Mike Williamson apologises to supporters for Carlisle’s “unacceptable” 4-0 defeat to AFC Wimbledon on Saturday afternoon.

Matty Stevens’ hat-trick gave the Wombles a welcome return again to Plough Lane as they thrashed Carlisle, who sit backside of the League Two desk.

Wimbledon performed their first residence sport because the stadium and pitch suffered broken by flooding final month.

Stevens scored twice alongside a Cameron Harper personal aim, giving the hosts a three-goal lead by half time.

Stevens then accomplished his hat-trick shortly into the second half as the house facet picked up sixth victory from six residence matches in all competitions this season.

Carlisle have now failed to attain in 4 consecutive video games and seven factors from 11 video games performed, 2 factors from security, horrid file to this point although, successful 2, drawing 1, dropping 8, scored 10 and conceded 23.

Mike Williamson’s ideas following at the moment’s defeat. pic.twitter.com/I4hu7S96eN

— Carlisle United FC (@officialcufc) October 12, 2024

Mike Williamson mentioned to the membership web site: “It was a extremely poor efficiency, there’s not a lot else for me to say.

“There’s so many issues that we have to enhance, we’ve bought to simply accept the place we’re as a soccer membership from high to backside, and we knew this coming in.

“The boys are in a really tough place, they’re discovering it tough and it’s arduous whenever you’re on that soccer pitch and to take that accountability, however we’ve bought to discover a means. That was unacceptable from high to backside, for the followers that got here all the way in which down right here, travelling miles, lots of of miles, sacrificing, that was unacceptable. We’ve bought to simply accept the place we’re and we’ve bought lots of work to do.”

On unforced errors and misplaced passes all through the sport: “In the course of the first half I don’t assume we picked up a second ball, gained the primary contact, we seemed nervous, we seemed as if we didn’t need to play ahead after which once we did, we made dangerous selections.

“That is collectively, that is me taking accountability from high to backside, there is no such thing as a hiding something, the requirements had been to this point off it and we’ve bought to guarantee that we drive it, however we’ll do it collectively.

“These boys are hurting in there, they’ve given all the pieces they presumably can, skilled athletes don’t go on the sector and provides lower than all the pieces they’ve bought, however typically whenever you’re in a nasty second and you’re feeling that stress, it could possibly appear like that you just’re not giving all the pieces, however I’m promising you they’re and we are going to and once more, like I say, we’ve bought a lot to face and we are going to try this.”

“I assumed we had a 5, ten minute spell of possession within the second half when Callum Man got here on, I assumed he calmed all the pieces down, I assumed he had that little bit of high quality to come back to a hostile surroundings like this and never be form of flustered and clearly he’s bought lots of expertise in that sense. Till then we didn’t, we stored turning over the ball after which once we did have passage of play, the choice making allow us to down. We’re on this and there’s an trustworthy group of lads there and I do know that we’ve bought the persona and the braveness to discover a means out of it.”

On what wants to alter: “It’s about our perception and our confidence which carries over to conviction. I mentioned to the boys whenever you’re in a nasty second, you’ve bought to discover a means to your habits to not change and in the event that they do change, it could possibly solely be very minimally as a result of soccer is a really emotional sport, and whenever you’re down the underside of the league and you’re feeling as if all the pieces’s going in opposition to you, you’ve bought to discover a means of getting your self out and dragging your self out, dragging one another out, being there for one another and ensuring that there’s no self-preservation, we take full accountability and it begins with me.

“We are able to solely change that by working arduous, that’s it, we’ll get again in, make certain we take a look at all the pieces that we will rectify right away then we’ve bought to point out up and we’ve bought to point out our actual persona and our characters. That’s what we’ve bought within the dressing room, it’s going to be powerful however I do know we’ve bought the lads in there and the workers outdoors, we’ve bought the help community and we’ll discover our means.”

A message for the 792 away followers in attendance: “Their response on the finish was comprehensible, they’ve given quite a bit and travelled quite a bit and that was a very unacceptable efficiency, everyone knows as a soccer membership and we’re going to do all the pieces we will to alter that.”

Williamson added to BBC Radio Cumbria: “Gutted for the followers. We had been miles off it from the beginning, which was disappointing.

“I assumed within the second half we confirmed glimpses of a little bit of persona however it’s far too late and we had been lifeless and buried by then, so we all know that’s fully unacceptable.

“The boys in there [the dressing room], there’s not anyone saying many phrases however it’s a realisation we’re the place we’re and what elements we have to get out of this.

“I consider we positively have the persona and characters to get out of this, and it’s what we’d like as a result of we’re all-time low [of the table].”

Jon Mellish speaks after yesterday’s defeat.

His full interview is accessible to CUTV subscribers. pic.twitter.com/3p2h9sQ5My

— Carlisle United FC (@officialcufc) October 13, 2024

AFC Wimbledon supervisor Johnnie Jackson talking to BBC Radio London: “You possibly can’t get too significantly better. Possibly we might have scored a pair extra objectives.

“We scored some nice objectives and stored a clear sheet. Our efficiency with and with out the ball was excellent and I assumed it was our greatest efficiency of the season.

“We made opposition look fairly atypical at the moment.”

On Matty Stevens: “He was excellent. Sensible for a striker to get the hat-trick.

“He deserves that as a result of he’s an amazing lad, he works so arduous for the group.

“You give him a job to do and he simply does it, he’s so coachable.”

On James Tilley: “Tills is high quality on his left foot. The deliveries in at the moment, he was placing it on the cash.

“While you’ve bought somebody placing in a supply like that it’s necessary you go and assault it and that’s what we did at the moment.”

AFC Wimbledon – Goodman, Tilley, Maycock, Bugiel (71’ Piggott), Neufville (75’ Biler), Smith, Stevens (71’ Kelly), Ball ©, Hippolyte (90’ Furlong), Harbottle, Ogundere (90’ Johnson)

Unused subs – Ward, O’Toole

Carlisle – Lewis, Davies (46’ Robinson), Harper, Lavelle, Wyke © (46’ Armstrong), Biggins, Vela (64’ Charters), Neal, Mellish, Sadi (64’ Man), Barclay

Unused subs – Breeze, Ellis, Dudik

Objectives:

AFC Wimbledon – (8’, 39’, 50’ Stevens), (45+3’ Harper (OG))

Carlisle – N/A

Match officers:

Referee – Neil Hair

Assistant Referee – Ryan Williams

Assistant Referee – Andrew Aylott

Fourth Official – Stephen Brown

Attendance: 8,331 (792 away)

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