Great Kick Off time for me!!!!!!
I can finish work, drive 45 minutes home, set up the projector screen and watch it in the back garden with a few beers (Might even let the kids stay up to watch it)
8.30pm kick off for me.
As with the midweek game. Today will be another big test of our credentials if we are to be serious challengers for the top 6 positions.
I go into the game with optimism. We are on a good run of results and the performances have been good. We are building some momentum and getting back an identity.
We need to start strongly and take the game to them, dictate the tempo and not let them settle.
The defence is looking stronger and more organised (although still susceptible to pace IMHO). The midfield is still a bit of a work in progress but showing encouraging signs with Norwood having his best spell for some time and Hourihane having more influence on games than when he first arrived. Berge is getting back to full fitness and match sharpness and could be a big player for us in the remainder of the season. Fleck still looks a bit rusty after his time out but can hopefully come good. Bogle has made the RWB position his own and looks a real big player for the future (Hopefully with us!!!!).
MGW returning gives us that little bit of something special/moments of magic and Ndiaye continues to grow as a player.
Up front we have been a bit unlucky with injuries/Illness/form etc (Brewster just stating to show what he can do before the injury/Didzy now injured/McBurnie only just getting back fit/Jebbison showing promise at Burton and having a chance to impress with limited options available now).
Billy has been the one constant. He offers so much. Not only as a goal scorer but also in creating space/chances for others. A great mentor for the others.
LWB has been a headache for us though. Enda has been either injured or inconsistent, RND has shown some promise but at times looks vulnerable and really needs to work on his final ball. This could be the opportunity for Baldock to get game time because unless Bogle gets injured, he doesn't look like he's going to get back in at RWB.
Looking forward to the game!!!!!!