KELVIN Davis bemoaned 10-man Eastleigh's discipline record following their 2-0 defeat at Tamworth on Saturday.

Eastleigh were reduced to 10 men before the interval when Scott Quigley was shown a straight red card for violent conduct after kicking out at Tamworth defender Dan Creaney.

Tamworth had gone close to taking the lead when Spirfires' goalkeeper Joe McDonnell foiled Beck-Ray Enoru in a one-on-one, and Tom McGlinchey fired his follow-up over the crossbar.

Best Goals from the Vanarama National League Match Day 40    

Hadyn Hollis broke the deadlock for Tamworth, forcing the ball home from close range in the 53rd minute following Tom Honks’ long throw-in.

McGlinchey added a second seven minutes later after racing on to Creaney’s excellent through ball to extend Tamworth's unbeaten run to eight games.

Retired goalkeeper Davis expressed his frustration following Eastleigh's latest game-changing red card: "I think that's our fifth sending off this season.

"You can't achieve anything in the league if your discipline record is as ours is. We have spoken about it, and we've tried to make changes.

"We have wondered whether we are too active in trying to win balls; we want a bit of passion and life in the team, but we have crossed the line on too many occasions.

"We paid the price for that today. The bottom line is that it's very, very difficult to win a game of football at any level or league.

"If you are down to 10 men, it becomes even harder. We've tried to address it earlier in the season, and for some unknown reason, it crept into our game today, and it cost us."

He continued: "The message at half-time was to have the ball more. We felt that the game was still there for us. We had opportunities in the first-half.

"We felt a little bit of a change to our shape to keep two guys up front would give us an opportunity to continue creating chances.

"Even the goal we conceded is defendable. It was a typical long throw, we turned up with the mentality to not be afraid, to embrace it.

"For all the long throws we received in the game, that was probably the least dangerous and is the one that ended up in the back of the net.

"We were still chasing the game, and I felt the defending was poor for the second goal. They score again, and the game is beyond us.

"We are a group that needs to stick together now, we need to stay in our place. We need to make sure we don't end up as that group coasts through to the end of the season.

"We are not going to go up, and we are not going to go down. We want to finish the season as strong as we can and pick up as many points as we can."