NL: Braintree Town v Torquay United 3pm 28th November 2015

Braintree! I mean really? What a f#*king stupid name!

0-0 at half time, slowly got back into the game....

Decent point away from home - shame Halifax won (level on points now, with a worse GD than us?)

and still a point behind us but now won two on a row

I'm sure that is still true, but the main problem is that we don't normally even get as much as a draw at home. A point away is a good result in isolation, but as each week goes by and the games start running out we have got to start making up ground not standing still. A tough home game coming up and I would guess the bookies would make Wrexham favourites to win it, and with both Halifax and Kidderminster having winnable home games the same day, we could find ourselves bottom of the pile by 5.45 Saturday.

Hope not, but it is the reality of where we stand and how we are playing.

bristolgull

That's how I'd view yesterday's result and display as well. The circumstances which saw no Fisher, Fairhurst or Marsh available suggested we were going into the game without too many players likely to get us a goal. Braintree are still only 3 points off the play off positions and with a game or two in hand of some teams above them, so coming home with a point is more than reasonable.

Well organised and drilled, it's clear that the team worked hard at defending as a unit. What time would the players alarm clocks had have to sound if they'd had to set off in the dark yesterday morning for a coach journey up to Braintree before the match ? Under those circumstances, I'm sure the cohesion would have had to be disrupted with Super Kev having to make two or maybe three substitutions. A good night's sleep for his players not too far from the ground, and Kev was able to field an eleven who were fit and fresh enough to play the whole match on a difficult surface. A tribute to the players willingness to drive up themselves in their own vehicles, as well as the improved fitness levels Kev's training regime is bringing about.

The old maxim of win at home, draw away, was certainly one to follow back in the days of two points for a win, and is still a useful sequence of results to get into these days if you can manage it. We need to get a more generous sprinkling of wins in amongst our results, and at home especially we'll see a more adventurous approach geared to achieving that, hopefully with a combination of Wright, Fairhurst or Marsh etc being able to capitalise on chances created.

A lot of hard work went into winning yesterday's point. I'm expecting the team to be every bit as committed to the cause next Saturday when they attempt to beat Wrexham.