A POINT GAINED?

When you are 2 nil down to a side just above you in the table and  have only won once in the last 8 games and lie just outside the relegation places , there is no doubt that it is a point gained when you fight back for a 2-2 draw. But City were fancied to do better than this and almost a quarter of the way through the season and half way through the 3 year plan to make real progress, it doesn't feel that good to me. Add to it that we would have expected to beat a struggling Whitehawk side (though travelling support said they were an OK team) and it was hard to celebrate much on Saturday evening.

City's brilliant travelling support certainly deserved it for travelling so far and making so much noise in a sparse crowd and it was great to see the celebrations on film after Chris Allen's penalty equaliser.

The truth is that we are under performing and it doesn't feel like a Club that's starting to go places. Far from it. In fact it feels to me like a Club in decline.

The only bright spot so far this season has been the FA Cup and we have a real chance to forget poor league form this Saturday against Salisbury City.

The good news is that Andy Watkins came on for 20 minutes last Saturday and showed us what we are missing....a lively front outlet. Might he start for the full 90 minutes this Saturday?

We also missed Adam Connolly and Aaron Brown and with Ben Addlesbury also out the weakness of the squad began to show.....and that probably strengthens the argument that it was a good result in Brighton.

City's game against Salisbury is the start of a hectic November for the team with a league game against Havant and Waterlooville on Saturday 2nd November swiftly followed by a Somerset Cup home game against Larkhall Athletic on Monday 4th November.

I am really looking forward to the weekend. Hopefully we can get a 4 figure crowd and make some real noise to unsettle the visitors and with a little bit of luck we could have a few smiling faces on Saturday evening for a change.

See you there!