Barrow boss Andy Whing looks for first back-to-back win

Barrow AFC head coach Andy Whing celebrates after the win against Crewe Alexandra <i>(Image: Ian Allington/MI News)</i>
Barrow AFC head coach Andy Whing celebrates after the win against Crewe Alexandra (Image: Ian Allington/MI News)
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Barrow boss Andy Whing has urged his side to back up a positive result ahead of their visit to Crawley on Saturday.

Whing's side won their first match in four attempts with a resolute 1-0 triumph over Crewe Alexandre.

The Bluebirds travel to the Broadfield Stadium searching for their first back-to-back wins this season against a Crawley team who are also struggling and sit a point off Barrow.

Innes Cameron shoots at goal(Image: Ian Allington/MI News)

Whing said: "Obviously we got a very good result last week against Crewe, we’re hoping to back up last week's result, we’ve got a few players back now, and hopefully we can get on a bit of a run.

"Every game is important, whoever we come up against. We're just looking to whoever it is to try and win a game of football."

Whing's side put on a resolute defensive display against Crewe which is what the Bluebirds' boss hopes he will see again in his teams performance.

He said: "I think we need to get back to that, be harder to beat, get back to the basics, which we did really, really well last week. Hopefully we can continue that.

"We haven't really had a settled team where players are playing with each other and know each other's strengths and weaknesses.

"So hopefully the last couple of weeks we're starting to get our settled team back, we're starting to get our injuries and suspensions back, and hopefully the goals will come from that."

Jay Williams celebrates his goal as Crawley beat MK Dons(Image: PA)

A win for Whing's side will take them to 12 points, and if results go their way, they could sit in 14th place, despite a poor side to the season.

Crawley have scored nine goals in five games and offer a danger in an attacking sense with former Carlisle United striker Harry McKirdy netting four goals in nine starts.

Whing said: "They're a very good footballing team, so we need to be really good off the ball. We're just looking to try and keep a pretty settled team. We haven't had all season, and hopefully we push on from there now."

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