I completely agree with Duke ... on the evidence I have seen, Fleet are without doubt the poorest side amongst the challengers.
I know we are not a GREAT side, but we are quite good and although the majority of our performances have been very good, the odd blip here and there is to be expected. The recent performance against Chatham, for example, was in my opinion, just one of those days when we had several players perform below their best. I can accept that these things are going to happen from time to time and as long as we continue to improve I can live with it. The one game this season that really pi**ed me off though, was the home defeat by Fleet because I genuinely believe we lost because our initial approach to the game was far too negative. I don't think that game WAS a bad day at the office, I just think we got it wrong tactically, in the first half, and handed the initiative to Fleet. Our second half performance that day was very good but unfortunately bad luck and circumstance prevented us from recovering. It is typical of how things always seem to work out in football, that this game should come back to haunt us because had we won, we would now be 2 points above Fleet and in fourth place ahead of Dover. C'est la vie!
Anyway, lets hope we can finish the season on a high as overall, the team have done us proud this season. In fact, since Tony Burman took the helm I think we have showed steady improvement and I for one, am very happy with our progress. I have no doubts that things will continue to improve next season so if we do miss out this year, there is every reason to look forward to the next.