LAST SEASON
Record : P12 W4 D5 L3 It started off so well it seemed, up in 9th place won more games than we'd lost.
For/Against : 10/11 10 goals from 12 games wasn't fantastic and was a big sign of things to come. Goal difference of -1 wasn't good enough for a team placed 9th.
THIS SEASON
Record : P:12 W4 D6 L2 This season has started off so well for us, not even lost at home, okay four of our draws have come at home but its a good record to have.
For/Against : 16/13 The big difference this season is that we're scoring more, okay in comparison we have conceded 2 more goals but you've got to think 5 of those goals came at Peterborough
THE MAIN DIFFERENCE
Paul Dickov came in inherited a team which underachieved last season, they showed nothing and just simply didn't want to play for the club. Andy Colette was brought in a goalkeeping coach and god knows what he was teaching Brill, since Gerrard has come in Brill has been so much improved although does has his moments. Just looking at the starting line up yesterday 7 out of the 11 starters were on the books her last season with only 2 on the bench, i mean if you have told me in May that 5 of those players would have been playing here next season, i would have thought you were an idiot. Stephens showed promise last season and so did Lee, probably the only one good thing Penney did was making the decision to play Lee at the back and it has paid off. Alessandra also seems to have been improved massively this season, although for some reason he didn't get into the team under Penney. The attitude of the players is also massively improved, they always want to fight for the win, even yesterday when we had a piss poor first half they came out and battled for every ball second half and we should have gone on to win the Game. Furman, MOTM yesterday, well deserved and another player who i wouldn't have thought would be playing here, and if he did he wouldn't be playing this well, don't know whats come over him, if he'd of been playing like this last season I think a call from South Africa wouldn't have been out of the question.
Paul Dickov has made such a difference at this club in his few months here, lets just hope the off-the-field situation improves because on the field we could be contenders for promotion if we stay on track and keep playing well.
PAUL DICKOVS BLUE AND WHITE ARMY