Romford boss Kris Newby lauded the dominance his attacking players exhibited in the 5-0 win over Clacton on Saturday.

Having raced into a 3-0 lead inside 30 minutes, Boro continued their fine form with an authoritative battering of the Essex Senior League strugglers.

“Clacton didn’t look like they were ever going to score, but there were spells in the game where they kept the ball quite well,” Newby told the Recorder.

“They had four or five corners in the first half hour, so winning 5-0 and being told we’ve absolutely battered them, it was quite an interesting watch.

"But we were dominant for the most part and ruthless going forward. It wasn’t complacency after that, but that tendency to shoot and snap at things because everybody wants to get on the scoresheet meant everyone was doing things they usually wouldn’t necessarily do if they were in a competitive game.

“Going forward we absolutely blew them away in the first half hour and the game was done. You could tell at the Clacton players were disheartened and were defeated going in at haltime.”

Newby has been outspoken about his desire for his players to adopt a different philosophy in recent weeks by building up in possession from their own box, and the former Boro captain still believes there is work to do in training to reap the rewards of his philosophy.

“There’s times in games, especially on Saturday, where teams have sat off us,” he added when asked how effective the implementation of the new game plan has been thus far.

“From what I’ve seen on the footage, it allowed us to play out from the back. We haven’t really been pressed, so we’ve been able to implement our game plan of playing out from the back.

"There hasn’t really been a side yet who have pressed us high and really put us to the sword, so I haven’t really been able to see if we really can play out from the back whilst being pressed.

“Teams have allowed us an element of respect and let us have the ball at the back, so it’s been a lot easier to play out. I would say it’s still a work in progress though.

“There are times where we could find an extra pass when we get sucked in to going a bit longer, but bringing in someone like Scott Doe is a massive attribute for us to go and achieve our goals.”

Doe has been added to an effectively entirely new squad of players after helping Boro to FA Vase glory at Wembley last season and Newby admitted the turnover has played a part in the club’s recent upturn in form.

“There are some individual moments in the games, but for the first five or six weeks of the season we weren’t able to train. With the way the games were scheduled and facilities already being booked, we struggled to find anywhere," he said.

“We’ve now been lucky enough to train at Redbridge, so we’ve had four or five sessions where we’ve been able to get the guys together and tell them how we want to play, and I now feel they’re all getting to know each other as a group.”

And Newby touched on the threat leaders Stanway Rovers will pose in the Errington Challenge Cup clash this Friday.

“I’m expecting a very different test on Friday night than the first game of the season. They’ve had 13 league games, and they’re sitting at the at the top. They’re going to be as fit as you like because of the amount of matches they’ve already played this season, so it’ll be a true test for our boys.”