January 2009 Archives

Last Friday was a horrible night as we once again failed to take three points in a game which was there for the taking.
2-1 up at half-time, it should have been a case of playing out the second half without giving our opponents a sniff and ensuring we secured a crucial win. We're not in a relegation dogfight yet but should we fail to pick up wins in the next few weeks we may find ourselves in the middle of one.
We have our first home game of the season this Saturday and it offers a fantastic opportunity to put last week behind us. Our home form has been fantastic and if that continues then I'm sure we will start to climb the table.
A huge positive was the performance of loan signing Matthew Hurdman who has joined us from Wrexham. He did very well and took his goal superbly and so should be a great asset to us in the coming weeks.
The manager has said he is looking to bring in more new players which will make competition for places stronger than ever and ultimately improve our squad.
While the January transfer window remains open I'm sure we will be linked with several players and if they come in it will hopefully give us a boost which new signings always do. But if they don't, there is a determination that we can and will turn our form around. The feeling in the dressing room on Friday was that enough's enough.
The time for putting things right on the pitch starts this Saturday.

Apologies for my absence for the past couple of months as I have been trying desperately not to become victim of the credit crunch whilst enjoying Christmas and New Year.
I say enjoy, but of course December 27 will be remembered by myself as one of the lowest points I have ever felt on a football pitch. Having taking over goalkeeping duties after Dunty's sending off against Rhyl I couldn't prevent a further two goals to make the final score 7-2 in Rhyl's favour.
It was hard to take because Rhyl is a game a lot of our players wanted to prove a point in, there was a desire to show those watching how good we were and how much we deserved to play in the same league as Rhyl. We let everyone down, badly.
I had been an emergency 'keeper last season for the closing minutes of a Welsh Cup tie, the difference then being that I hadn't had a save to make. The duration of my time spent in goal was half praying the opposition didn't shoot and the other half that they would be off target.

Since then the weather has seen our return fixture against Rhyl and games against Welshpool and TNS postponed which has been frustrating and has meant there has been a long hangover from the Rhyl game. What it has done though is set up this Friday's game at Cefn Druids brilliantly with both teams now keen to get a much needed win and put points on the board.
Before the Rhyl game there had not been a great deal wrong with our performances and we shouldn't dwell on what's gone on then. Instead we can look forward to starting 2009 with a win and ending our poor away record of 2008.
As a team, squad and club we need to ensure that we carry on the good work of 2008 to make 2009 another unforgettable year.