look to take a leaf out of their book as we go into the game against Ebbsfleet.

"That won't be an easy game - no game is in this league - but we will do everything we can to get three points from it. We all want to get out of this league just as much as the fans do, and if you could see the disappointment that everyone is feeling in the dressing room you would know just how much we want to put things right on Saturday."

Interview by David Gray

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