Seething Sam Knows Who’s To Blame For York’s Slump

The Minstermen’s 2-0 weekend defeat at Boston United made it just one National League made it just one victory since mid-October.

Furious Collins let rip at his squad after their eighth loss of the season left them seven points off the play-off spots.

He said: “There’s no-one else at fault here. There is nobody else to blame except the players. I’m sick of hearing excuses.

“The fans and the chairman here are different class but it means nothing if the players don’t want to stand up and fight.

“The performance was weak, it was soft and there was little bravery.

“I saw an attempt to go and scrap from two of three maybe. To be honest, I have felt like that for a couple of weeks.

“I stood their for ten minutes in the dressing room and let them talk. All I heard was excuses. They change excuses every week.

“I have told them to go home, look in the mirror and ask if they are giving everything they have got to this club.”

The manager added: “There are three or four that do, but we have 20-odd players here. We have 20-odd players that are in good money.

“I’m a proud man and I’m disappointed. I have been in football all my life and the one thing I pride myself on is fighting.

“I would try every day. We have 20-odd players. Are they doing that? Not really.”