Chesterfield will not be deterred from building attacks from the back again despite it not having the desired effect against Bromley.

Under Paul Cook the Spireites have always had an attractive style of play, dominating possession and making hundreds of passes per game. But in Saturday’s 0-0 draw against Bromley that went up another level as they tried to play out from goal-kicks and break through the Ravens’ press but it almost cost them at least one goal in the first-half.

Playing out from the back is something they have been working hard on in training, with Kieron Dyer taking a lead role in it, and just because it didn’t come off this time does not mean it is going to stop them from trying again when they come up against opposition who have towering defenders and who will win everything in the air.

Gary Roberts told the DT: “We worked on it all of last week for MK Dons, who are not as good pressers as Bromley. They went more aggressive on our sixes than we thought. It was just the small details. The pass into the six wasn’t right today and the pitch was a little bit lively and it just broke down a couple of times.

“We will go back to it. We will work it on again. We will review it, what we can do better, and we will keep doing it. If teams come on to us, we will go over them and hit the space. We just thought going over Bromley, against two athletic, really physical boys, we might lose that battle, so that is why we tried to build a little bit more.”

The additions of Sil Swinkels and Sammy Braybrooke, who are both clearly comfortable in possession, appears to have played a part in their thinking.

“We have got the players to do it,” Roberts said. “We have got balance in the team now. A left-sided centre-half with a left foot. We have got two players in the middle of the park who can handle the ball (Ryan Stirk and Braybrooke), and two players on the bench in (John) Fleck and (Tom) Naylor who can come on and do that job as well.”

The tactic made some fans edgy and nervous but Roberts felt that Chesterfield were only a fraction away from getting it right.

He added: “You have to be brave. We know if we lose the ball we have still got six players behind the ball, plus the keeper, so we know we are okay. But the pitch was a bit lively and the detail was just a tiny bit off today. We won’t stop, we will keep working.

“To be fair to Bromley, they pressed really aggressively and we were just a small detail from breaking through that press a couple of times when Sil (Swinkels) passed it to Sammy (Braybrooke)’s left foot instead of his right. Just the small details where we can get a tiny bit better and a little bit braver.”