Reflections after Worthing Win

[portugull]

Looking back on our 2-1 win over an excellent Worthing side on Tuesday night there was so much to take in and to reflect on.

Firstly the attendance of 3,701 on a Tuesday Evening. Fantastic. Last season our final Tuesday Evening Match was 12 March when 2,238 watched in embarrassment as we capitulated to TauntonTown 0-3.

Tuesdays crowd was 65% higher helped of course by the fact that we had not played at Plainmoor for 31 days. Only two players from last March started namely Brad Ash & Dean Moxey plus Will Jenkins Davies who featured in both games off the bench.

What has happened since Saturday 23 March is beyond extraordinary. Co Chairman Michael Westcott gave a great summary of events in a recent Podcast which is well worth a listen if you missed it.

A New Manager and a new squad put together in a few short weeks and here we are after 12 games in 3rd place with 24 points from a possible 36 and a game in hand of Farnborough who are top with 26 points.

I said to a friend on arrival on Tuesday tonight is when we need Omar Mussa to come good. His performance coming on at Half Time transformed the game his goal being a thing of beauty at the perfect time. His corner for the second goal which Foulstone buried was superb but huge credit to Finley Craske for getting up the pitch to win the corner.

Defensively we have conceded just 11 goals in 12 games but in attack we seem to be lacking one player to really frighten the oppoition. I feel sure Paul Wotton is working on this an a young striker from a big Club will soon enjoy playing on the Plainmoor Carpet. What an unbelieveably good pitch we have thank you Julien Goldthorpe.

Onwards and upwards these are exciting times. COYY.

[Taelee73]

Someone told me there was a Blue ticket offer where you could buy one ticket and get one free for the Away end, I’m not sure if this is true or not as I didn’t see it mentioned anywhere. I was expecting around 3000, which in itself would have been fantastic for a Tuesday.

I think we tend to forget the team has still played less than 15 games together, it’s early days in the long term project. Wotton said it took him 4 or 5 seasons to get everything right at Truro. But we all saw what a fantastic team he built there.

We have looked ok so far, we could have conceded 4 or 5 on Tuesday but for a bad linesman call and some terrible finishing.
So to be where we are in the league is fantastic, it’s great to know we are trying to improve the squad, so you hope game on game and yes, season after season we will steadily improve. It may take a couple of seasons but hopefully he will build a team capable of competing first in the NL and then above.

[numpte]

Interesting, didnt see the offer anywhere but obviously several hundred people did.

[portugull]

A couple more thoughts after Tuesday.

Will Jenkins- Davies in my book reads the game better than any other player in the squad. I really think we are better with him on the pitch and not on the bench.

I have to say Paul Wotton is a breath of fresh air when it comes to interviews and his weekly session with the press. Always thoughtful, always treats each question seriously, and knows Football inside out. Very impressed.

[Abbotgull]

Interesting, didnt see the offer anywhere but obviously several hundred people did.

It's probably only mentioned on the blue lights website.