Getting closer to curing away day blues

The performance at Haverfordwest last Saturday was excellent and we can feel aggrieved not to have taken a point back up to North Wales.
For an hour we looked confident, energetic and comfortable after having survived a couple of early scares. The game was the first away performance where we gave ourselves a good platform to go forward in the game by keeping our opponents at bay and playing our way into the match.
When we took the lead early in the second half, it was like we had followed the 'away day plan' to the letter- keeping tight at the back, being patient then hitting them on the counter attack.
But again we were given a harsh lesson that teams at this level make the most of any opportunity given to them and when they scored their equaliser it was a huge blow as I felt had we been able to stay at 1-0 for 20 minutes after scoring, they would have got desperate and committed men forward leaving more gaps for us to exploit on the counter.
But it wasn't to be and with the wind at their backs and the momentum from equalising, Haverfordwest went on to win 3-1. It was another defeat, but not a disgrace. Instead we can look and analyse the game for when we host Haverfordwest and will most certainly feel we can beat them.
It's back on the road in the Welsh Cup this Saturday to Gresford who are still without a win in this season's Cymru Alliance. As has been said so many times before, league form counts for nothing in the cup and they, like Bala in the previous round, will be 'well up' for trying to claim a Welsh Premier scalp especially top a team they were competing with in the Alliance last term.
There is a belief in the squad that we could go far in the competition and when you consider cup performances against Rhyl (two years ago) and TNS (this season's league cup) why shouldn't we think we can go far.
But our dreams of a cup run will be dashed if we fail to perform this coming Saturday.