Derek Adams pleased as Morecambe dig in for a point

Morecambe boss Derek Adams praised his young side’s battling qualities as they picked up a hard-earned point in a 0-0 draw against Notts County.

Adams’ youngsters fought back strongly after a 3-0 defeat at Mansfield at the weekend with the experienced boss pleased with his team’s spirit and determination.

He said: “I thought it was a very good 0-0 game. It was a very tactical game and they had a lot of possession at the back but we were unfortunate not to pinch the ball off them a few times.

“The lads took on board the way we wanted them to play and I thought their fitness levels were outstanding.

“They worked really hard to press them and it almost paid off as we had a couple of chances ourselves and we almost snatched it at the death.”

Notts County boss Luke Williams had a number of issues following the game.

He said: “We played quite well but the concentration and focus wasn’t high enough for me. We found some good openings but we didn’t do enough to score.

“We conceded too many unnecessary fouls that allowed them to put balls in the box and although we didn’t have too many chances we weren’t clinical enough and I was just a bit disappointed with some of what we did.”

It was the Magpies who went closest to taking the three points with Jodi Jones hitting the crossbar from eight yards out on 49 minutes after getting onto the end of Aaron Nemane’s cross.

The Shrimps’ best effort came from young striker Michael Mellon who turned sharply in the box before fizzing an effort inches wide of the left-hand post with 18 minutes to go.

The first half saw the visitors go close with the experienced David McGoldrick twice failing to find the target from good openings.

Macauley Langstaff forced Shrimps’ keeper Stuart Moore into a smart save from a close-range header and Jones fired over from the edge of box after cutting in from the left-hand side.

Morecambe’s Eli King produced their best effort with a curler that was just wide of the left-hand post.