Upbeat Gregory still wants more

John Gregory has challenged Crawley to turn draws into wins after Gavin Tomlin rescued a point in a 1-1 stalemate with Chesterfield.

Former Aston Villa boss Gregory praised a "fantastic team effort" after Tomlin's 70th-minute equaliser, his first goal in 17 appearances for the club, extended Crawley's unbeaten league run to six matches. Both sides ended the game with 10 men when Izale McLeod and Daniel Jones were shown straight red cards in stoppage time for violent conduct. The impressive Gary Roberts had earlier put the Spireites ahead with a wonderful left-footed finish a minute shy of the hour-mark and boss Gregory was full of praise for the way his team responded to going behind. He said: "It was a good day for Crawley. It was a really fantastic team effort and we possibly deserved even more from the game. "We responded brilliantly to going behind and showed total effort from the first minute to the last. The players deserve a lot of credit for that. "But we've drawn too many games. We should have turned at least five of our draws so far this season into wins. "That is the difference. We've lost three out of the last 13 but drawn seven. We need to turn one point into three." Gregory labelled McLeod's dismissal for violent conduct as "stupid" and admitted the striker's three-game suspension is an enormous blow. He added: "It was stupid. It was not big and it was not clever. We lose him for three games now and it's a big blow. You have to walk away from those situations and not get involved. "You gain nothing from it whatsoever and Izale is 100 per cent wrong. It was nothing to do with him in the first place and there was no need to get involved. "He ended up having a wrestling match on the floor. It was just stupid." Chesterfield manager Paul Cook believes a moment's lapse in concentration cost his men maximum points and the chance to record back-to-back league wins. The Spireites are now unbeaten in four consecutive Sky Bet League One games and, despite letting a second-half lead slip, Cook admitted that a draw was a fair result. He said: "We are disappointed we didn't go on to win the game after such a positive performance. It was one slip that cost us. "Charlie Raglan has missed it and he's (Tomlin) gone through to score with what was, admittedly, a really good finish. "But I would admit that a point was the fair result. Crawley had spells in the ascendancy and there were times when we were the dominant team, so I have no complaints." Cook was quick to criticise the role of fourth official Elliott Kaye in the sending-off of defender Jones in added time. Kaye entered the pitch to offer advice to referee Graham Horwood after a centre-circle melee with 21 players involved. "There was nothing nasty in the game," he added. "I'm afraid to say the fourth official has got him sent off. I want to ask him what he saw, because it looks like kids rolling around on the floor to me. You just want to see some common sense. "It's a disappointing way to end a game that for us was so positive and played in such good spirit."