We're still learning admits Britton ahead of busy weekend
Bath City go into a Bank Holiday weekend double header with manager Adie Britton admitting he still has lots to learn about life in Blue Square Bet Premier.
City make the short journey to Stroud on Saturday to face local rivals Forest Green Rovers before welcoming former Football League club Wrexham to Twerton Park on Monday (3pm).
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Bath City and Forest Green Rovers will renew rivalries on Saturday
The games provide an instant chance to bounce back from Tuesday's 2-1 defeat at Crawley Town, with Britton confessing he got his tactics wrong on the night.
"I think we can put the result down to experience," said Britton, who employed a defensive 5-4-1 formation against the league's big spenders.
"Tuesday was the first time in a very long time that we went into a game without a huge amount of information about the opposition. Our DVD didn't arrive and we did not have a report on them.
"With the little detail we had, Lee Howells and I thought we should set ourselves up to stay in the game as long as possible. To be fair it almost worked.
"Their first goal came from a break, which was disappointing as we pride ourselves on being organised, and I thought we were unfortunate with the penalty. Then they had a shot at the end of the half which hit the post but apart from that they created very little.
"We were a lot more offensive in the second half, going 4-4-2 and then 4-3-3, and when we got at them they looked quite frail defensively so, in retrospect, I would say we showed them far too much respect in the first half.
"Had we got at them from the start, perhaps we could have got something out of the game. If I'm in the same position again I might tackle it differently but that is all about learning the league.
"We have only been playing at this level for 12 days and we have learned a fantastic amount already. I am pleased with how quickly we have got into our stride and in terms of performances I can have no complaints."
While Britton is relatively pleased with his team's start to the season, the same cannot be said of Wrexham fans who barracked manager Dean Saunders following Tuesday's home draw with Kidderminster Harriers.
They are the next high-profile visitors to Twerton Park, where Rushden & Diamonds and York City have already failed to win, and Britton was keen to offer his support to his under-pressure managerial colleague.
"I sat next to Dean at a World Cup meal during the summer and he was saying he knew that expectations were high for this season," said Britton. "He has been getting stick but he has a lot of new players to bed in and it will take time.
"Fans have to be patient. Look at us last season. We had 14 points after 13 games and people were saying we weren't good enough but we knew we had a good side and that it would come together.
"I am sure, given time, that Dean will get it right but I hope it's not until after Monday!"
Before then there is the small matter of a derby against Forest Green, the club which ended City's FA Cup run in the second round last season.
There has been a big turnover of players at The New Lawn since then, with new recruits including Scott Bartlett, who left City in the summer, and Yan Klukowski, who was on trial at Twerton Park during pre-season.
"Scott has missed the last couple of games through injury so I'm not sure if we'll see him," said Britton.
"But Yan has been doing very well for them. He's a good player and we'd like to have kept him at the club but the finances weren't there. We all wish him well."
There are a host of former Forest Green players in the City squad, including keeper Ryan Robinson, who remains a doubt after missing the defeat at Crawley with a badly bruised foot.
Italian youngster Giancarlo Bohry will continue in goal if Robinson is unavailable.
Adie Harris suffered from sickness before and after Tuesday's game but both Mark Badman and Callum Hart are available to provide cover.
Joe Burnell is undergoing a week's rehab with the PFA at Lilleshall as he continues to recover from a groin operation.











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