Carlisle United boss Paul Simpson was satisfied with his side’s performance in their 1-1 home draw with Swindon Town.
United conceded the opening goal on 22 minutes but Kristian Dennis, with his fourth goal in as many matches, levelled right on half time.
It maintains the Blues’ unbeaten League record with five points from the first three games ahead of Tuesday’s trip to Grimsby.
Simpson said: “I keep saying about the performance and that if we keep consistently getting it right then we’ll get the rewards.
“I think the performance against Swindon was right and there were a lot of good things to come out of it.
“Credit to every single one of the players because in really testing conditions they’ve made a right game of football out of it.
“I thought it was a really entertaining game, as much as I am spectator watching it and trying not to get carried away. We were up against a Swindon side who haven’t had a win so far and they showed that they’re a good football team.
“We’ve shown again that we can cause teams problems, we’ve created some good chances and the one thing that I’m looking at from the game – and this is raw without watching any of it back – we’ve just got to be more clinical. That’s been the story of our season so far.”
He also made reference to the team he inherited when taking over in February.
“I’ve just said to the players that those who were here before I came to the club, I think it shows how far we’ve come because I’m led to believe that the performance against Swindon last season meant that we got absolutely turned over.
“Unfortunately that cost a really good football person in Keith Millen his job.
“The players have come a long way since then, for whatever reason, and we held our own in this one and probably, barring a few little counter-attacks that we had against us at the end – and we need to tighten up on those – I think we’ve probably done enough to win the game.
“But we’ve got to make sure we don’t get too disappointed that we only got one point out of it because we’re playing some good stuff. That’s what we need to build on.”
Grimsby scored their first win on Saturday since being promoted back to League Two, a 1-0 success at Rochdale.
They have now won one, drawn one and lost one in a steady enough start to life back in the EFL.
