WHILE there were plenty of positive things which came out of Saturday’s game, ultimately it is about winning matches.
If you look at the last three or four games, we should have had something out of each one but we have got nothing.
But it is a results-driven business and you have to win matches.
We just have to continue to be positive, because there have been some good things which have come out of the games.
We are playing with a better tempo and have certainly looked as if we have goals in us over the last week or two; now we have to sharpen up in both boxes, be more clinical and more ruthless at either end of the pitch.
The biggest negative is that we have defended poorly from set-pieces. In general play, we have defended pretty well, we have played the way we have wanted to and have continued to improve.
The frustrating part is that we are not getting our rewards.
Playing with two up-front has increased the number of chances we are creating and the amount of work we are putting in has obviously helped that.
We had a number of chances against Rotherham which should have taken us out of sight - we had two or three very good chances before they had even scored.
It’s a case of being ruthless at that end and at the defensive end, too.
This Saturday, we go to Plymouth who, no doubt, are really going to be up for the game.
But, with the position that we are in, for us every game is a very big one whether it be Crawley, Shrewsbury, Plymouth or Barnet. We have to try to get something out of every single one of them. We believe that we can, we just have to make sure that we do.
Plymouth are a club with the financial clout to turn things around. I’m sure that, come January there will be a lot of movement at that club.
But, realistically, it is hard to see there being a great deal of movement here in the transfer window.
We have to get round and identify any players we think we might be able to get.
We are still working at it, but there is no denying that it is going to be very difficult to bring people in and any that we do bring in will either be free or on very small money.
Those that we bring in are likely to be young, hungry players whom we can develop. These are the players who desperately want to play and we cannot afford the big-money, quality players anyway.
But that’s the situation and that is how we have to roll with it at this level.
We have to make sure that we are as well organised as everybody else, work as hard as everybody else and know the way we are playing.
If we can do that then we have got a chance.
The fans can play a massive part in what we can achieve.
It’s a difficult time for everyone financially, with the state of the economy, and people want to come and watch a winning team. I understand that perfectly.
But it is a chicken-and-egg situation. We want the fans to come back because it helps us financially but I know they want to see the team winning; we are trying our best to make sure that happens.
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