I said in my previous post that from the 4 games just gone I was confident we could pick up at least 7 points. Well 7 points was what we did achieve and I think everyone will agree that after 4 difficult games in such a short space of time 7 points is a good return.
I have to admit that after letting a two goal lead slip a home to 10 man Gillingham and an woeful display live on Sky Sports at Darlington I feared the worst. Confidence seemed low at Darlington and we just didn’t look like a side who claims they can win promotion this season. The players who have played so well so far this season i.e. Thorne, McClaren, Lee, Clarkey and Evans looked no where near their usual selfs. The tactics seemed to be ‘get it to the full-backs and hoof it’ and with it been on t.v and people watching it throughout the country I was slightly embarassed. I saw it as a chance to show other teams just how serious we are of going up this season and our promotion rivals must have been laughing at us……….
However ……..
6 points from our last two games and we are sitting nicely 1 point behind Wycombe at the top of the table and full credit must go to Stuart and the players for the way they have bounced back. A 3-1 away win at Grimsby in which we went down to 10 men after 12 minutes and then a late 1-0 win at home to Bury who had not lost away from home all season were two fantastic and well-earned victories. Maybe our bad patch of 1 win in 6 is over and we can now kick on with our season.
Tom Clarke and Nicky Law have come in on loan to strengthen the squad and increase competition for places although the news Joe Colbeck is out for 2 months is a blow. We can now look forward to Barnet at home on Saturday and hopefully pick up a 3rd straight win. And then of course following that we travel to Wycombe for a top of the table clash and hopefully we can go into that game full of confidence.
WHAT TO DO NOW?