A week is a long time in politics but in football it's a life time!
In the space of a week City's season has gone decidedly bad. The optimism engendered by a productive mid season and a single defeat in the first 5 games, alongside some good football, has all but evaporated.
The defeat at Staines was followed by a desperate display at home to Dover last Saturday. Reports say we were awful in the first half and only only slightly better than that in the second.
The torrent of posts on social media and the Club's official website forum talk of a lack of spirit on the pitch, in the dugout and off the pitch.
With falling attendances City can ill afford to lose even more fans. Many have called for a change of management and have challenged the Chairman of the Club to sort it out. The only comment I would make is that the Club's malaise is at all levels and the Chairman has a great deal of responsibility for that.
It will be interesting to see what happens if City limp out of the FA Cup at home to Gosport this coming Saturday. The wave of disaffection we have seen in the past few days will be nothing by comparison.
For what it's worth I firmly believe we have a talented set of players and hope that they can rally to get the win we desperately need to keep our season alive.
Good players don't become bad overnight and it may be that the importance of the game and wanting to make up for the Dover defeat will be enough to take us through to the next round.
My own view is that the Club is an unhappy place and we need real change to build success again.
I am sure I will be returning to this in future blogs.
For now I am sure all City fans will be hoping that we can progress in the FA Cup this Saturday.
Great read as always, hope for a big win this Saturday to ease some worries!
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